Justin Caradoc

sounds like a very worthy endevor please post pics of the finished project :)

Mark look up the band Straight no Chaser there rendition of 12day of christmas is fantastic.

realy good work. What I think when i see these is the first one looks like a realy cool flat screen stand, the second reminds me of a DNA strand and the last one looks the most "organic" because the green glass adds to the woody feel as if they are square leaves. now you have given me some ideas thanks :)

has anyone filled one with water and let it freeze then cut it? just wondering with winter and all it would be realy easy to freeze one. Would this work?

thanks for the info. I was going to make a foundry like I said. I am getting refractory cement from my local fire place store that is rated 3000 deg. Can I use this to also make a crucible? I just wondered cause I am cheap and I have to buy min of 50#s of the cement so i will have some left over. The foundry will only be used in the great outdoors so ventilation is good and I am getting a mask rated for zink/ lead fumes. I realy like living alot and want to continue to play with metal. :)

Ok I have been playing around with casting pewter and I am wanting to make some award medalions for my local kingdom. The colors of the medalions are blue and gold so i was thinking if I could cast them in brass that would be the gold part. Does anyone know where i can buy brass ready to be melted and what temp does brass have to reach to melt? I have a propane torch I have been melting pewter with and am going to make a gas foundry out of a BBQ propane tank for better melts. also can you cast brass into plaster or do I need to use sand? Thanks for any help.:)

cupcake pans work great for ingots.

to make a "ladle" form you can use a 4" cuttoff wheel in an angle grinder. That is what I used to make my dishing form for armor. I took the wheel and laid it flat on my oak stump and traced the outside circle and inside circle to use for the round pattern. I then slowly cut out the dish. I only rough cut it into a bowl then I used a hammer to pound the grain flat. If you are going to use wood for a swage block I would sugest you use the end grain for the forms. cut out the form then hammer smooth. Hammering compresses the grain which makes that part denser so there is less deformation when you hammer into it.

I would love to know how you built that forge. please share. I am doing a 12th century kit and that forge looks like what I am wanting. :)

building a forge in a Vardo would be easy. It could be possable they had a smithy in one of the wagons too. ( this is just a thought with zero documentation backing it up just seems plausable)

I love the way it looks alive. Great work :)

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that is fantastic as usual Pascalou you do outstanding work.

Just from what I have seen and used an armor shop would weigh more than anyone would want to have on a bike. even the most minimal armor shop I have used/ seen weighs 100-200 lbs. I would see if your friend who will store the retort would also let you smith there also. just my 2cents

just a though..... could you "rifle" the pipe for the blower to create a vortex out of the incoming air? I don't know alot about propane blowers but it was a thought I had.

thanks that help :)

Scratch if you wanted the vice lower you could always build a platform around it to raise you an few inches.

I live in a 1920's 3-story row house and my current work area is the basement, which is unfinished. I would really like to put a concrete floor in but I am not sure my idea would work. The ceiling is about 7 feet tall but with all the ductwork it makes it 6.5 feet tall in spots. I don

Finnr I just bought a 168# mousehole a couple of weekends ago for $200.00 I have not posted pics yet cause I can't find the camera. The affordable anvil is out there if you are patient. :)

you could draw them to a long taper and put a curly Q in them. ro punch a 3/8" hole and make rings. you could do the flat blade with curves and a spring swage to make it look like a fan. you could go by fleur d'les finials for the top and weld them on. you could split the top and make hearts. there is realy alot you could do with them or you could do 350 diffrent things. Skill does not matter I think if you pick something by the time you are done you are going to have alot more skill. just my 2 cents. :)

I like to put A-1, minced garlic, and a pinch of cyane pepper in my burgers. I only use a tea spoon of the A-1 per pound when it is cooked the flaver gets stronger.

welcome to the site Brian great anvil you made there

Woodworking advanced, blacksmithing basic skill, tailoring advanced, fabrication moderiate skill, longbow/ crossbow hunting. I am not sure what kind of challenge you are looking for but I have more skills than just this. How bout setting a challenge? Give us a list of materials and see who makes what out of them also so some guidelines as to if we can use extra materials or not. :)

an epee is a three sided blade. The only way I can think of forging one would to be to shape the blade to the shape you want and then use a special spring fuller to put the 3rd side on it. However using a forged epee would be a bad idea unless you can heat treat and temper spring steel perfectly. Even then i would not use it. I use an epee on a fairly regular basis I bought from triplette. If anyone would try using a hand forged epee against me I would have to decline to fight them. I trust Triplette blades over all others but even then they can break and cause serious harm. I had a friend of mine seriously hurt from a broken blade and all fencing stoped for the day. Here is Triplette's website if you would like to buy one Zen Warrior Armory - Zen Warrior Armory - Triplette Arms this is their site for SCA combat. hope this helps alittle

Welcome. Hope you enjoy your stay :)