teenylittlemetalguy

thank you. I am told that there are tons of examples of them welding the eye this way. I like it myself a lot better than wrap and welds for sure. He had some tricks that made it easier as well.

Recently I got to attend a Viking axe class with Jim Austin. I am super stoked with the results. I have made a few small hawks before, wrap and weld and welded bit but nothing this big. ended up over 1-1/4lbs. This featured a traditional asymmetric weld on the eye and a 1075 bit welded in a mild body. Did I mention I am stoked?

9 to 3 ish

3800 taiga. It's off of Huffman. You could follow me if you want. Send me a PM so we can meet up.

that is a good position to be in! I love my leg vise. they are incredibly handy. you can beat on lots of things so as to make do without an anvil but to hold it and beat on it is another beast entirely. Upsetting stock is much nicer if you have one.

You bet I will be bringing the two brick forge. I am a big fan as you can do way more in it than you may think. I have made tomahawks, hammers and knives as well as large swooping items like curtain rods, and it is excellent for forge welding. I have a large forge and it sits idle about 90% of the time (saving me fuel $$$). Especially for a first forge I would recommend a two brick or just a brick pile forge till you know what you really need. If you can delay the build till after the meeting I think you will have a lot of new ideas.

9 am at Jims shop. I will PM you the address.

Hey Lonnie, good to hear from you. We have a fairly active group in Anchorage/Matsu area. I don't know of one down in the Kenai area. Maybe one of the smiths down there will pipe up and let us know otherwise. Would make me happy if they had one. Our next meeting is November 12th in Anchorage. You are more than welcome to stop in if you can make it. There is some very helpful people in our group and I am sure you would come away with some good tips. We typically have a fire going so you can have some forge time as well.

Jim Hutto texted me this morning to say he needs to change the meeting date to November 12th at his place. the 5th is not an option for him at this time.

mark this under "tools I never thought I would ever see". that is amazing.

I completely agree. I pretend to forge all the time, but I have never pretended to drink beer....

staged you say? maybe that explains the lack of smoke, sweat or any actual fluid in that bottle...8-)

too late, I beat you to it.

schucks I forgot my mule to horse conversion chart. good catch...

Hey, everyone.. watch me make Frosty spin a little .... it has 20 HP attached to it...

do you know the way? if you want you could follow me. I usually leave about 8am from Mt. View.

I am so excited to see this in person Frosty. so cool this could be done. I always ignored them as they needed power.

cool, thank you. they are all exquisite.

AK Film, thanks for the info on the redwood, that really piques my interest. this example photo you posted, do you know the origin of the bottom one? it looks Alutiiq to me. I love it!

nice work! I don't blame you for being shy, the knife guys seem to play rough in my opinion. where on earth did you get a hold of the redwood? did you stabilze it?

You bet! good luck!

Are you trying to build your own? I don't know the add but what you describe sounds like a cartridge heater. they come in a huge variety of sizes and outputs.

I love that little post drill, cute old gal.

That bar grate sounds good. I can etch the galv off no sweat. I like the sound of the kastolite 30!

sorry, speaking short hand again... can't you tell what I meant in my head? a scrap piece of bar grating is exactly what I am after. All I find in town is big pieces, figured someone in the group may have a small scrap of it. I will be happy to do the demo as long as everyone knows my total experience with it is two corners. but I was encouraged enough by both of them to adopt it as my main way to make a corner. sounds like the ribbon burner is already making improvements in the forge and you haven't even built the burner yet....