Bad Creek Blacksmith

Thanks guys Jim was great and this coming weekend is our Hammer In For Northwest Ohio Blacksmiths, he will be remembered there. The club built a bench and pass members names go on the bench. Will post pictures after this weekend.

Today I found out my Mentor Jim Beck passed away. Not only was he my mentor he was a good friend, when I started forging steel he bent over backwards to help me out. I met him at the County Fair where he took my name and number. When the next club meeting came around he picked me up and made sure I had a good time. That's all it took for me with in a month I had my anvil, forge, vise,and hand tools. Jim showed me the basics and the rest is history. Rest in Peace Jim.

Thank you, saw that the further I scrolled down and saw your other posts. Now I feel like a newby.

Those look real nice, where did you get the how to video?

Enjoyed the video. Vaughn you mentioned about making the eye-turning tool, I also liked his quenching dipper. I been using a soup can for years and of coarse they rust out, his looks like it would last a life time and you have better control over the water. Time to get the heater fired up and get down to the shop.....this is the first time in ten years the water in my quench bucket has froze.

Nice post once I get my power hammer done and time on my hands will have to make one of these, and if I fail guess I'll buy one.

Nice looking rose! Mark Aspery has a how to video on roses on youtube, just do a search on his name.

Propane wall heater gets to hot in the shop have to turn it off. Work in a t-shirt and it stays warm enough at night the quench bucket never freezes, I turn off the heater at night to save on propane. It takes about an hour to warm the shop up on a cold winter day.

For the brass rod why not bend both ends at a 90 degree angle, punch holes in the frame and stick the rod through holes and take a ballpein hammer rivet ends over. On anvilfire.com go to their iforge how-to and they have a rose plan that has the pattern for the rose petals you can print, then all you have to do is enlarge it to the size you want. They have a lot of other ideas also that might be helpful.

Like the J-hooks, I started to put two holes in my J-hooks that way they don't swing back and forth and mark up the wall.

I always thought a blacksmithing show would be great, PBS needs to do some thing.

Great job, We had the blessings of Clay's presents at a hammer-in a couple years back and what we learned just by watching was an experience all by it self.

Would like to see him demo without Roy around. Interesting video but couldn't watch all of it, I know Roy is trying not to have any dead air time but enough is enough.

Nice looking rivet forge, check for a club in your area.

Thanks every one, I don't have any chose to pace myself I know when I've had enough. The vise is done now my my nephew can return mine and get his, he only has a 2 1/2 hour drive easier on him then me. I can't take pics because some one stole my camera going to get an other one hopefully soon. Next project is making a coat rack out of a pitch fork that was posted on iforge, thought it was neat and now I'm finally getting to it. then its those cabinet pulls thats money, all the other stuff is warm up. Working half days or less is all I can do but its better than nothing at all. Still have one surgery to go just don't know when. Thank you all again for the thoughts and prays they do mean a lot. Keep the fires burning.

I felt good today so decide to work in the shop after my surgery and kidney failure. Didn't get much done every thing had to be annealed, so its sitting in a bucket of ash until tomorrow. In case any one is interest in what I'm making, I making a spring for my nephews post vise...and of course I don't have the right size of tongs for the job so got to make them first. Also making some more dies for the gulliotine tool and then I have a order for 40 drawer pulls, 15 center pieces for a wedding and a swag for this arch tile work.....then I have to fit in all the stuff I make for the fair. Keep the fires burning. Paul

Thanks everyone, Things are looking up Went in today for blood work and they removed my ports so kidneys are getting better. Frosty with the girlfriend I'm not going to get into it but that was the straw that broke the camels back. Still need to build my strengh up so I can get back out to the forge. Keep the fires burning. Paul

It was worse than exspected 3 days later I was back in the hospital. ICU this time don't remember a thing had kidney failure just got out yesterday. Still have to go in for dailalzes 3 time a week. Best thing is kicked the girlfreind to the curb, she yelled at my mother and no one yells at mom. My mother would bend over backwords for anyone.

Thanks Thomas, Frosty, and Glenn. Today was rough thought I was going back to the hostipal. Thomas no big belly scar......just the belly and as far as the horses go thats all on her.

I haven't posted on hear for some time now. I have been busy my girlfriend bought two horses and I been helping with them. Last Tuesday morning around 2:00a.m. I had to be taken into the ER for emergency Appendicitis. The Doctors told my mom, dad, and girlfriend that it was the worst case they have seen ever. Now I need to heal so I can get back out to the shop and get some jobs done.

I did one of those Mason jar candle holder, so happy to get it done forgot to take pictures.

Looks great!

I do use a empty parmesean cheese container the holes are already there and the container is plastic......so if you drop it no broken glass.

Dave, I geuss I should have explained a little better. I undestand using 3/4" sch 40 pipe for the main body, but I was planning on buying stainless steel pipe to make my own flares. Thinking on it the scrap yard does have a lot of stainless scrap so that is probably the way to go.

Dave, Thanks for posting the video. One question what size is the stainless steel pipe ? I know you said 3" long but you didn't mention a diameter, I'll probable have to order this over the internet and want to make sure I get what I need. You were talking about the powder refactory cement that you mix yourself, that can be bought at any brickyard. I have a home made firepot and lined the bottom of it with it, just remember the less water added the stronger the cement will be. Paul