Dale Russell

Glenn , he said he was gonna be off his feet for a couple of months , not a couple of yrs Dale

Guess no AUSSIE'S are interested in Get HAMMERED this yr Dale

G'day all youse AUSSIE's , well it's on again " Get HAMMERED " at MOONY'S 23 rd , 24 th , 25 th October 2015 Braidwood NSW Australia Cost is $ 50.00 per person This covers all the fuel ( forges / genny ) & a slap up feed on the Saturday nite Remember to bring tucker for all other meals , your tools ( you wont need them all ) , camping gear , any project you want to work on ( bring steel , but MOONY will have extra if you run out ) , " Dunny paper "& most importantly BEER ... Let me/ MOONY know ( in here will do ) if your coming , need to workout ow many ta cater for on Saturday nite Dale Russell

Stan , the 1's I've been seeing up for grab's down here are around $ 120 - $ 150 AUD for a 4" vice although seen some cheaper on fleabay , but missing most of it's hardware . Dale

Thank you mate , so you understand my point of view . " If " you wanna learn it do the research yourself , i'm not gonna do it for you , I had to find out this stuff myself , long before the WWW / internet came along Dale Russell

Dan , good point , but " he found " another picture " on e-bay , " if " it's on that it should be easy to do any form of search online " including google " ( btw which I never mentioned ) Dale Russell

Jerry ( if I may call you by your Christian name ) I gave " The Young Forge " all the info that as been mentioned above & even added " IFI " links to where he should look within " 10 minutes " of his first post in forums He said in reply ( which is really strange as at that time he'd only been a " full " IFI member for 12 minutes ) that he'd read everything bout blades in forums already . I then added IFI links to blade forum on IFI & included a link to Steve Sells book only to be told " I've read in 2 times already " You can't lead a horse to water , but you cant make him drink . Sadly with the " NOW " Gen it's " give me give me " & why should I research when you can tell me what I need ( if I can be bothered to read what you give me ) No more " searching " for people who are too LAZY to do it them selves Dale Russell

I don't know , ave you bothered to do a search online " before " you asked us to do it for you ? Dale Russell

All , I mentioned all this to " The Young forge " in chat less then 10 minutes " after " he posted this question in forums I'm over flogging a DEAD Horse . Read the pinned items in forums . sick & tired of pointing people to where they should look & cant be bothered Dale Russell

Alextynan , Denise is the person I was refurring to when I said I knew some 1 in Townsville , I was hoping she'd see this thread & chime in with an invite to her shop Dale Russell

alextynan To find your local blacksmith ..... I know of at " least " 1 blacksmith in Townsville you could go see who would give you a hand makin' your starter kit http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/97-brisbane-blacksmith-group-abaqld/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/80-peel-river-artist-blacksmiths-of-australia/ http://www.artistblacksmithnsw.com/ http://www.abavic.org.au/ http://www.artistblacksmithsa.org.au/Welcome.html http://www.bawa.net.au/ Then you have ... http://www.blacksmithing.com.au/ http://watersidemetalart.org/ those last 2 are in Victoria , I know both sell everything your looking for ( & more ) Then you ave people like MOONY , Forgemaster here on the site ( forgive me for the countless other AUSSIE smiths I ain't named but i'd be here all day typin' youse name in ) Heck , if you offer me enough $ i'll deal with the wrath of the nexties & lite up my forge & make the stuff for you Dale Russell

Ian , if you go down the air chisel path " ear protection " is a must just my 2 cents worth Dale Russell

WPHS = Work Place Health & Safety

My version of a ballpein " Hack & Slash " Dale Russell

G'day Ned , welcome ta the site " Such is life " hey Ned ... ;) bung youse name inta this , you never know , mite be another smith just around the cnr from you . '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> Dale Russell

5 minutes searching on the net . Took longer to figure out how to post the URL ( wouldn't let me cut & paste ) then to find http://www.horseshoeshop.com.au/wire-butchers-brush-heavy-p-132.html Http://www.stockmanssupplies.com/BLACKSMITHING/BRUSHES/pl.php Dale Russell

Toolish , it's Clarke 20 ton logbuster ( father inlaw told me it was a 50 ton but I've since checked the spec's on it ) Forged ( & welded ) 50 mm forklift lift chain " easy " Squashes 25 mm square like butter Get's about 1 " push " every 2 seconds if you don't let the ram back too far ( spring return when you release the handle ) If I can figure out how to post pictures/ links with this new windows 8 I will , but if you search forums you should find some threads on it ( few vids on youtube on convos of splitters to forging presses as well ) Dale Russell Moderator86