Greenbeast

I just bought 180m of steel in 14 different stock sizes (tube, round, square and flat) as my second steel order. I can now tackle pretty much anything, in some form, if i fancy it.

It's worth about £500

You'll have to think about what you need if you can't afford to get a big selection

Love the snails, did you sell any?

Well done and really good to see for someone like me that will probably want to be doing the same next year

I made this for my cousin who is getting married this Friday.
They both work, or have worked with horses.

The back board is oak with 3 coats of raw linseed oil and beeswax

Thanks, that's not a bad distance for me, might have to pop along

wish i lived closer

Hey stop taking good stuff out of this country!

Some of us would love one of those presses, or that blacker!

Definitely sketch more, you will get better.
When i started smithing earlier in the year one book said to just start drawing projects and ideas all the time.
I did and it helps a lot.

A man after my own heart!
I'm attempting a similar shift after tiring of IT.
The Backyard Blacksmith (Lorelei Sims) is a great book, she explains things well and shows how to make a few tools at the back of the book.

Yup !!! That's the way to use yhem greenbeast.

BTW : I'm not the genius behind the adjustable bending forks.
I saw and made a pair and posted them here, glad you guys like the idea also !

Naz

I'm assuming the variable bending fork works by moving the tines laterally and tightening the jaws when at the required distance?
In the first pic they're not ready for use no?

Sounds like a great event John (i'm gonna see if i can make it) and great value, and that guys was clearly an idiot.

the magnet idea is not so silly, if you bought a rare earth magnet of a small but reasonable size you may feel the attraction and know there was something there at least

It was standing about 62cm off the ground as it was and i've now added three paving slabs taking it up to about 70-74cm.
I'll see how i get on but this is now at 'standard height' (for me)

Ok thanks, i've bought grub screws to go through the rail and tighten against the finial

Yeah i did wonder about going bigger and forging down to fit, i had plenty of 12mm on hand to practice with however.
Luckily they're not an integral part of a working rail so i can tinker with improving/replacing them once the new 16mm tube is up

Thanks for your comments, yes i've found the knotted wire brushes can be a little 'jumpy' and 'catchy'.

The current rail is a bit of 15mm copper pipe (only used because we've had the windows replaced and needed curtains back up, couldn't use old rail)
The new one will be 16x1.5mm steel tube, the finials are forged from 12mm round stock and fit perfectly inside the copper, we'll see what happens when the steel turns up!

Anyway the point is that i've made both ends detachable

I have some paving slabs spare, good idea.

No, no walking, just aware that 'they' always say biggest anvil is best. Fair enough i'll leave it for now.

The mat is a good idea, i've very concerned about noise nuisance at the moment as i'm in a garage at the bottom of my garden.
Hoping to carry on as long as possible before someone complains and i have to think about moving my activity somewhere else.

I have a twist knot wire brush for my small grinder, good tip, i'd experienced this first hand actually when trying to clean up a file for a forging project, with the cup shape i might be able to get inside the 'u' section of my brackets too...

Thanks,

Yeah i had a great time.
I was unsure what to do about anvil orientation, the way it is now i have better access around the horn.

Yeah it was a little painful waiting for the stock to reheat!
I've just ordered the gas fittings to run up to the back of the burner, hopefully gonna get some iron pipe/fittings this weekend for the burner body
Probably going to knock up a steel frame for the forge, it'll then be higher and i can stop worrying about the amount of sag in the mdf work top of the workmate!

Also need to knock up another stand to sit the anvil+stand on as it';s about 10-12cm too low really and my back is telling me about it today.

Also I wondered about sealing up the bottom of the anvil stand and filling it with sand to add more mass, worth it or not?

Finally fired up my gas forge, only using a propane torch for now but i am currently building a proper burner.




and just picked up my first anvil yesterday, got a good bargain, 1.5cwt for £150, in pretty xxxx good condition, hardly any wear at all!



We needed a new curtain rail, so i made these brackets and some finials, the brackets are good enough to be cleaned and painted and used but the finials were just a first go and will be re-done

Thanks

Thankyou

Not enough info to truly answer your question, but yes, a 3/4 or 1" round bar with a 1-2" offset would be pretty strong. Most of the garage door hinges I have made have 1/2" pintles to give you an idea, and these were for large solid wood doors, very heavy.3-4" is a pretty wide hinge by the way.

'Barrel hinge', I would term this a strap hinge but not knowing your location, you may be describing the same item.You can make them however you want, Wheter they would be strong enough depends on thickness where strength is required and weight/size of doors you are to be hanging.If you are fixing from the outside, security could be a problem. good luck with the project

Just starting out blacksmithing but one project i might like to complete in the next few months would be iron door furniture for wooden garage doors.

Going for barrel hinges, the strap portion doesn't seem like it'll be too difficult.

As for the pintles i've seen some round stock wrapped in a loop which gets forge welded shut.

Instead of this could you take length of round stock (say 3/4"-1"), leave 3-4" for the pintle itself and then flatten down and bend 90deg and then 90deg back on itself after 1-2" to form the fixing plate?
Or would this not be strong enough?

Thanks