Angus

Hey im gonna be going to work in North Dakota in oil fields ill be living in the williston area any smithies up in that area?

Hey everyone im gonna be moving to the oregon coast (Newport) and was wongering if there were any other smithies out there

Is there any way to make old rusty cable usable? I have a piece from a bridge that washed out at the place we used to camp when I was a kid so it has a bit of sentimental value. It would be cool to be able to make something out of it.

I like it to a lot but sometimes they can over exagerate on things like the handforged chandelieres that was put together from pre made parts. I saw that and was like ya ok next channel

Hey thanks for the tip matt ill try that I definetly buffed to aggresivly.

Nice job I like the color of the handle.

So I got some acid heated up real good by heating up a pot full of water then putting the acid in its container in the water just letting it det now for a bit hopefully it works better.

I used the red polish stick on a buffing wheel

What kind of oil did you put on it

Im using that motherbourd etching acid you buy at radio shack I also thought about trying vinager limon and salt method to see how that works.

I just use a old punch or chisel for my mark and use a file to shape it to my makers mark.

Made a pretty heavy duty cable spear and put in a acid solution for about a half hour and brought it out cleaned it all up and then tried putting a polish to it and all the damascus when away should I soke it a bit longer an hour or more I would heat the acid up but no way to do that yet. Thanks for your help guys....

Well you dont want to use old old rusty stuff if one can use newer stuff that has little rust that would be good. I start by cutting me a piece of good logging cable in about a 3 foot piece and heating it in the middle get a good heat on it then bend it in half. Heat it up some more and twist it up really tight then I heat in middle and repeat, you dont have to do this folding if your wanting to make smaller stuff, but in my case when I was making this spear i folded it one more time twisting it after every fold. Then weld it all together and make a bar of the whole stuf and there you are make what you need. I hope this helps man have fun.............. and it will make a wavy pattern it really deppends on how you twist it up.

Hey Its good to know theres another iron monkey in washington. I live in spokane If ya need any hints or tips just give me a holler.

Armor Archive is a good one to look at, ive been making armor for several years and it sure doesnt take a year, for a good looking full set of armor about a month acorse thats if its just a plain one no thrills added.

Well that is a really nice design, this way sure cures the problem of keeping the head of the axe on handle. Very nice.....

Heres a spear im making out of a 4 foot piece of logging cable sorry for not getting any work in progress shots I got it to this piont and thought Hey I better take a pic. Not done yet

Thanks Guys I will get those pictures up in a couple days Im at work right now and am pulling a 72 hour shift so hopefully Ill get it on there some time friday thanks

I put my nice old anvil on a big old cedar stump that I cut off my place and its about 4-5" taller than my nuckles and it works great for whatever I do its all on how you like to do things...

My grandfather gave this to me about ten years ago before he died and I got it running and it runs great. But I have no idea what it is there are no names on it at all except on the magneto. Any help would be appreciated.

Here are a few picts of the old girl...

Hey monster I have an engine my grandad gave to me, he had since he was a kid if I put a picture up you maybee think you could tell me what it is?

Well I didnt get that Hawkeye, instead I told a friend of mine about what I was looking at and he said he had something I would be interested in. So we went out to his shop and he showed me a treddle hammer and the best thing about it it was free so I decided not to buy the hawkeye free vs $1500 I think is a hell of a deal. Thanks for all the help guys.

Hey Monstermetal When and were is that spring conference at?

Angus have you met Pawnee? He is in Blanchard I don't think he is smithing full time anymore but I think he is on here from time to time. Now have we met before, we have done the show for quite awhile now. Anyway if you make it over stop by and introduce yourself I'm Chris Roberts we are Mountain top trading and have the large booth just to the left inside the door, just not the old guy thats my dad .

some iron work there not sure what other blacksmith's might show right now besides church mouse he does some nice camp sets and cooking utinsels.
Chris