markb

Whipped.........

Nice, how thick was the copper sheet you used.

Time.......

Knots.....

Tiger......

I have a milwaukee porta-band. I use it a lot more than my chop saw. I can put a piece in the vice and cut, no sparks, but you are limited to size, I think mine is 4" sq. limit and the variable speed is nice also, plus you can take it to the work. It's one of my favorite tools.

Carpenter goes in to lumber store and asks for some 2x4s..
Yardman says, how long do you want them?

Carpenter says: Long time, I'm building a house.

"Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug"- Mark Knopfler

Barter.....

"Sting"...

was 30 (1980) running electrical conduit up 10 stories, and had an apprentice who could weld and a buzz box, he showed me how. I bought the welder in the photo below.

After that job the union dispatcher called on a friday and asked if I thought I could certify for a power house job. I spent all weekend reading and burning rod. Monday three of us showed up to do coupons, spent most of the day trying weld vertical with no luck when one guy gets a fitter to show us how. He said just watch what I do. I did and it worked. They did a bend test and I got the job. They had me certify later (kind of a hokey deal)

I love to weld but don't have the talent to be real good at it.

I love new tools ... They save energy so you can do more, better.
That second pic is great with the stone in the back ground.
Congratulations on your new tool.
Mark

Howdy from northern Ca / Crescent City you are in the area of the
Jefferson Smiths of northern Ca & southern Or are club meets every so
often last week was in Rouge River there smiths around youre area a few
should be @ tonights live tus Demo there are smithing coming up for this yeay
ck out www.calsmith.org for more Info or em me @ ironwolfforge13@yahoo.com

Howdy,
I think I met you several years ago, I was doing wrought work on a residence at the Running Y resort, and met a sparky named Mark from the Rogue valley who did a little smithing... Good to see you here.
Mike

Welcome welcome It is always nice to see more Pacific Northwesterners!

Mark you are welcome in my shop anytime Central point is about a beautiful 40 min drive to Williams.

Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm located down south also, Central Point.

I just found this site and I've been resurecting my shop the last couple of months.While cleaning up I realized I needed to be able to move my anvil easily because the space is multi purpose.So her is what I came up with.


I made a little pocket for a crow bar to fit in, to lift the stand and insert the wheels, roll around the shop and lift to remove the wheels.


It's not finished yet, still need to anchor it to stand and make hardie, tong and hammer holders.

Just found this site a couple of days ago, seems like a great bunch here.
I'm an electrician by trade and learned to weld on the job 27 yrs. ago, pretty much self taught. Got interested in knives in the late '70's and started collecting blacksmithing tools (mostly garage sales) and never seem to make enough time for learning as I would like. The last few months I've been reclaiming my shop which had been taken over by storage and neglect. I have a 25# little giant that needs a rebuild, a knife that I started a couple years ago that needs to get done. I've found lots of inspiration here and look forward learning and sharing here.