noob blacksmith

thanks all i found some sites and am well on my way to a completed paper

in school we're doing are junior paper over to opposing careers we would enjoy just one problem i can't find statistics over full time blacksmiths on any web sites include u.s. department of labor does anyone know any sites that have info about requirements or qualities that would help

i suggest making one i used a old wheel barrel some fireplace bricks a bit of scrap pipe from a muffler shop and a hairdryer and it works like a charm

on monday morning my brother was sent to iraq prayer for his safety would be loved

oh the rose oil is a very good idea and i would've used solder but i was out and i didn't feel like going into town

sing a screwsome roofing copper and a little copper wire i tried to make a copper flower after seeing the blueprints so heres some picks. i'm planning on maybe making one as a corsage for my prom

thank az yeah i kinda skipped basics and jumped to blades on the 2nd day of me smthing while not the prettiest i am still happy with them.

i think he got banned to bad i loved his blades

Thanks Don i used a file for the one that still has the end of the railroad spike but after 4 1/2 hours the pitting was still very deep so i used a hand held grinder to try an try and get a edge on it which worked but as you can teel came out a little uneven i have some files at home and will try and even it out. Also sorry about my punctuation skills i've always had trouble with em.

well i finaly did it i hammered out 2 blades the using a hand grinder (which for future reference not the greatest tool for the job) shined em up through may look dark in the picture the lighting on them is evil and put and edge on em there both railroad spikes the whole railroad spike was smithed with my friend and the curved one smithed with my father

>.< i need some real practice so i can catch up and show a cool knife sometimes i love the bushknife man very nice

i need to make one that nice i made a railroad spike knife for my first but i give it a D+ so it ain't going to be what i show for my first knife but as my first attempt

the anvil i got was my great great grandfathers when i got it it had a large lair of rust and had been sitting in a shed with holes in the roof for the better part of 4 decades

nice man can't wait to see her all shined up

wow nice turned out far better then any of my attempts so far T.T i got some really bad i guess "pitting" is the words in my first knife

the blade was clean i used borax as a flux and the company that makes the saw blades i used uses l-6 through the heat could've been a little low i guess and maybe pete's onto somethin

i'm the super novice at blacksmithing and at my first fire up of the wilson forge we made attempts at using saw blades that are l-6 steel but when attempting the forge weld we ran into a few problems so anyone have any tips and hints for me?:confused:

well all i know is what i read i have no real experience because still getting the lasts bits for my charcoal forge but the way i read it in a bladesmithing book the man coated the blade with a mix of asphaltum and bees wax the cut the design in the wax and dipped it into a container of ferric acid of course tape sounds alot easier

there we go i have a large free supply of Be free brass 20 minutes away for smithing or i could just take it to that junk dealer and make a little cash thanks ice oh and the primers aren't hard to knock out my grand father was a cop and used to load his own rounds

does anyone know what type of brass bullet casing are made of theres a public shooting range littered with em about 20mins from me and i was just seeing if anyone knew

it's 2 dollars a lb of brass and nah i ain't got a band saw in fact i'm still working on getting my forge togethor i'm about 93% done with it but school and work doesn't leave alot of free time x.x

lol well if it's really that hard to find that you'd pay the crazy shipping i bought it from an old junk yard near where i live the guy has 40 or 50 old brass rods that were to be machined there about 3 inchs in diameter and 4 feet long and weigh ALOT and for 2 dollars a pound i'm not sure it's worth it

all i know is it was the rods they used to machine a lot and if the Be possibly in it i think i'll just stick to plain copper or steel instead of possibly breathing in a dusty death x.x

i'm fairly new to smithing but i got my hands full of scrap including brass but i don't know much about it and wiki nor other websites have explained much beyond what it's made of so does anyone got any useful websites or info?

if you don't mind giving up some nickels there a pretty good source there 75% copper and 25% nickel