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Paint & floor coatings for commercial use are still quite often in metal tins here (Queensland) maybe hit up your local painters, epoxy flooring contractors, etc. on the off chance they have some.
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Gauteng Blacksmith Noob - HELP !!
Ratel10mm replied to Claude Brandon's topic in South African Highveld
The place I'm thinking of catered to the hobby / artist market. I have a vague idea it was somewhere in the Sunnyside to Union Buildings area. It was a long time ago, it wouldn't surprise me if it's no longer there. Have you tried ringing the industrial places? They'd know of any suitable suppliers for sure. -
Gauteng Blacksmith Noob - HELP !!
Ratel10mm replied to Claude Brandon's topic in South African Highveld
That's the Transvaal, right? There used to be a pottery supplies place in Pretoria, sorry, can't recall exactly where, if they don't stick kiln components they'd know where to go. -
I wish! i was in Cheltenham (U.K.) a couple of years back & saw some shyster selling badly fabricated, badly welded fire pokers & similar - using over heavy rebar as stock - as a 'blacksmith'! And charging ok money for his items too! Felt like I should've reported him to Trading Standards!
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Greetings from the NSW mid north coast
Ratel10mm replied to Laughing Bodger's topic in Introduce Yourself
G'day Bodger There's a chap in Brisvegas who has some good crane rail, if you have means of getting it to you. It masses around 79kg/m. Happy to put you in touch of it helps? Ausfire, great idea for getting charcoal. @Dale Russell Hey, Cuz Dale, where are you bloke? Bodger, and any other Aussies who haven't yet - please add yourselves to Dale's Oz Roll Call thread? -
I was thinking if you dished heavy enough sheet, perhaps you could make a cupping tool. Lol! Blasted auto correct!
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A friend of mine uses various sizes of ring for making bowls, in lieu of having a ladle / cupping tool on a sewage block. That works pretty well. The rings are made from suitable sizes of round stock.
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Is a $140 hammer really that much better than a $40 hammer?
Ratel10mm replied to Pancho07's topic in Hand Hammers
Nicely put, Forging Fool. As a field tech in my day job, I find I enjoy using good quality tools. They give better results (for e.g. repeatability in measurements), are better finished, more precise, don't slip anywhere near as often, have better ergonomics (although that is subjective - for example a lot of colleagues use Wera screwdrivers, but I find them a bit awkward & prefer KWB) and make it easier for me to do a quality job. I LOVE my Stahlwille spanners for example. BUT!! In the field, it can be a. difficult to avoid losses b. if you don't have the right tool, there may not be a good tool shop near by c. you need to modify a tool - I don't want to bend a Stahlwille if I can bend a Kinchrome or, if I'm really out if luck, whatever monkey metal, vaguely-close-to-the-size-it-claims-to-be piece of junk. a. is partially alleviated by selecting unusual, good quality tools. Hence KWB. I also like plenty of other brands such as pre-Stanley ownership Facom & Britool. It helps keep an eye on them if you're the only one with that brand. As for hammers, like many tools it comes down to ergonomics, material, heat treating, and finish/aesthetics. I've used a hammer made of 1045 or similar, and the rebound was terrific. Going back to my cast head cross peen was not pleasant. Plus, I find many cheap hammer makers seem to have no idea about ergonomics. The bigger the hammer, the bigger the handle (so that its in proportion?) That cast hammer is 3lb. I have quite large hands, but the handle was WAAAAY too fat to be comfortable. Counter intuitively, I found I was gripping it harder to try and control it. Having thinned it out a lot, it's better. Still want to have a go at making a hammer from Spring steel, because this one feels pretty heavy / dead at the anvil. In short, I expect any quality tool to both look and perform better than a cheap version, and given an option I will go quality every time. -
Get HAMMERED Oct 23-25 2015 (Australia)
Ratel10mm replied to Dale Russell's topic in Events, Hammer ins, Where to meet
Sorry gang, I'll have to miss it this year. Same reason as last year - I'm in the wrong b#%>>y country at the time! Hey Phil, it looks like your website is down? -
Denise: " I don't know a lot." ROFL!!!!!! Don't listen to her Alex, she's a blimmin good smith! Hello Dale.
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LawnJockey, that's some interesting and useful information there. Would you mind explaining the legal terms please? I think I've 'got it' but I want to see if these principles hold in the UK as well, and the yerms may be different?
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International Blacksmiths Fest (UK) 2014
Ratel10mm replied to John B's topic in Events, Hammer ins, Where to meet
Hey Moony, maybe we need to make a plan for 2015 mate. :) -
I'm learning a lot from this series of threads. Thanks very much. :)
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Principles of Estimating
Ratel10mm replied to rockstar.esq's topic in The Business Side of Blacksmithing
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Or tap the hole itself if the material will take the load without shearing the threads?
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WOW! That is a very cool spanner!!! :)
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Probably can't make it this year, we plan to be in the UK. Might be going to the Capital soon-ish. If we drive I'll try to drop by if that's ok. Phil, have you come & got that PH yet?
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Taking others' ideas...is it OK?
Ratel10mm replied to billyO's topic in The Business Side of Blacksmithing
If you're in an art gallery or similar, you'll usually see signs saying 'please respect the artist's copyright - no photography' or something similar. I was always taught not to take photos without the artist's permission, and that theremin a great difference between taking inspiration from others' work, and simply copying others' work. If you get prrmission to copy the work, then that's fine. :)