glen56

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

gday pjh66,mate hope things are ok now your way,all the best to your folks ,they copped it big time in the lockyer valley,a lot of heartbreak the last few weeks ,take care mate (will have to catch up 1 day) ,glen

impresive lock amazeing ,would love to see a movie of it in action ,the gate lock that i saw many years ago was like a chinese puzzle on a chain ,very effective and fairly easy to make ,hmmm must be slowing down a bit ,cant remember how it went ,seeya ,glen

yes you maybe right gundoc,down in victoria is copping flooding as well,the world keeps on turning,seeya :)

gday mate ,were about 1 and a half hours from brisbane ,amazeing amount of water going through there ,you may have seen footage of toowoomba and surrounding towns this is were where they were caught totaly by surprise,they say a seven to eight metre wall of water went through, some small towns were completely wiped out(tragically searching for folk in the area still a huge amount missing)gympie the place we live close to had local lo lying flooding the river reached its peak 2 days ago at 19.3 metres it flooded some housing and about 40 bussiness went under ,but its receding at the present moment,like a huge amount of communities up here we are cut off with the road under north and south,this is affecting 75 percent of queensland and will take years to get back

gday all ,looking for an idea for a farm gate lock,remember seeing 1 years ago it was based on a chinese puzzle and was as good as a padlock,glen

we used to make repo convict ball and chains out of them looked the part for sure,problem for us was getting them

gave up useing coal a few years ago,waiting for the fire to burn in late 1 afternoon ,a shaft of light shone in the smithy in the coal smoke it seemed like millions of shards of glass spining around,cant get good coke around hear use only charcoal now

great very helpful clip,got stuckin yesterday and made up a version,will send a pic when i learn how reduce photo's{been trying for a long time will wise up eventualy}thanks all,glen

thanks for that, i make a lot of odd shaped things and would be better to hold it firmly,will go to the forge and make something up ,nice looking smithy you have there,will take some pics and send them to the site soon as i figre out how to shrink them down ,cheers ,glen

ahh so its just draped over the anvil ,thought it may have been clamped with some type of foot operated clamp ,thanks for that will fire the forge 2 morrow and put it in place,glen

hi all ,great site ,saw a pic of someones anvil and they used a motorcycle chain as a hold down tool ,couldn't see clear enough to see how it worked ,anybody seen this type of device ,cheers

incredable view to the past and the social pecking order of the time,welding toe calks on horse shoes are something i've never heard of,hmmm.. most enjoyed an ale or 2,thought it was just me :D cheers

bloody,sort of reminds me about stupid things we used to do with match heads 2 bolts and a nut many of those things vanished :blink:

a piece of railway track ,a car spring and an old kero torch 12 years of age,yep took forever

merry christmas to one and all and have a great new year(from the land downunder) :D :D

boy that clip is amazeing,sure inspireing,now to the forge. :)