IRON FIST RICH

-8 right now with a low around -13, and a fresh snowfall of 18 inches yesterday, 

I would love to be the apprentice

Rich

they look very nice, and yes please post a BP soon

Rich

will things like 4-ways for car tires or old screwdrivers work for anything? then i am wondering if anyone is from the tri cities in michigan andknows where to buy coal.

if you look at the pic you can see BELL SYSTEM stamped in it

The problem you are having is most likely caused by your tip overheating. With Oxy/ acetylene popping can be caused while welding simply by holding the torch tip at the wrong angle which causes it to overheat. A dirty tip or wrong fuel pressure mixture as mentioned above can be the causes but confining a tip in a small furnace as you describe is most likely causing the overheating of the tip due to back pressure and reflected heat at the tip. The back pressure is holding the mixture back into the tip and the overheating of the tip is forcing combustion inside the heat tube. If you don't have check valves on your regulators or torches this can definitely be a serious situation. Remember you're playing with acetylene an inherently unstable gas unlike propane. Be careful and find an alternative method to heat your furnace.

we call them cape chisels also. they work great for cutting out the bushings on head glands on hydraulic cylinders

the videos that you post are very informative. seeing is believing. please keep them coming

i had just received a quote from him and the 2 days later it was posted that he had passed away.

it is a sad day in the blacksmith community

Chad
STREAT FUEL CO. 800 ERIE ST. FLINT MI. has good smithing coal. i havent bought any in a year or so i cant give you a price

Those kind of adds make me very suspicious that the seller is playing a game with the prices.

Nobody knows who the "bidders" actually are, ... or how many more of those "valuable" antiques the seller will list for sale, once a price has been established.

"CAVEAT EMPTOR"


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I would jump at the chance to be an apprentice

would you be interested in selling 1

Junksmith
nice project looks good and isnt to complicated
thank you for sharing

making hot dog roasting forks from 1/4 sq stock

looks like a tool we used to break roller chain links

definitely not you first day at the forge, EXCELLENT work


RICH

Right now I have a nice chunk of beeswax and use it straight up. Before I used the formula in "Art Of Blacksmithing" but used paraphin and mixed it by eye. I melted the paraphin in a double boiler and added about 1pt in 3 turpentine, then I added lamp black and lastly added neatsfoot oil till it was the consistency of shoe polish when cool.

As I recall from AOB the lamp black, soot, graphite, etc. in the mix fills any pours in the iron when it's hot so water vapor can't enter. It also blackens the iron which is what I think is the real reason. You can buy different graphite based powders at an art supply, ranging from silver gray to dead black.

Plain bees wax tends to stay tacky unless I wipe it nearly clean.

Frosty the Lucky.

does the mixture stay liquid or do you reheat each time to use it??

hope this is in the right thread, if not mods please move. i need to know what should the oil to bees wax mix be thanks in advancve


RICH

Pipe also makes a good candle snuffer


RICH

GLEN
you and your family are in our prayers

RICH

thank you fiery
i made 1 today. instructions were easy to follow, pics are excellent

RICH