Max Mulholland - Tetnum

if i may borrow one from glen "If someone questions your standards, they are not high enough. " -glen;) they questioned the pillow blocks so this plan dosent sound like over kill

rich- fuel is coal thanks glen thomas- i have tried that but it dosent seem to make a diffrence dave- scarfingthe bar is rounding 2 corners on one side of a square bar so the flux gets in all the way through the weld and is expelled during the weld

im not trying to make domascus or any thing just to weld correct me if i am wrong but i beleve the process i beleve is heat the metal scarf, brush, fold ,flux next heat poke with a pointed round bar to see if it sticks in the forge pull it out, quick burch sweep ,few light hits, flux next heat somoth out the weld 20 mule team for flux i cant get the metal to stick and it is rather annoying any help would be greatly apprecated

thats really good looking gate

"The 3 styles available include the common 8-1/2" x 10" rectangle, a 8-1/2" x 14" rectangle for knife makers, and a 6" round fire"

i beleve that it is important to show others how we work so they can learn and improve upon the idea and learn from mistakes made by others sothey ans forge safely

Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil (SOFA) Blacksmith Association i am just wondering if there is anay thing special about the sofa fire pots i have used them as well as others so i am just wondering

i was sorta thrown at this demo by my grandmother on our vacation up north she had called the blacksmith at the county musem and asked if i could spend a day working with him. i goth there and and had fun watching what he was doing and seeing how he ran a demo then he let me use the forge for a while and it was a leap up from my setup with a hofi hammer and non aso anvil and a SOFA firepot something tells me i forgot some of the talking part of the job o well it was a learning experiance and a learned a lot and made some useful tools for the quilter it was fun and i would do it again sorry gota unload pics form camera ill get them up later today

i havent tried it but i think as long as they are welding rods and not brazeing rods the flux should work only concerns i might have is the flux might be a lower temp and just burn off or react with something in the forge and make something bad for the health

jet i am not a fan of gas forges but if you must there is a forge simmlar to what your describeing but if it was me i would use the small barrel and get a 2inch pipe and a t jont put dumping ashgrate as frosty descirbed somewhare with a exaust cap on one end put on a flatbar on the other end of the t jont to act as a grate cut a hole int the bottom of the drum and the side so the pipe will fit through pack clay aroud the grate end in the drumto form a firepot or use firebrick set a shop vac to blow and fire it up o dont use anay galvnised pipe or fittings we all would miss your input grately

Antique Champion Blower & Forge Co. Drill Press i am in the areia right now and was just wondering if i should get it but to me it loohs compleate and well kept and for the price i looks really cheap thanks for all responces

i havent gotten a question in a while but i have gotten the same rude statement alot "THEY MAKE HORSE SHOES" i tell them i dont and if they insist i say "alright ill make a horseshoe, (turn around put a peice of metal in the fire) face them and say HEAAAA! HEAAAAA! get a here." they tipicaly leave confused or laughing what a hot summer demo day does to the head

i have used a simmlar setup for a while the major diffrence is that my flu blast dosnt have a regulator/valve but it works well now if icould only finish it:rolleyes:

i have had metal appearing at my shop but the big peices are 250#3/8 galvnised cable(stream team) a pipe 24 inch dimeter 3feet long(construction scraps) and old corroded transmission? the transmission just materilised and is sort of puzzleing as to where it came from mabe START (stream trash art) program

um thats one big anvil good find

nice job the level of fun only goes up from here you will get better heat and less downtime if you skip the briquets find coal charcoal wood corn (yes i have used all of these and they all work well) or something that dosent contain a mass of limestone most of your heat goes to makeing quicklime and not to the iron thus more hammer time

i think most questions have been answered but dose any one know how answer the question "do you shoue elephants?" followed quickly by his responce "i dod once the shoues are as big as your chest, see you dont know what your doing here." and he walked off leaveing me compleatly confused do they shoe elephants? if they do how big are the shoes (weight and size)? and is this question just a random occourance or has it happened before?

STOP NOW!!!!! before it drops its bad with iron but alum i dont even want to see that bill DONT TEST IT WHAT EVER YOU DO IT WILL NOT END WELL FIND SOMETHING ELSE THIS WILL HURT YOU THE ALUM WILL LIKELY IGNITE AS DAN SAID just take the drain out and trade it for stock a brakedrum or somethong else you can use. I melt 1/4 inch alum plate shreds for casting. it melts in a coal fired furnace in a little under a miniute in a crucable and i have had it ignite before just listen to dan and any others this is not safe i appoligise for being ro repetive but this is really not a good idea and you will likely be injured if not mamed sorry for the rant

i am 15 and started when i was 9 and there are many other pepole our age so your not alone 1. tongs, got an olt pair of plyers. vicegrips? they will work to a point 2. anvil anything you can pound on will work to start but try and stick to iron drops and such (stay away from moms good china:o) 3. forge brake drum forge or as was above mentioned the 55 forge oh and be safe hot metal hurts and just when you think you have got it will try and mame you when your not paying attention be safe have fun any ione correct me if i have bad info thanks

i don't know about the anvils but here are some ideas for the rail Index to Anvil Making articles and for the vice i have gotten by with a 20# craftsman bench vice for the past while just make sure you have it held down well to a solid object (ie. stump ) hope fully someone else can help you with the anvils

nice find i havent used CC 70# anvil but i have used simmlar ones and the small rebound is probaly caused by the lack of mass under the striking face because the mass is distributed more in the horn than the base/neck anyone correct me if i am wrong

fixiehorse you live really close to me and nice find on the crane hook it will serve as a great anvil

i have bean given about 250# worth of 1/2 inch galvinized(why) cable i know i cant forge, weld or heat it up in general so is it worth keeping or what should i do with it

nice to see that someone has started out the same way that i did except in a campfire and a gold pan for for an air blast the hammer was the least tireing thing

an alternate option is to go the route i was forced to and use a scrubber i have used mine for about a year and have had no problems scrubber