seldom (dick renker)

Jerry The fish is 39 inches long and about 14 inches deep, top to bottom. To put the scales in scale it would be the size of a whale.,

Here is a recent project that i completed before Christmas. My son asked me to make a fish out of horseshoes but i didn't like that idea too much. So this is what i came up with. It was a gift for a friend of his that really likes to fish. To say he was stunned by is an understatement as well. His kids flipped out. I was very happy how it all turned out.

I have a 178 lb trenton that looks very much like this one, even to the sway back. sway back not a problem, as stated earlier, good for straightening long pieces. looks ok to me

das, i really like the finished product. well done

nice work, das

Merry Christmas to all. Great vid. gave me a laugh or two

welcome. please put your location in your avitar. there probably are some folks near you

school of hard knocks is a great teacher if you can survive it. sounds like he did, barely. wonder if he learned anything

nice job

happens all the time to everybody at one time or another. nothing to worry about, just enjoy the flow

dont kick cow pies on a sunny day

and its all down hill from there

welcome to the nut house. there are lots of folks from ny here

i have one of those little darlins as well. going to mount it so that i can put it in my main vise and have different angles for working

lots of crazy people

always thought i needed to have a swage block. finally got one with our group from the salt fork folks. nice block, even made a bracket to hold it on my anvil. have had it nearly a year and have used it one time. im sure i will use again and more but so far has not been the case.

that was frosty beating on a piece of metal? I thought it was chuck norris

i generally start the wood stove in the morning when i go out feed my horses. after an hour or so the shop has most of the chill taken out of it and then i steal wood coals to start my forge. as frosty says, "easy, peasy". '

only thing i do is put a heat lamp over the slack tub. work in the shop most of the winter with a wood stove providing heat,

one of the better chuckles i have had today

dont see any hammers, but see some flatters,hot cut, punch/drift. small vise is a wagon tongue vise. nice haul.

when i demo to students i always use thier hammer for just that reason thomas

If you're dead you dont know it. It's like being stupid.

neat

two rr spike mauls, two punches/drifts and a hammer or two. nice haul