adam cyphers

Hmm...I'm about 40 minutes from the nearest Walmart.so pretty far out.ill be back in the shop this week

Oh she's a keeper all right.finds me smithing jobs here and there.plans on joining me in the smithy when I get it moved closer as she's done some blacksmith and silversmithing when she was younger.ill post a picture of the pot rack her co teacher had me make ;-)

Yeah I found a 5/16" spring  probably about 12'-15' long after straightening but took it back to the shop last month.thats 2 1/2 hours away :-) my fiance picks up metal for me on her walks but that is all she has found lately. No worries. I was just trying to see what I could do with found materials. Thanks guys :-)

Thanks dsw I was hoping for a bit of carbon.was figuring a small hammer and chisels

Oh darn.thank you Mister Powers.much appreciated.back to scrounging 

Has anyone ever forged anything out of one? Or know what kind of steel it is?

Mister dickison would you happen to have a rough price quote for a pair of bellows?

I didnt think it would be easy to ID.any ideas on the screw box?

My smaller vise had trouble closing then the washer on the screw broke.ive also noticed the screw box is slanted downward. How can I move the screw box back into place without further damage? I have a large brass washer that will fit but ive noticed my larger vise has 2 pieces between the screw and front jaw.ant advice would be much appreciated. I'd like to ID it as well but no markings.

This is the other anvil.as you can see pretty abused.the last few pics are of a stamp 88 or 83 and the last some kind of indentation.rings like a bell

First the fisher.with the exeption of surface rust, a dinged up horn tip and some chisel marks near the tip of the horn. she is pristine .no ring and the only marking is the paper label (which I have NOT touched) and the number stamp

Picked these up today.any thought

I think I will too.since a friend requested a "happy" snail.:-)

This tiny leaf is about as small is ive gone. Somewhere ive got pics of a doll sized seachest with forged hinges I made.I love small intricate work :-)

so...long story short im a glazier.....I recently bought one of those plastic cases with the different screwdriver bits.well the plastic trays wouldnt stay in so i globbed a bunch of clear silicone caulking on the back since theres so much around the glass shop and it was close at hand.closed the case and kinda forgot about it for awhile.next time i opened the case my once new shiny steel bits are coverd in a black/dark brown/red very fine dust.the only explination i can think of is that the silicone corroded them....any anwsers?im currently trying to reproduce this effect on a knife blade my fillin the bottom of a box with the caulking and suspending the knife over it..also the silicone never comes in physical contact with the metal...i.e. fumes...does anyone know the science behind this?maybe this could be a new way to blacken steel?

just made this last night for a friend.he wanted something like a paint can opener with a sharp point.

wow...ive been meaning to do this for years.great job...and nice tracks too.

go to the doc NOW.and when you are feeling better replace that galvi peice .i try to stay as far away as i can.nasty stuff.hope all comes out well with you.

a nice level piece of cedar just te right size to replace my cherry anvil stump i had to leave behind...

yep yep thats junk...wait i apologize at least we blacksmiths find a use for junk.that is....crap

watch those fumes from the oil man...NASTY STUFF in used motor oil.aside from that totally excellent job.

well for the most part i keepmy stock and scrap bits together in an old ladder the bottom is screwed to the floor and laid flat. the top is raised up about 4' or so....it gives me a good place to store all the different lengths and shapes...and for the teeny drops a box at the ladders base.

when i find some ill be using 1/4" copper plate till then i use 1"8 anealled mild steel plate bent to fit over my anvil.i would prefer copper as it is much softer and wont wear out my chisel as fast.

wow awesome..kinda like the dragon tongs by Bill Epps over on anvil fire... hmmm..a smaug fire tools set to go along with them..now yall got my gears turnin...anyone else smell smoke?