Steve Sells

True but he did post it in the knife section... just as with the borax questions, we assume its for use as a flux, not laundry as its a blacksmiths group. the lawn mower blade could be for cutting grass.. we have to assume a few things to answer most the questions posted in this place. He asked about 15N20. everything else in conjecture anyway, nothing wrong with that ;)

knee mail is being sent

looks good, but I gotta ask, does it come with Instructions in 8 languages You said it was a Chinese tool you re built so I had to ask I will go sit in the corner now....

how did you Figure less power? The Tubes themselves don't care what power factor the ballast gets, only what is delivered to them after the ballast. 240 volts at 5 amps is the same power as 120 volts at 10 amps, its still 1200 watts aka Volt/Amps. Main reason in industry, is more ballasts per 20 or 30 amp light circuit at 240 than only half that amount of light circuits for 120 volts ballasts for the relay's to run .

yeah NOW he tells ya LOL nice work Spike. Nothing wronq with thinking outside of the box as most of us never get out of our seld inposed boxes ya did good.

Welcome to the forum, and don't mind Frosty, I don't know where the goat thing came from either, but he has to deal with very cold weather in Alaska, so that may have effected him in strange ways. :D

As an Electrician, I can state you won't save more than a few $$ by going with only a 60 amp panel. A 100 amp panel base price is about the same. And in case you wondered, it will NOT draw 100 from the main panel in home unless you are using 100 amp at that time, but it is there for future needs. I need to add 6ft lights are a pain to find many times, even as a contractor, I gave up looking for them and replaced mine with 8th H.O/cold start. The 4ft or 8ft are the most readily available.

I like pics too... but all billets pretty much look alike at this stage its at 90 layers now and if I go back out to the shop later today: I will grind it clean and re fold to have 180 layers... Then maybe I will square it to 1/2 inch and twist for the cores, that could be exciting to watch. :rolleyes:

I shut down a job 2 winters ago. becuase of stupidity. We were working in ceiling area on the electrical in the ceiling, and I noticed one of the salamanders that was providing heat, was aimed at the 100# tank of propane, at a distance of about 5 foot. So I come down off my scissor lift and moved it away, shortly after the GC comes over and rolls it back in front of the 18inch diameter salamander torpedo heater. I tell him that's dangerous, he complains that its is HIS equipment, and I need to mind my own business, if I was not so stupid I would know its there to keep it from freezing ! I p[ointed out we are not working next to a pair of 100# bombs, either move it , or I move our crews. Lucky MY crew was union, as such al the members of my crews knew the laws and OSHA regulations, and we have safety clause. I was acting foreman, since the man running the electrical part of the job was at a meeting, so I pulled the plug on our temp electric service (which also shut down the power to both the dangerous heaters) and told my crew we are on paid break until this safety issue is resolved. The GC demanded power, I told him to read our contract, after that we can talk out front, until then we are shut down, and so is our electrical system due to his violations. Soon my foreman and the GC boss both came back from the meetings, walked up to our break area to see what was wrong. After I explained both sets of eyes buldged out, and the salamanders were soon being removed from job site as there was NO venting for their exhaust gasses anyway. after that, we turned the power back on, and the GC that risked all our lives... he was removed from that job site. My foremen pointed out to the lead contractor that not only did I have that authority as the acting electrical foremen to leave any area that is dangerous, but as a local EMT I could have just called the local fire Marshall and had his company FINED big $$, but choose discretion and walked away rather than argue with the clueless. This GC that was a problem, turns out he was a HVAC guy, seems clear why he is not anymore. We did see that GC one more time, the day after, there was a safety meeting called. Mandatory attendance for All workers. It was fast and short, the old CG spoke, read the laws about salamanders and explosion hazards, then apologized for being stupid and not obeying safety issues the day before, then left the building after introducing his replacement..

IF you are asking these questions, then its not a good sign of a person that is ready to make one yet. But first let me ask What metal work have you done? Do you have tools? How will this be heat treated? hardening isn't so bad, but tempering can be a problem with large items. Read the information in this forum and you may see you took a big bite for yourself. Maybe trying a small dagger is better for a start.

Let me get this straight... Glenn, changed the long drawn out title that had nothing to do with smithing, and renamed it to a more correct term, so then you get bent out of shape and delete the link completely, and replace it with Gibberish? that is supposed to help us all HOW?

Welcome to I Forge Iron, we have a few members up your way, so I know there are a few good groups for you to hook up with there. Nothing better than hammering with a knowledgeable friend to learn well and its faster too.

Welcome to the addiction of smithing. Enjoy the site.

BB has a great a site, I don't post there often but always nice to see what is developing in blades across the pond, Welcome to I Forge Iron.

Sir? are you in the correct place? LOL welcome to I Forge Iron.

Kevin covered it pretty well except he forgot to ask "what steel are you trying to weld?" Some, like Stainless, are very hard to forge weld, Also what fuel are you using? It makes sense to start by limiting the possibilities for failure and frustration by using the more easy steels at first..

mine is 4 x 7 ft, If I work very hard at it, I can weld. here are the photo's Fenris Forge Events

It's too bad that most sewer lids today are not forged, but cast... But Welcome to I Forge Iron, glad to have more mid-western people join.

Your assumption is incorrect. We have registered members at IFI as young as 9 years old. I am sorry if others talk like that around a Child, or allow children to use rude language, but we have stated clearly in the guide lines that this is a G rated forum. I am a volunteer here, as are all the mods. We have a job to monitor posts, including sometimes re-locate posts to allow easy reference by other members, and some times removing (censoring if you insist) a spammer or rude language. If this is a problem for you, talk to Glenn. He set the standards here, I only help to enforce them. Now may we please get back on topic for this thread.

Welcome to I Forge Iron, we have a live knife chat in the chat room Friday nights, at 10PM eastern time. stop in and join us

Welcome to I Forge Iron a lot of smiths in Cali, so if you have not already, you should hook up with a groups and really get going on this habit, err hobby :)

Welcome to I Forge Iron

Welcome to I Forge Iron, I got started smithing thanks to the then VP of the IBA, Fred Odin. I am in Ft Wayne now, hammering with the local Maume Valley Blacksmiths IBA chapter. Glad to have you here.

Welcome aboard I Forge Iron, lots of people to help you learn more here also.

I bit backward, I am a blacksmith that always gets asked to shoe horses... usually by my brother, welcome to I Forge Iron