highlander

Aye, i do that in the ceiling of my garage with larger straps to store ladders and miscellaneous long objects.

Inspired by MRobb's thread on what we carry. Feel free to post pictures of your own in here. I made two, but brought the best one home with me to take pictures of. I have to fix the hook bend on the other.

my mousehole i posted a pic of on page one weighs 149# according to my bathroom scale. guy who sold me it at the scrap yard told me 160.

not a collector, just a user. my oldest is a mid 1700's mousehole

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i have a nice Goss 0-60. thats just because I already had it laying around when i started blacksmithing. 0-30 is all your really need, and the higher pressure ones are too expensive for the extra psi you wont be using.

indeed it is, joseph. 1/4 inch round mild hot rolled. i just figured out, they work GREAT for holding wire in place while i solder. keeps my hands away from the hot soldering gun, and gives me great control while working.

check the blueprints. my very first pair of tongs that i made were rebar and i loved them. they worked perfectly, but i would always quench them to cool them when i started to feel the heat thru the glove. they got brittle after a while and broke. they make good starter tongs, but dont expect them to last forever.

aye the rivet is really wimpy, so i wouldnt trust it to hold up under much twisting. it would if i were to re-rivet with something more substantial, but its just a decorative piece.

I have a cold, so I didnt have the energy to get into anything too big today. I made a few leaf key chains and these mini tongs just for fun. They are 6 inches overall.

I nominate M_brothers as well. From talking mostly to John in the chat, he is a young man with a bright future. He is always asking meaningful questions with the intent to learn from everything he sees. I take note to the fact that he is always asking what stock people use for their work that they show off, that shows that the wheels are turning in his head. Not only does he see an ax or a leaf key chain or a candlestick, he makes the effort to try to learn the means and method on how it became what it is. I haven't talked with his brother one to one, but it sounds like he is yet another bright young man with a lot going for him. Just my two cents.

welcome to the forum, ami. We have a whole section dedicated to safety. the link is General Discussions - Safety First at IForgeIron.com there are a few threads in there that deal with galvanized metal, so feel free to pick through!

YouTube - JYH-power hammer first test. posted in chat, makes yours look like nothing.