ANGRYANVIL

I definitely prefer the sitontop versus the sitinside. Before you get another try a few out at a Demo day and check Craig's list for deals. Someone's always selling a fully rigged kayak with gear.

All I ever fish from is a kayak anymore. Even my kids fish from theirs.

I've completed a few fishing themes. Half have been donations for raising money for veterans. Got 5 different ones to make before September.

Yes they are spikes. I've been told that pictures don't do my work justice. But I am using a cell phone for pictures. I did take a video. https://youtu.be/MpZx51-ZX18

Wow. Beautiful work.

I use some 22 gage steel sheets. Easy to cut out with snips. the rod is quarter inch.

That is some amazing work.

Its been a while since I've posted on here. But here is my latest sculpture I put together. Hope you like it.

Got to fire up the forge for the first time. Still some work to do. sorry couldnt figure how to put up the video.

the glass is about 3 1/2 ft long. The stand is about 1ft long. for the coating I used gun metal blueing with some oil. the coal was mixed in with some mud from the rain. After washed off it goes right back to black. The home it was in used to have a boiler in it to supply the heat. I defiantly need to do some cleaning and break it up to be used.

i have been working with a local glass artist in the area to build a stand for his glass sculpture. Also took a trip up to my uncles house and he had a pile of coal that has been sitting there for 40 years. took a little work but it gave me a truckload.

Still cut in the rough , this is the general shop of the forge so far. The bottom edges will fold into the plate holding the fire pot. That will stiffen the side walls and some angle iron under the plate to support it from the bottom there will also be a divider wall to separate the forge from the storage area. A few other things I will get to as time goes by.

Had about an hour in the cold tonight to work on the table for the forge. Wish it was done so I could have some heat from it. Table measures 3 ft x 27 in.

Put some temporary legs on tonight so I can start cutting the future forge body. Eventually this will be trailer mounted.

Thanks. I will check it out. I've got an old oil tank from my grandfather's house I'll be mounting everything in. It will definitely be portable how I've drawn everything out. Just need to find a good deal and some funds for the hand crank blower and some other items to get it rolling around. I should start cutting out more tomorrow if I can get off work in time.

I've started my coal forge build. So far I've completed the fire pot. The base metal is 1/2in but I did add some angle to add some depth that is 1/4 in. As soon as I get my welder fixed I'll add more to the build. Stay tune.

great job on that. looks great.

I do thank you for that. I was happy with the way it looked but thought about where I lived and felt it needed a finish to protected it from the elements to keep it lasting. Virginia Beach is close to the ocean and bay with humidity. I will definitely keep this in the family to pass it along to the next generation of metal workers.