divermike

Even in Michigan I can sniff out an occasional deal! This wagon forge was built by a local smith, he based it on a sketch of a southern civil war wagon forge, he narrowed the wheel base for me so it will fit into the 5x10 enclosed trailer. It has an elasomeric paint on the canvass wrapped bellows, works like a charm, need just a bit of TLC, and I have some ideas of racks and tooling carraiges. Traded a Ruger mini 14 for the whole wagon!

The twists are made in a rod that was pre grooved, apparently some kind of spline gear or something, a fine fellow at quad state Ohio was selling it, He swore it would forge weld very easily and is really easily worked, I was skeptical at first, but after working it, I was astonished! The next year I bought as much as I could afford. The twists were done with a small hand held propane torch, the rod really makes for some fun hooks and such.

Thanks guys, I took the cross stake to the hammer in our group had, and it got some very nice comments.

Only use the water when you need to use the water, just because the movies always show the blacksmith quenching, does not mean the blacksmith always quenches. I have a shattered hold down to prove it!

I have been having a hard time getting out to the forge, just too much going on, but finally a couple little projects that have been in my head, were made into metal. I have been wanting to add something to the Touchmark garden in Cedar Ridge Ca. and I had an idea of mixing a Geode with a metal stake for the yard, It looks a bit like an eye, so I named it "Gaia's Eye. The second piece is a split cross, the first cross I made cracked, some wierd air hardening metal, very unexpected, so the cross was the second attempt, I was under a bit of time pressure so it is what it is, My wife loves it, and for me, that's all the reward I need, along with the joy of making it.

I thought I saw a hatchet being hammered on with machine precison edges on the back side, I gave it my best rasberry..phhhllllbbbb...

my life has been much improved by the people I have met in blacksmithing, what worries me is how many we are losing, at such a fast rate.

Sorry to hear the bad news, last year 3 friends passed in my life, I miss them dearly, I will say a prayer for his family.

alright, I now stand corrected, and all is right with the world! You sure are hairy TP.

I like it, I really like the idea of notching a crotch for the peened side of the rivet, never occurred to me, gotta love this site, always getting some tidbit to add to my fumbling around!! Thanks!

We are always saying we love pics, and your video satisfies that craving and then some, next video handles?? Well done.

ours actually came out to about 60 lbs I believe.

I have read a bunch of your stuff Thomas, never thought "gee that guy is an idiot" but I still have my reservations about never seeing any pics, not sure I can trust a guy who won't bring pics to this forum, I mean we all want pics!! Give us pics!!! aaaaaagggggggg ok there, it's out of my system, I will continue to read your posts!

That is so true, I once came across 2 highly polished flats of some alloy that had self welded.

a couple years ago a whole slew of my pics just disappeared from my posts, it kinda took the joy out of this site for me for a while, but fecal matter occurs.

Cool, now old boxes with hinges at auctions will come under consideration for purchase, thanks for sharing.

wow, and I thought it was just heat and pressure....

careful, that model may raise some blisters.

I have some family in Provo, mayhaps upon a visit, I shall swing by and lend what little skill I have to your set.

the length of the handle may be part of the problem as well.

agreed

seems to me I read a small book called farm blacksmithing or some such, probably is listed on google books somewhere.

I have been making walking sticks for years, it never occurred to me to do one of these, but now......

I would start at 1.5 aprox, and go from there.

Couldn't the end have been upset as a first step, then the tenon done?