Ulric

BlackSmith Post Leg Vise - $140


BlackSmith Post Let Vise 43 long
as is condition - no repairs I can find
Missing spring and mounting bracket(can buy on ebay) If I had these parts price would be $350
Your a blacksmith - Make these parts
otherwise works OK

Only 28deg or so when we took the pics...

simple as that, show us your first smithed knife, as rough as they are they're always interesting. i guess starting the thread makes it obligatory to post mine, so here it is

I'll second that in regards to 'professionals'.. I don't want to think about how many times 'they' had to come out and how long it took them to get the gas line properly connected to a 'mobile home' we had put on the property.

Im gonna presume you were trying to use briquettes and not lump charcoal...

Localy can find the Cowboy brand lump charcoal at the loews home improvement stores. Target occasionaly carries some, but I cant recall the name.

Hey everyone,
I am new to the hobby. I have always loved making things so I think it will be an extension to my love of tinkering. I look forward to learning from all of you.
Thanks for having me!!!!

Ditto, my lil 100# has a tendency to skoot a tad when hammering if it isn't anchor'd down...

I figure it also works to help slow things down a bit if someone comes by and decides to try to take it for a walk.

I have seen step drawings of this in some of my books. It does not appear to be a project for an ordinary smith. They start with a pretty hunky chunk of steel and butcher a piece out of the side for the tang. Then forge out the center and split the ends and forge the four pieces into tines. No way that you could do that with 1/2" square stock. You might be able to forge weld 4 pieces of 1/2" stock though.

We're using it for general other uses now after/with playing with it a bit. Ie: Heating branding irons, burn out wasp nests and other misc. :-)

Took off the 1" -> 1x1/4"
bought 2 1"x3/4" & 1"x1/2" reducers and 2" nipples (3/4" & 1/2")

Tie and $ permitting I'll play with it more, those things have just been...lacking a tad as of late.

dang here I have one of those things hanging on a porch post. I'm richer than I thought,...

Got another piece to do the same...

muriatic acid, 'dirty' or 'contaminated' by a rusty, galvanized coupling.
Depth or thickness of the copper layer seems to play a part in how pronounced the effect.

Going to toss a small piece of copper in the dirty mix and see what happens.

was it clean muriatic acid? Pool supply kind? The affect looks like bubles... or is it pits? Interesting

Was messing around and with some quarters... and stumbled on an odd effect on the copper.



Cant find the cable for my camera, so had to use the one in my phone.

The first image is after setting in lemon juice for an hour or so...
..the second, is the same bar after taking a short bath in muriatic acid.

I can't imagine going to a blacksmith meeting, asking a guy how to rebuild my LG, take it all in, then turn and walk away...........Does it really take that long download thanks ?

I'm afraid I'd be tempted to point out to the 'master craftsman' that his customer probably could have gone to the home despot and bought their shelves & brackets etc cheaper than he was charging for the 'work' he was doing.... and as a smith, your not telling or suggesting to him what he should charge his customers.

That'd be worth calling scrap yards and offering an award if it shows up.

...maybe we're working with the wrong material then, it would appear wood is where it's at.

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That makes sense and they show enough goldish tone/tint to be a bronze derivative. Thanks

BTW, I think it may be LG2 rather than L92.

I was given some...strips(?) of alloy/metal, I'm assuming the pen marks are the types but I've had little luck getting a layman is from the net.

Their marked as follows... AB2, L92 & PB2, anyone happen to be familiar?

Good question. I might assume that companies with LPG forklifts have permits or should have permits. I do know that propane forklifts run on liquid not vapor and the tanks are different than those that deliver vapor.

It’s all spelled out in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 58, LP-Ga publication. But since I don’t have a copy and am not about to purchase one I can’t quote from it.

Maybe someone on this forum has the knowledge and could comment.

Looks like about half a yard 21 80 lb bags, you may want to get a u cart trailer if that is an option, I have found the sack mix to be poor quality as far as hardness goes. Or get the sand, rock cement and mix it your self, it is more work but you will get a better finished product that way

It's just ugly out there... I worked for Bakerhughes for 10+ years before getting the boot in the 3rd, of 4 rounds of layoffs in 09...then they had 3 more rounds this year.

AT first, all I was getting were responses from recruiters for positions on the other side of houston for 1/2or less of what I was making before. I should have been smart and taken on of those... its gotten tighter and it seems many of the openings now, are wanting Superman on a burger flipper salary. Saw a listing the other day, 'entry level' pest control...with a 4yr degree.

I've got a friend that sales..femo figurines and ornaments via Etsy & Facebook of all things,
..and I gave away my piece of RR track to a gal that took a position with HCC taeching jewlery-metal smithing
who has some interesting decorative stuff on etsy.

Got a confirmation from Larry today, so I'm good, the replies did help.

Hopefully with luck i'll have what I need to...forge ahead by this weekend.