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hummm lol is it cheaper than coal?
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From the album: KidSmiths
Ryan with his finished feather. I think he did a VERY good job for having done it all himself. (except for torching out the angle iron.) -
From the album: KidSmiths
Working out the adjustments. -
From the album: KidSmiths
Finally willing to give the ''tongs'' a try after about 5-6 light smacks to his tong hand with a ball peen hammer. The hammer he is using is one of those you can buy for decoration but would be hard pressed to drive in a tack with. He finally hit himself hard enough with it to stop hammering but not enough to even say anything to me about it. -
From the album: KidSmiths
Ryan using the hand crank grinder to put an ''edge'' on one of his nail swords. He got his first commission last night when a friend of mine at church told him he would like to buy 5 for $5. Now he has some really wild dreams of the TONES of money he can make... I love it! -
From the album: KidSmiths
Ryan on the hand crank grinder, Once they master this I will move them up to the electric one but for now this one can get them in enough trouble. ;) -
From the album: KidSmiths
no heatin-just beatin He sure seems to think he is making something out of that piece of 1/4'' round. He has been on the same piece for 3 days now! -
From the album: KidSmiths
Ryan at the anvil (Now with the eye protection problem fixed!) working on his feather using one of the shaping hammers he and I made from a grade 8 bolt. -
From the album: KidSmiths
Ryan at the anvil (Caught with his eye protection on his head instead of his eyes!) working on his feather. -
From the album: KidSmiths
Dustin at the anvil working on one of his nail swords. -
From the album: KidSmiths
Watching the iron get hot! -
From the album: KidSmiths
This is Dustin working on his tongs, they get a little rusty when you stick them in water EVERY time they get near the fire. (at least he has a good respect for hot metal) -
From the album: KidSmiths
A collaborative effort! No idea what they were working on in this photo. -
From the album: KidSmiths
This is Isaiah, we have just finalized the adoption of him and his little brother. He is taking to blacksmithing like a duck to water! No heat yet, and a very small hammer, but he doesn't mind the slight finger smacks as long as I don't send him out of the shop! -
From the album: KidSmiths
This is Zack with a feather he and I created as his going away present. Zack was a foster child who is now in an adoptive placement, hopefully I have planted a blacksmithing seed that will grow later on in his life. -
From the album: Projects
Flowered Candle Holder -
From the album: Projects
Iron Feather with real feathers and gold wire. -
From the album: Projects
4'' Cowboy hat -
From the album: Projects
Shaping Hammers made from grade 8 bolts. -
From the album: Projects
Shaping Hammers made from grade 8 bolts. -
Charcoal will burn just great in a standard coal forge. I have heard dried corn will work just fine as well but you need to pile it up about 2 more inches. I have never had that much corn available to burn so I haven't tried it. Dung is supposed to be a good forging fuel but it is said to not get hot enough for a welding fire. Wood works fine if your pieces are small enough, about 1''-2'' square but the forge flees are very bad and it smokes badly. You will also need to pile it up enough that the wood is charcoaled by the time it reaches your forge's hot spot. This is based off of what I have gathered during my search for the same information. I even started off in a WMO forge, only problem with that is the availability of the motor oil in Oklahoma.
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Not exactly sure of the answer to the first part but i know Hydrogen Peroxide will cause the piece to rust like right now! Worse than sea water.
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The best advice I could give you, you already have! Except that the designed for the purpose = what ever purpose you designed it for regardless of how ''Brutal'' it may or may not be. Welcome to IFI You can learn anything you want to about this addiction here. :D
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lowes / home depot / etc sell carbon monoxide detectors, may be a healthy investment. Think even walmart sells them now.
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I just used a piece of 1/2'' thick x 4'' angle iron for the back piece that attached to the bench and a flat bar about 1/2'' x 1'' x 3'' for the front piece. drilled holes and mounted the angle to the bench and drilled holes in the 2 pieces that allowed me to run a bolt on either side of the vice leg between the 2 pieces. For a spring I used a piece about 1'' wide and about 12'' long cut out of a lawnmower blade, bent it at the anvil and quenched it in water.
