T.J.watts

thank you for all the compliments, im new to forging and am glad i can add something useful to the forum. Im in the process of taking over my father in laws shop so when im done getting everything set up ill try to post some how to pics.

Looks pretty nice

Looks good.

Finished it with brass and a krylone clear. I'll post how to pics when I start the next one. Still s'more things I want to iron out.

This is the other style I'm trying, it's not done yet but thought I would show the progress.

Looks pretty nice

Thanks. I've been looking in to finding a better way to make then and I'm trying a different style this time so we'll see how this next one turns out.

I've made a few of these when I have down time at work I built this one for a friend during my breaks. Just wanted your opinions. Everything is cut from .125 a-36 plate and the stem is .375 rod. I used a torch to heat the pieces and hammered the shape of the vise one at a time welding them together with L-56 hard wire. Bead blasted everything and then buffed and reheated to get the color. The engraving was done with a diamond bit and die grinder. The gold detailing was done with brass rod then clear coated.

I thought about finishing it anyway but it would just annoy me till I started over anyway. I'll try again when I get more coal

yes i plan on it but im not sure how tight they will be ill make that decision when i get to it. Getting more coal this weekend so ill be able to try it again.

Lol I would be ok with that if that was my original intention

Started to finish the ram head today made the eyes nostrils and mouth. Reheated to start the horn twist and left it just a second to long and melted one horn so I'm going to try again tomorrow.

I looked in to what Lenox saw blades are made of. They wouldn't tell me exactly what is was but the teeth are high speed steel and the backing is spring steel. I asked if it was 1095 cause it hardened the same and the guy chuckled and said I was really close. Don't know if this helps anyone but I'm pretty sure it's 1095 or 1075.

Made the punches and blunt chisel today. I going to try and finish it by this weekend.

Been having a lot of problems with blades so I decided to try working on some other project to help me improve hammer control, welding ect. Started it tonight and ill keep it posted as I go. We'll see what happens.

Really nice. What kind of band saw blades? We haves two large HEM saws at work and I have a lot that I use for fabrication spacers.

ceriated, couldnt remember what it was lol

cool send me an email with directions and ill come by saturday morning.

I sure cant afford one but check out millers dynasty machine. we bought one at work a few months ago and i love that thing. stick tig aluminum stainless steel whatever xxxxxx machine, and you dont have to change tungsten everything runs with the same tungsten. also if you decide on tig check out E3 tungsten.

i gotta agree with DSW i do alot of tig for my job and about the only thing you wont be able to do is aluminum with DC. I enjoy tig more than any othere process especially stainless.

if your not busy this weekend i can come by 3' piece work.

I have some 4140 .75 square stock if you need some

Yes that's johns and he has a horse named big sexy lmao

yes but thats the majority of what we use. also 50k 4140 4130 304 316 1018

one of my guy said he knows you charles. john bennedict