Charles McDonald
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The little shop I built in my backyard... Tried to make it sort of Craftsman style. -
Great work Tom!
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Awesome! This is inspiring to me since Ive been meaning to make some more anvil tools and I have about 5 breaker bits laying around :D
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Well you have a point there with the pipe but i figure something shallow like round bar looped etc. For me at least knowing my nature It would be an issue...
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You make awesome tools!
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I have limited space in my shop so I played it simple with a wall mounted hammer rack that fit between studs. I went with wood and I think I'll continue to do so because I'm a nut about marring up my hammer handles on a metal rack...
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Great looking punch, and a wonderful photo as well! Thanks for sharing :-)
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Very clean!
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This is great thank you very much for this! :)
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Thor's hammer necklace
Charles McDonald commented on Charles McDonald's gallery image in Member Galleries
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I never buy premade handles, but rather I buy the wood at a local hardwood store ( I can get about 10 handles for 10 bucks). I rip my handles on a table saw and hand finish them with a rasp and sandpaper . Pretty much all of my hammer handles are Ash and its done pretty well for me, save for one handle splitting out, but that was my own fault. I do prefer Hickory though, its just not as easy to find around here.
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Penannular brooch
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Thank you very much! Ive been making more of these lately, but I am frustrated to death by the fact that I cant seem to upload new photos... -
Forging a Crane
Charles McDonald replied to brianbrazealblacksmith's topic in Metal Sculpture & Carvings
This is really great Brian! Thank you for sharing this! Yesterday I made my first attempt at this and I can definitely improve in many areas, but nevertheless I had a lot of fun and learned good things from it. The next few tries will only yield better results :D -
Thank you for the complement! I really like that forge quite a bit, it does everything I expected it to, including weld and I couldn’t be happier with a gas forge. My only thing against it I guess is the obstacle I’m faced with when fitting certain odd shaped objects into it. -
Thor's hammer necklace
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Thor's hammer necklace
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Scavnger, thank you very much! It's only 8'x10' Frosty, thank you as well! Yeah Im always finding something more I want out of my work area ha ha! For me right now though its a matter of heat in that little shed with the forge going. Also I would like space to work the anvil comfortably on both sides. Basic things I hadnt thought through starting out... That little world of my own leaves me oblivious to the world sometimes. It's great :)
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Workshop Build - Start to finish pictures
Charles McDonald replied to Daniel.85's topic in Building, Designing a Shop
Awesome looking shop! Thank you for sharing all the photos :) -
Thank you very much Daniel, and yes I did upgrade to a Nimba Centurion. A great deal came my way and I couldnt pass up buying one :)
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I poured most of my money into tools and left myself pretty poor to build anything major, and since I’m renting I thought the landlord would handle a "Garden shed" a little better than something serious. Here are some photos of the little work area I built. I built this pretty simple using framing lumber, plywood etc. The roofing you can get discounted if you find ripped bundles at Lowes or Home Depot and the windows I made myself as well from a free large single pain window I picked you north of me. I didn’t run this by my landlord before building it and so I just built it in a way that’s easy to take down and mend materials (save for the roofing) The whole thing cost me about 500 bucks after being nickel and dimed to death on a few things. Much cheaper than buying a shed premade as to my knowing. It’s cramped at times, and quite hot running that forge in the middle of summer, but I’ve learned to love it for what it is...
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Dodge I appreciate you taking the time to leave this information! Thank you, and thanks as well to Ciladog! :)
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Thank you very much and yes those are Viking knit chains. Hey the Vikings made both check out the photo, it's a soapstone casting mold for both Thor's hammers and Crucifixes. They knew how to accommodate the customer ;) I am just teasing you! I do get where you are coming from, though I am not Christian and I see it the other way around (a little). Making religious symbols that aren’t your own could feel in a way like honouring a god or gods that aren’t your own. Anyway, thanks again for the complement and cheers!
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Wow that’s quite the piece of work there! What is the base material? You did a tremendously great job with it!
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Very interesting, and definitely something I didnt know about. Thank you for sharing!