dog footrot

when i was originally interested in making maille armour, i had once read that an original method of cleaning was to place the item in a barrel half filled with sawdust, and then roll it around for a while; the motion of the rings rubbing against one another was supposed to clean the rust off, i don't know how successful this method would be, but if you're building a tumbler, this might be another method to try.

yeah, that was one of my priorities, i'm not great at forging sockets, but hey, i might as well give it a go, maybe make a cone mandrel to fit in the hardy, it'll give me some good experience

sorry, i forgot to add, that it was indeed a tanged chisel with a bulbous head. i tried to link an image, but apparently ifi doesn't use photobucket, i'll see if i can join a different sharer. by the description, i was planning to do something similiar to bigfoot, would any of you recommend using a socketed chisel, as opposed to a tanged style?

recently, i've become interested in forging some woodworking chisels; due to the find of a lovely old halts bruks wide mouth chisel, which is missing its handle. i'd like them to look, and feel fairly authentic, and intend to make some flat bit chisels first, as practice, however, the question i pose to you all is how i would forge the shoulder in the chisel tang to secure it: would i draw out the tang, then upset it into a tool similiar to a nail header?. or should i be going about this some other way? any ideas in fitting the handles would be appreciated, i'd really like to see any ideas that you have.

ahhh, how should i start.... I live on the fraser coast in queensland, i've had an interest in history since i was eight, and began blacksmithing when i was eleven, and also have a little experience in farriering. i've been doing it (smithing) more seriously over the past few years particularly since graduation, and am looking into building a much larger workshop. also dabbled in foundry work, and tanning, and also make the occasional bow.

nice going with the forge so far, after you've built the tuyere and blower inlet tube, it should be fairly simple to construct the table. that blower looks like one i saw on ebay....the problem is theres never many blowers up for sale on ebay, and they're always overpriced.