iron woodrow

ok, that's sorted, lets get back to steam hammers......

I love the simple little touch of the mosaic pin, nicely done, not over done!

my anvil can talk, it says RING RING RING!

I translated this as joyful cheering!

when it is silent it is lamenting its lonely sad times of not being used.

I noticed that too john.

I thought it was Andrew oc that replied, but maybe I imagined it....

as usual dazza, a dazzling job. good onya mate

danger- nice work, and SEXY press!

hi hans, maybe you need to make some room and get rid of some of the junk you have been accumulating lately....... :p

start an event and I will be the first attendee, but good luck getting any of those Mexicans up here anytime soon....

when is someone going to have a hammerin in my slack season???? November to may. then I can come!!!

just sayin ;)

Thanks John, it helps when we have a quality hammer made by a firm that knew how to make power hammers, the worlds best in my opinion.

you tryna get some freebies phil ;)

I agree whole heartedly

great video too.

I am waiting patiently mr fez ;)

First post and you want to make a sword out of rebar?  Tell you what.  Do it.  Then report back on the experience.  The people who know will ask you about your experience level.  What sort of experience do you have?  How much forging have you done?  Have you even made a knife yet?  How many years have you been forging steel and what sort of equipment do you have?  The short answer is.  It won't work on any level.  IF you had any experience at all you would have known that already.  Rebar is crap steel.  Study for a few years and you may be able to make a sword that won't snap the first time you hit something.  Learn about heat treating.  Learn about proper steels.  Learn forging technique.  Read the knife making and heat treating sections of this site.

I think this one sums it up. all that is needed.

polite, and concise.

I am glad I know you lone, because I know a very fine bladesmith, well on his way to mastery, I wish I could have helped in your learning, but just having a laugh and having you as a mate has been and will continue to be something to make me proud ;)

granted, hyper, and I agree on some parts with your opinion, but if anyone were to see my gear at the moment, under your "no passion" heading, they might think that I am not passionate about my tools.

my swedges, vices, top and bottom tools, and anvils are piled in the only corner of storage I have, they are made of iron, and were lovingly placed there, and they will not be damaged by being in a pile. this fellow has at least got everything there in dry storage, which is more than a lot of people can say!

I stopped by an old mans house yesterday, to see if he would part with his 8" vice, outside in the rain, and the response was "it means too much too me to part with it, it was my grandfathers"

I would rather see a pile of dry vices,in a private collection, than one rusty wet one in a garden for all to see. (the average rainfall on this vice is 4.5metres a year)

I have a copy of the book, it is called " The MÄSTERMYR FIND" a Viking age Tool Chest from Gotland

by Greta Arwidsson and Göst Berg

Larson publishing company

ISBN: 0-9650755-1-6

larbooks@impulse.net

the book is wonderfully furnished with archaeological drawings, and photos of the originals, and it is very easy to see how every part is constructed!

and he does it again. :D

picked up my two free standing drill presses and milling machine (1.2tonne) yesterday- photos pending......

now I need to go back for my 3.8tonne radial arm drill....

now I just need a shed with 3 phase......

i'll have it Andrew, since you don't want it...... :D

I reckon zing a PM to nonjic (the artist formerly known as john n) he has that stuff embedded in his subconscious.....

inspirational.

the funny thing is, where I served my apprenticeship, and other workshops since, if you switch the radio to classical music, you are signing your own death warrant! ( I know from experience- I love classical music)

I am sure the soundtrack to this would have been entirely different had it been chosen by the workers.... maybe some cold chisel, and some farnsy......

I drive locomotives in cairns now, and one of my fellow drivers (now 73) worked at Eveleigh, in the lab/testing facility, maybe in the 60s? I will ask him tonight.

when I said it was now a museum, he was delighted and surprised.

something like blists hill would be great.

While I enjoy a visit to the workshops at Ipswich, it doesn't go far enough with showing the intensity of the heavy work.

on the other hand, a static display is boring, and dead.

just my 1:00 AM ramble.

go to your profile and change it from there......

and WELCOME!

being a young (relatively) blacksmith, I am always happy when an interested person comes and asks the right questions.

as a living history demonstrator I always received a myriad of questions, from "is that bread real?" to "if you are a viking, where are your horns?"

but every now and then, someone would come up, and ask a real zinger of a question, and the conversation was on..... all other spectators would wander off, bar those who could keep up, and I would be lost in the explanation.....

very rare, but very rewarding!

keep up the learning spirit mate, and you'll soon be passing it on yourself!

I will never stop learning, my family are under orders to dispose of me if I ever do......

woody,

australia

i think photos might be in order peter!

speak for yourself phil you hypocrite!!!

or are you from the land of "746 posts" ????

:P :D

gday and welcome mate, im in cairns, it is always good to get new members, especially from aus!!

please do :D