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Matt Smith

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  1. Ok so I'm a little bit obsessed with the Lord of the rings and I eventually plan on forging many replicas from the films . One project I have in the works is to turn an old army surplus helmet in to a helmet of the fighting uruk hai. It seems pretty straight forward but I need help figuring out how to put a Ridge down the center of the helmet. It's a raised part that goes almost all of the way to the top of the helm. I'll post refrence pics of what I'm starting with and what i want to achieve any help would be great

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  2. Yeah in the pic the one on the far right the cuts overlapped to much that's why the open section is so much bigger. I wish I had a band saw right not it's either angle grinder or hack saw..

  3. 6 minutes ago, Frosty said:

    Those are really striking Matt, nice.

    Frosty The Lucky.

    Thanks guys I use an angle grinder for the cuts and I'm still playing around with the cut lengths to get mor of a T shape

  4. So I belong to a lord of the rings collectors forum and I started a thread looking for inspiration  on what I could forge from middle earth other than swords.. anyway one member posted this pic of candle sconces from the prancing pony they look pretty straightforward however does anyone know how to go about forging the round parts in the stem right below the holder for the candle?

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  5. Im wanting an alloy thats strong but lightweight with an dark color. my intent is for mostly decorative purposes but I want something thats not brittle. Ive casted AL before thats why I started there ive considered brass as well. I found online that thete is a chemical called alumium black that is essentially gun blue for alumium gun parts Ive considered trying that and seeing the results.

  6. ok first of all I primarrly blacksmith so casting is a new field for me I figured since this site has a casting section someone here might have info or insight to this. Granted I know info in an actual casting site would probbly be the best to go to but The thing is the information I have found here over the years to very helpful and overall I trust you guys and your opinions. I dont know any sites other than this one for similar information and to be frank between working fulltime being in a masters program, being an assistant pastor amongst other things I really dont have freetime to spend hrs searching websites. Dont get me wrong I dont mind doing the leg work but at the moment I spend about 30 hr a week alone in homework. So I was looking for some helpful insight if maybe someone has expermented with this and i also got the idea from this site someone years ago mentioned on a post to mix copper with alumium ti make a bronze so sorry if my questuin seemed stupid. I alsi appoligize for all the typos im using a smart phone at the moment cause my labtop crashed and my hands are ti big fir this freakin small keypad lol

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