Tom Lumpkins

Looks Good Jeff, and Very Sturdy,,,

got a question for you all, Can you forge weld, stainless steel , I have no idea and a friend asked me the question, and I thought I would ask you..Thanks Tom

Those are nice, Thanks for sharing them with us.

The first thing I made when I got into this , Was a pair of tongs, They weren't pretty but worked for a little while, the second pair was a little better , I think I've made around five pairs so far, and the ones that I favor look terrible, But work pretty darn good.. Once I finaly relized that both sides are the same, and Started making them together instead of making one side and then the other It worked out pretty darn good. I agree with other's.. "don't buy your tools make um"

that chew of tobacco was pretty good C/George..lol... and Jeff you are right those safty glasses won't work sitting on the shelf..

I seen something on TV this morning about the Murder, Thats so bad, I will pray for you and your family.

Me and UnkleSpike, Come up with a idea about Challenging each other on making stuff, I'm still trying to learn and I thought some of you all might be interested in this. The Challenge was to make a set of Hinges. I got mine darn neer done, I got a question for one of you old timer's. . I need to know how you forge weld the pin or Pintle without burning off the pin, I'm sure you soak it I'll find out next time I get to fire up the forge. If some of you all want to get involved with the Challenge. leave a post. Here's a clip that I put together. TheChallenge - making a hinge

Looks good ,Thanks for sharing...

This link might help you Greg.. http://www.metalwebnews.org/ftp/blacksmith-practice.pdf This is some kinda Army Manual on Blacksmithing.

Hello everybody, I have a friend thats a truck driver and he is also a Scout leader and lives in Madisonville,KY... he is looking for someone in the Area that could put on a blacksmith show for his Troop. if anyone is interested please leave a post and Thanks in Advance..Tom

Awesome..Thanks for sharing with us..

Welcome to the site, If you got Air and good fuel you should be able to get way up there in Temp.... Where do you live. You can go to CP on the top of the page and update and never can tell you may have a blacksmith neighbor that lives around the corner from you.. Tom

Hello everybody, Me and the wife live in Woodlawn,TN out in the woods and we got us a problem. Here latly the dog will raise cane and you go out and the scent is terrible, We got a Skunk that is living in the woods behind our house and I think he is coming up and eating the Cats food , I told the wife to watch the cat while he is eating then take the food away... Do you all have any other idea's.. I realy don't feel like goin Skunk hunting.. lol...

I wished I would have seen that earlier, I won "Bought" two Jacob Chucks off ebay today.. 280405675471 130335170815

Post Drill,,, NOt Vise... Dang Glenn you don't miss much do you...lol....Thanks for the correction...lol

I recently purchased a old Silver Manufactoring Post Drill and it has the old screw in Chuck . and I want to convert it to a modern chuck. and don't know anything about the chuck that I need and so forth and was hoping someone on here could let me know what size I need and some do's and Don'ts. They have the sizes listed as # 2 chucks or # 3 chucks and that doesn't help me and I don't want to order the wrong size.. Thanks in advance..Tom

I bought the B2 . and fixen to put it to use this morning. it looks good. just got to learn to use it now..lol

I think someone posted recently that they had parts for a Champion Post drill

Mr Hofi Thanks for sharing a bit of your wisdom and knowledge with us..

Jerry I will be praying for a fast recovery for you.. And Debbie, I'll also throw a few words in for you....Tom

I am home and came by your house this past week, But it was late and didn't think I would bother you that late. Man I sure hate to hear about the email you got. Thats Bad, I'm fixen to head out to my little shop and while I'm out there I'll send a few words to the Man above for you. . Tom

just talked to the lord about you and your family. Everythings going to be fine. congrats on becoming a GG. Father, you'll have to make that baby a little hammer to play with..Tom

Hansman Besure and go to the CP section on top of page and put down your location, there's alot of smiths from the Ky area and it may open up a few doors for you.. Welcome to the club..

Looks real good, I bet you can't wait to get the first fire goin, Are you Jeremy, ? ..