civilwarblacksmith

Way to go Chris!! Congrats.

hey DJ, Yeah I'll have to keep my eye on it. thanks.

Great. I have a CW living history tomorrow as well. Luckily for me it at my main shop at the Union Mills homestead. I'll start forging about 6am. Also to pull off my side of the period presentation I need to start a daylight and end dusk as the blacksmiths of that period would have done. Good luck and hope you do well. I don't know bout you, but I will be glad to get a weekend off of events.

That's nice, that's real nice. I like the length of the horn. Looks in great shape. It would be a hard one to give away.

I have gotten to where I don't usually have the time to make the tools I need. It's all I can do right now to make the product. I have a fella at my blacksmith guild make the tools for me. Little things like bending jigs bent U-shaped for hooks or eyes I do on the spot. Ya don't get paid if the product ain't made!

Hey Archie, How bout a picture bud? Be neat to see your work.

Great to have you here. Hope we can be of service to you.

Welcome to I forge Iron. Hope we can be of service here.

The others are still being worked on to get them back onto the site. They will get there eventually.

Sorry Matt, Must have missed the e-mail on this. I was using soft bituminus coal out of southwestern West Virginia.

Your picture didn't come through, so we can't tell what you are working with.

I had won a nice lacer on E-bay but the seller disappeared and never accepted the money. So I finally got the money back.

I like it. Looks good. Once I put my saw together, I will have to see how straigh it cuts.

If you are tending the fire, aerating it, just plain doing fire maintenance; you shouldn't have meteorite sized klinker. If you are working the fire, the klinker will stay small and be worked out through the klinker breaker. If you don't have a klinker breaker, such as my 2 portable re-enactment forges, by tending the fire you remove the klinker while they are still small and not robbing the heat from your fire. Also if you are getting really large klinker, you could have a coal quality problem.

It could have alot to do with blacksmithing. SHOP DOG I've got 2 dachshunds for shop dogs and one keeps digging holes in it.

Yeah, I always carry a brass hammer with me now. That way if I demonstrate at someone elses forge I don't have to worry about messing up their hardy.

The chief blacksmith should have a brass hammer handy for using on any hardy. That way the hammer takes the abuse and not the hardy. I understand about unsupported living history sites. At the Union Mills Homestead, it was given to the Carroll County in the late 50's as a museum. The doesn't do as much as needed with the place. Alot of hemmin and hawwin goes on to get it done. It is still run by the Shriver homestead assoc. as far as events but then again there is alot that can bring in more people to the place except for some board member not wanting to do them. That is why I feel it is important for me to run the smithy as much as possible.

How well does the hardy hold in with the screw? Any chance of it falling out?

Alot of times service centers drop off the one that have been changed out on vehicles. So there should be some loose ones around. Same with coil springs. Also check with local garages. Most of the time they will be glad to give them to you so they don't have to take them away or have to pay some one to do it.

Jungle...........

That is amazing work.

I'll work up bp on all three and when I get them done I'll post them most likely on my web site and when Glenn gets caught up I'll get them copied for Glenn here. I'll be pulling the stove out of the trailer in a few weeks to get dimensions for now.

Great to have ya here and happy hammering

Glad to have ya here.

Seems most everyone are rockers or metal heads. I listen to a couple of different styles depending on what comes through. Mostly Country/Bluegrass and also Christian and Classical.