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  1. PCornett
    When my wife and I were dating, we were having a lot of discussions about our future and religion, so Pravda (Russian for Truth) and Charis (Greek for Grace) (No Russian word for grace) were important topics and kind of our personalities. So I named my forge for her, Charis Forge.
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    Went to a garage sale last week and the wife was selling off her husbands rendezvous stuff. Glad he wasn't there so I didn't have to see the tears but I picked up the little charcoal stove for $5 and the the vice for $3. The flange tool was $3 at an auction I went to two weekends ago and I finally have something to use as a mandrel. The stove I am looking into converting to a gas forge somehow.
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    Greetings from Joplin. I also have trouble getting the forge lit as much as I would like. I think that means it has become an addiction.
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    Praying for you and your family. The Lord works on our behalf more than we realize or accept. My father in law had Lou Gerigs disease back in the 90s and had lost almost all motor function to the point of swallowing and he got prayed right in to full health and running up to the pulpit on Easter Sunday. Get your self strong again.
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    Saturday, the family and I went garage saling looking for baby clothes for my son. Instead found a roll around counter for the kitchen that we liked but wouldn't fit in the car we had. So I take them home for a nap and head back with my old car. On the way home I stop at sale we were going to stop at together on the way back and talked to the guy for a little while. Ended up getting 2 Hand crank grinders, a grease gun and 2 tire irons for $20. I oiled up the grinders last night and 10 minutes of working with and they were both spinning freely. http://sdrv.ms/NEbZd5 http://sdrv.ms/1169VoX His dad is selling his stuff this weekend. Think I will try to get back by and see what he has.
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    If I had made that, the cobra inside of the forge would become my new tag. nice touch.
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    would like a pic of the rock one added. It would be interesting to see what other media looks like inside.
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    My question is Was the bean moist when you placed it inside the cage? If not, how did you keep it from burning up?
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    Coif

    PCornett commented on JackofTrades's gallery image in Projects

    Coif
    zinc doesn rust true but it does leave a grey stain on your clothes. As long as your not campaiging in England ( or NW US) I dont see that it will make much difference.
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    One more thought regarding the shop that SReyonlds moved into. Several mentions were made of putting a block or some such filler underneath the post to raise it. Perhaps the original smith had something similar placed but the museum or whatever it is that runs your shop removed said block sometime in that fourty years. No telling what someone may "steal" to fill another purpose. So it may not have been the smiths that worked there at fault.
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    Now if we could only take the mower motor and make a 10lb treadle hammer!!!
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    I was actually thinking of using them in a positive manner. ie. the bottom of the ladle and hammering on that and wondered if filling with lead (prefer not) or someother material would support the cast iron enough to strengthen against breakage. Stuart and Glenn, I did think of heating the ladles to burn the shape into the stump, especially as I dont have a coopers drawknife, and dont know how that differs from a regular draw knife.... PS Glenn, would love to see a video of how you did the trick with the hardy hole...
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    I have two smelting ladles of different sizes and not doing any smelting myself, I thought I would mount them onto a log and use as bowl swages. They are cast iron and fairly thick but I am wondering if anyone has tried this, and if any reinforcement was needed inside the ladle to prevent stress on the cup. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
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    Thanks for the help gents. Not a bad idea on the tong rack but I can wait for one to fall in my lap free before I think about that....
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    Thanks Mac. You saved me a lot of trouble.
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    So these wheels are being sold on FB and I dont have experience with wrought to be able to tell without it being REAL obvious, so my question is "Is it possible to tell from the picture link below whether these wheels are wrought or not, and if so, are they worth 20 dollars a piece?" https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=47DC83DDCD885D43!671&authkey=!ADA8VGchDe1AUTA If they end up being wrought but I cant purchase them, being Christmas time and all, I will post them quickly in the Tailgating section so be watching if you are interested. Thank you...
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    Very nice. That video would be entertaining to my friends who dont know anything about smithing. Shows why the kids all hung out at the smithy a hundred years ago. Good sweat.
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    Bionicarm, Also do you know how to make the doily that makes the top of the hauberk? https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=47DC83DDCD885D43!668&authkey=!AKMdDfwOYO670vQ Start out with 1 ring with 5 or six loops. Lay the links at an angle. Then loop the next section back the other angle. Add a link into this section. It will look odd but it will even out as you keep going. Continue, adding an extra link every section. As you get bigger add three then seven then nine unil you have a doily a little bigger than the diameter of the top of your head. You then attach this to the bottom of the piece that you have shown using the wide section for your shoulders. If you already knew this then hope it helps the next guy.
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    My .14 cents worth, for anyone not making jewelery sized pieces. Make the coil form that was mentioned earlier. Build a frame from 2x4s and drill a hole in one side and at the parallel point across from it. Get a metal bar the inside diameter of your rings. Grind/file an octagon on one end where a socket piece fits it and to where you can attach it to a power drill. Now you can make coils in a minute with 50 or so rings on it. WEAR GLOVES, IT WILL CUT. Buy a pair of Bolt cutters. You will not cut more than five or so rings at a time but the cut is nearly flush and leaves very little to catch on. Also saves your hands from aches after a couple of hundred cut rings. Also, if you are making a large piece (anything bigger than jewelery) then make parts and then attach them. I have had countless friends who I have show how to do this and then they try to make a whole shirt and it seem like it will neve get done. If you make one square of like 6x5 rows it will take an hour or less. Do it again and it sees like you have accomplished something. Try to build a whole shirt front and it feels like you are never getting anywhere.
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    Stew, thats one of my favorite movies anyway.
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    I have to say I found KT II a full two years before the first, and I also have to say I am surprised II ever got made. That is not to say that 1 is bad or poorly written. It is most definitely not. What it is, is a conversation with one of the most respected knife makers of this time. Its a collection of exposition and prose even, about knives, their forms, their materials and the people who love them. It is a travel guide for the people who love us on why we love knives. It is nearly poetry in some of its pages. Knife Talk II is similar in that it is also a collection of articles from BLADE magazine. The difference comes in that it is more of a guide in how to develop a style of making knives, what to look for, and what to try to create. Not a technical guide perhaps, not outright anyway, but a tutor/mentor in developing a knife we can love and be proud to display to people. One further note. Beware Mr. Fowler's sense of humor. He is not above making a joke now and then and the April Fool's article had me going for almost ten minutes until I had to go back and reread it, not being able to believe (for good reason) my own eyes. Both are well worth the money.
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    I found this Buffalo Grinder locally on CL. I dont know enough to know if this was a good price but hey, I wanted a grinder and so I guess the price WAS right. https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=47DC83DDCD885D43!653&authkey=!AO5NjqaccITBhKE
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    Ok so this weekend in 102 temps, I worked on my stump bick idea. Even started to give myself heatstroke trying to hammer on inch thick round stock. Got it done though and recovered fine to be able to continue hanging out with some fine guys. Nice to meet crazeyladyfarms and talk. Well here is the pics of the bick after it was done. https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=47DC83DDCD885D43!649&authkey=!AL791-AT_hPR92w https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=47DC83DDCD885D43!648&authkey=!AHShduZkRToYdv4 Anyway, one more addition to the Cheapskate forge...
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    I currently live in the second floor of a house in a residential neighborhood. You may live in a high rise and this may not work for you but what I did was disguise/improvise my forge using a rusted out bbq grill for a base. It hides the forge and if you use lump charcoal, people may not realize that a neighbor is smithing other than the sounds and a good heavy metal CD may disguise that. Well just a thought. I look forward to seeing what you figure out.
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    I love that. I am going to have to make one for my new shop. Great way to store tools etc..Nice work.
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