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Hello all, I have been trying to find a good way to display my roses for some time now. I've been looking around on here but I cant find many pictures of vases or wall mounts etc. I'm thinking of a nice wood backer with the rose held out in front of it somehow but I still have not come up with anything that im happy with. Or a nice vase that you could display on a table or something. So figured I could start a thread specifically for how to display your flowers/roses, show me what ya got!
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Thanks everybody, the only problem with it so far is that its kinda top heavy and if you get a decently strong gust of wind it wants to fall over. So I think I'm going to have to rig something to hold it down to the table. I have some small diameter cable laying around so maybe rig it with a spring and some eye bolts to the table or side rail of the forge.
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So I was working on designing a side draft hood for my mobile forge and came up with this. I spend under $2 on the bucket and aluminum duct, cut a big hole in the bucket and cut out an opening in the side and here you go. It just sits on the table and you can fine tune its location to whatever you like. Even used the piece I cut out as a sort of adjustable overhang. And I gotta say it works really well. So all you out there that are in my position of limited time money and resources here is an idea for you.
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Crazy what you hear
BackyardBlacksmithin replied to arcc's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Jerome Werth: No I don't mind at all.. And funny you mention if the world ends kind of scenario. I had a buddy at work last week who knows I do a lot of smithing tell me that if the world ever comes to a screeching stop I'm going to be a real popular guy.... Seems like nobody in todays society can really fix or make or do anything for themselves if it doesn't involve their Ipad or cell phone. Especially people of my generation. I'm 27 and I know people I work with that you would have to show which end of a hammer to hold on to much less what to do with it..... -
Crazy what you hear
BackyardBlacksmithin replied to arcc's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
The other day I was down at the gas station getting my 40# propane cylinders filled and the kid working there asked if I was having a BBQ... After telling him no and that I was a blacksmith he just looked at me like a monkey doing a math problem and asked what that was. So I explaned the whole hammer and anvil, metal working thing.... The blank stare continued so I just said forget it and fill my cylinders please..... -
I don't have that option unfortunately.... I have a very limited work area, I have used it a lot so far and just stepping on the base provides all the stability I need for what I usually work on. Once I move and get a shop area where I can have a permanent smithing area I will mount it down.
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I like it, I think I will do like frosty mentioned and add a rim around the edge to keep stuff from rolling off. Maybe add a hammer rack and a tong rack and a few hooks on the I beam part to hold maybe some files or twisting wrench or something. I got lucky and the lug holes on the semi brake drum fit the leg perfectly so it sits where it was meant to. Should work great for demo's not to mention it will be my regular use vise. I'm just really happy to not have to rely on my goofy little hardy hole mounted vise anymore....
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Just finished building my new vise mount, all done but paint. Love how it turned out, very stable but you can tilt it up on edge and roll it around or put it on a hand truck no problem. I may add a hammer or tong loop off the side or something to hold other tools still but have not decided quite yet.
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How I forged a new spring for my leg vise
BackyardBlacksmithin replied to Timothy Miller's topic in Vises
Ok so I think I will just try to reshape it cold and if that doesn't work like I want I will just heat it and reshape it and normalize it and see how that does. Thanks for the help -
How I forged a new spring for my leg vise
BackyardBlacksmithin replied to Timothy Miller's topic in Vises
hmm... I guess i need to figure out what type of steel the spring thats in it is. -
How I forged a new spring for my leg vise
BackyardBlacksmithin replied to Timothy Miller's topic in Vises
I have a vise I just bought that is overall in great shape, but the spring only opens the vise to about a half inch then it stops. I want to re-heat the spring and re adjust it to open the vise farther but will I need to heat treat the spring when I'm done? And if so how far do I draw the temper down to? -
maybe after I'm done with them I can send them out for chrome plating too ha! And I have a bad back as it is, don't need to make it any worse...
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Do you have a picture of that? is it on a pivot horizontally on the top of the piece of plate?
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Thats not a bad idea either... Yes that would be quite the job but then again, all of us on this forum are not always know for taking the easy way out ;) That would be a great conversation piece when im using the forge at demo's too.
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Ya I saw a few of those type of wheels at the scrap yard last time I was there, might have to go back and get them....
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Hmm..... not a bad idea. Never thought to make my own wheels. Now where would I get some weldable bushings/hubs?
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Thanks everybody, i do think Im going to replace the wheels or at least the wheel bearings. There a but rougher than I initially thought... Its heavy enough that I think the old lawn mower wheels and bearings are not quite enough. And im also going to add a plate on the bottom to hold the bucket to catch the ashes and also put a bit more weight toward the front end. Its a little too balanced on the wheels, wants to flip back when your pushing it around.
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Hey gene thanks, I just ordered a bunch of coal from that guy in beavercreek you told me about. going to pick it up on my way to portland next week for the demo Im doing. I was going to order some coke too but he does not have any down there, so figure I will get some whenever I order again. And thanks for the tip about the coke, I will have to try that. After I get through hunting season next month I wanna get down there again and see if we cant work on a few projects.
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I fired it up earlier today for a few hours and it worked great, I made the cut out for longer pieces and there seems to be enough distance between the edge of the firepot and the edge of the table area where I didn't have any problem loosing coal off the sides. I have been using my propane forge I built a while back and haven't used coal much at all lately. But I went and took some lessons and the guy used a forge very similar to the one I ended up building. I really enjoyed using his forge so here we are...