glen56

amazeing collection of stones,looking after a collection of aboriginal stone axes,(these were found 50 or so years ago in western new south wales )they look almost identical to the axes you have,next time im back where they are will send a pic,glen

geeze hope none of you folk are caught in these tornadoes over there ,thoughts are with the folk that are,hard to imagine so much power ,take care :o

charcoal for sure :)

Show me your solid fuel forge. Doesn't matter whether it is home made or store bought, coal, coke, charcoal or other solid fuels. Please give us a little information on the construction.

this is 1 i made out of an old water tank,lot of nice looking forges around.

i think you would have a good trade if you reproduced it as a poster i'd buy one,what are its dimentions.(copy right???)

its only a small flyer,i had it blown up and both sides printed then framed,i know this mob arn't in bussiness any more ,copy right no idea,its a long thing and wont fit in my scanner ,cheers ,glen

yes the flyer was a colourful thing,have seen 1 of these,only a small 1,not sure if they were made in australia,have got 1 anvil fairly sure made here,a macson ,glen

thanks mate ,love the idea of transforming old hammers into axes ,cheers,glen

tom yes the idea was primitive,our forefolk were scottish and this dousn't represent any particular style in scottish history,but will make a claymore 1 day,i agree that some things should be spot on and as you say makers wouldn't let a bad sword out of the shop,seeya mate ,glen

an amazeing old friend of mine died recently ,he truely was a guy born 100 years late,he left me a lot of his smithing ,wheelwrighting gear,among the gear was this (guessing 50's )flyer of an aussie made series of anvils,cheers ,glen

just finished a display board,started it many years ago finaly have the time to finish things,the blade for the sword came out of a gerkin cutting machine ,the shield is a french oak wine barrel lid,and the hawk was an idea that i saw on this great site,1 of my old smithing ball peen hammers,i left hammer marks on both items to give the look of age,great site this 1,

glen

yes mate your definiatly right,the bolt that goes through to hold the disc in place is not orriginal would be good to see how it was ,thanks for that been looking at it for a while but it makes sence now that you pointed it out,now to sort the rubber machine ,its different to others i've seen ,cheers ,glen

some better pics,ahh maybe the smaller 1 is a sharpener,they both were in the same place and had a melbourne distributer brass plate on them (eliza tinsley )as far as i know he was a bussiness in the late 1800's,cheers ,glen

rob,as far as i know they may be part of the same machine,will see if i can find some better shots,the big machine has a leather strap which the ratchet operates,cheers ,glen

have a rubber tyre machine ,unusual to other 1's i have seen ,not sure if this is part of it

good job mate ,nothing wrong with that,

good on you mate your own forge is a great thing ,i went away from the standard anvil height thing because it was giving my crook back a wearing,moved it up and much better for sure ,thing to be aware of though ,raising the anvil brings the hammer closer to your head , i always work with my head slanted to the left ,any miss struck blows will go past ,have had hammers past the head in an instant ,just a thought ,take care ;)

mate a lot of good advice above ,have restored a heap of frozen blowers by putting them in the forge and getting them bloody hot,never had a failed attempt(some had to get realy hot,just keep an eye on them and dont cool em quick,heat is the ultimate loosner

gday mate ,built a flintlock rifle based on what was called a poor boys rifle ,it was all steel clad and no brass fittings ,didn't turn out to bad ,the butt plate was easy ,the trigger gaurd was forge welded to give finger holds and steel thimbles to hold the ramrod ind place ,love this gun and sort of takes you back when sitting round the glow of the fire ,cant work the photo thing otherwise would send some pics,take care ,glen

linseed oil and all of the above ,how do you keep your hammer head in place ,always used steel wedges ,a good mate down in orange told me about useing wooden wedges and a piece of steel tubing (steel tubing champhered and punched in sawn off and hit down flush)best thing since sliced bread , :D

a mate of mine collected mousetraps ,he had thousands of the buggers ,rangeing from very simple to very complex,one of his traps from the early 1900'stook a 22 sized blackpowder short cartridge,it was baited up the mouse stuck his head inside and had his head blown off,wouldn't be so hot at 1 in the morning but you would know when to reset it

how amazeing are these folk,i thought i was sort of handy on the forge ,still got the L plates on for sure ,great insite :)

yep think about what you burn ,coal is something i dont burn ,used to untill in the fadeing light of my forge a million shards of glass in the smoke,nothing is safe in confined space unless you think about ventilation,use only charcoal these days ,still have a slight cough from twenty years of coal ,another thing ,never put galvenized steel in your forge ,evil gear ,take care ,glen

back on again nothing like confusing the telco with a move ,a lot of good ideas ,that john deere smith is a beauty,here in gympie there is a couple of decent old slab built consructions at two good old pioneers villages ,thinking of a blend of old rock that lies around our place and iron bark trees that there are a heap of on our place ,thanks all when i learn to put pics on forums will send some in ,cheers ,glen :D

ahh at last we move into our new place on 2 and a half acres ,always wanted a small piece of bushland ,now to build a forge ,have a colonial idea for the building ,slab building built out of the many giant gum trees that will have to come down,way to close to our home ,am up for ideas that maybe can help in the final choice,love to see your pics ,cheers ,glen

impressive stuff working with big hot lumps,went through the bhp plant in newcastle with school in 68 ,that was impressive changed life as i new it,yep to many golf courses ,to few rifle ranges