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    Young people and their excuses these days! I have a concussion and I can still string together a sentience :') ;)
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    Hi everyone, I am excited to announce that the International Young Smiths will be meeting in Brandon Mississippi this July. This year the group includes Daniel Lea from Frankfurt am Main Germany, Raleigh Desiato from California USA, Alec Steele from Norfolk UK, and myself Joshua McLaren from Ontario Canada. Please check out the facebook page created for the group https://www.facebook.com/InternationalYoungSmiths I would like to personally thank everyone who has made this opportunity possible! Josh
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    very nice! what size was the starting stock? Josh
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    I suggest you invest hours reading through this website, lots of good info here Josh
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    http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/32859-bick-irons/ I believe this is what you mean Josh
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    Breathe Frosty... BREATHE
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    id get a weight on it (weigh it, don't guess) and figure out what it is /lb
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    Anvils

    joshua.M commented on David Roeder's gallery image in Anvils

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    *hissss* we brand collectors here in canada on the forehead and the brand doesn't say collector
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    I wasn't seeing it as an oversight! just hoping I'm not a lost cause eh? Josh
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    What about this canadian eh? :P Josh
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    On september 7th to 9th there will be a demonstration and course offered at the Norwood fairgrounds, IF we get enough interest. THIS is the opportunity for everyone in this area that wants more eastern ontario meetings/demos/courses to show up. Josh
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    he made it!
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    i cheat, heat in forge to orange, cut with bolt cutters and straighten
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    I cant wait! this is gonna be good guys!
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    read up on hardening and tempering, by heating the claws and letting them cool you will only make them softer. my bet would be that is where the problem lies
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    yes, i had blurred vision from the plastic, it was fogged from my breath and has an anti glare coating that doesnt help. I never said i had good vision, i said it is brand new and it does not need to be replaced. do not twist my words
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    it would have flown into the air past my face, if it hit at all it would have been the little burn on my nose where it hit first, then bounced off the sheild Josh
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    it was brand new, has been in my shop for a week
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    TAKE YOUR TIME! it sounds to me like you are trying to put the drift through in one heat... next time, try putting the drift in, hit it only 3 times, nock it out then let the heat wick back into the hole until it is all one color again (hold the steel off the anvil) then hit the drift through the other side 3 times... reheat and repeat until the drift goes through, then as the steel cools keep putting the drift through both sides until it just drops through. I'm gonna steal Brian Brazeal's line, Don't believe everything I say, go try it for yourself. Josh
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    I had a great Easter until tonight, I decided to go do some forging and the whole family (grandparents, parents, aunts/uncles and cousins and girlfreind) wanted to watch. So what happened? I was making a pair of tongs with dropped tong welded reins, when my mom heard i was doing a weld, she grabbed my face sheild from my grinder and made me wear it... "saftey first" she said.... "it's a good idea" she said I pulled the peices out at welding temp, layed them down to weld... Thats where it all went wrong I had blurred vision from the plastic visor, showing off, and lost concentration for a split second... The tongs' bit moved and I tried to check the hit so I wouldnt need to fix a crooked weld, hit the end of the bit, flipping it up inbetween the visor and my face, it hit my nose, then ricochet off my nose and hit my perscription glasses (thankful for once for bad vision) then scraped down my cheek and fell onto my hand. I'm hurting (1st and light 2nd degree burns, worst yet), but i'm OK overall SO!... in short, DO NOT WEAR VISORS DO NOT SHOW OFF FOCUS Painfully, Josh
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    http://www.realwroughtiron.com/products_available-198.html
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    Dodge when i finished reading that i was almost blinded by the light bulb that went off! thanks for explaining it, the internal combustion engine comparison made complete sense. OK i'm going with a regular tire hammer! will post pics as i gather materials. Thanks Josh
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    the gain is that i understand how this one works, i have never been able to understand the normal tire hammer because of all the different pictures of modifications people have made. I am going over all kinds of ideas for hammers, one being using a 10hp briggs and stratton motor i'v had laying around
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    search "enclume" (anvil) "forgeron" (blacksmith), "marteaux" (hammer) and "fer forgé" (forged steel/iron) French immersion school helps!
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    I have been toying with building a power hammer on and off for a couple years now, I am considering a small (25-30lb ram) tire hammer, but I found this video that seems like it would be a whole lot easier to build as I need to rent/buy a welder to build it. I would obviously build a better base, guide the ram better and make dies instead of using flat plates, but the drive seems muck simpler than a tire hammer. The one thing I can't wrap my head around is how to set up the spring in the linkage on these hammers? Thanks Josh
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