jimbob

Just took the leafwork class and made most of the tools... whole lot of fun

you got to make a few more than we did...nice collection. surprising what you learn making them

How many new tools did you make?

if you click on the moved post it will take you to the new area where it was moved to ...you would just have to look at the URL for the new location to discover why it was moved

after I cut the head off I drill it out with a 5/16-3/8 drill then use a punch to knock the rest out.

Try some Boraxo hand soap

here is a link where you can get plans Page Title

having taken two of Marks classes; thats a really good ideal, you might need a bigger hand truck at the end to tote all the new tools you will build out with your old ones

click on their name on one of their post and send them a message

I see your point ...funny we all are speaking English but! I think your own to something here. I know in America that the different area's say things in a different way . a few years ago Reader's Digest put out a dictionary on American Colloqulalism that really pointed that out... How would you suggest going about this ...posting a picture with a question as what do you call this where your from?

are you talking about an online depositary of the information ?

you might look here Blacksmithing and metalworking FAQ

I've got one of those I was thinking of putting legs on it for an anvil stand:D

another use for the tie plates is to weld them together for a work table top, that is if you can find a bunch of them in your dreams

post pictures as you make it be interesting to see how you make it

after reading through this thread most people are wearing leather glovs at least on their tong hand. I've been doing the same thing at the end of the day i can't even was my hands because they hurt... At the Madison conference I was talking with Mr Kain of Kain and son about the problem he pointed out that leather makes your hand sweat then when you get near the heat it makes steam ..the light blub went off I was cooking my hands inside my leather gloves. I have switched to cotton mill gloves and also a pair of kevlar

here is a link to Rockler Woodworking for Air gates they are a few dollars cheaper than from Centuar or Kain and son and they are just like the ones they sell

I hve taken re-bar that broke ...the end grain looked all grainey I put it in the fire and forged a point , the texture changed it didn't look gariney when I broke it . from above does some of this stuff just need working

you can also forge a ring from the pipe like making a candle cup just keep turning the metal lip on over on itself . you can also weld a piece perpendicular to the pipe and hold it in your vise

you might go to a hobby shop or Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and look for one made of silk and use it as you pattern

if your just getting started here is a link to a very good read Blacksmith-Information

here is another link for Blacksmith vises Blacksmith Vises : Solid Box, Post or Leg Vise (Vice)

nice pictures ...looks like it was a lot of fun . thats a real classy T shirt he's wearing

From what you said you want to do the Cayenne or the NC tools whisper Daddy with the opening on the ends I don't think the others will have a large enough opening for what your wanting to make