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happycat

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    Windsor, NY
  • Biography
    Married, 2 dogs, 6 cats, 82 Goldwing, 5 anvils, 3 forges, its a disease what can I say?...
  • Interests
    Bladesmithing, beginning blacksmithing, leather work, wood work
  • Occupation
    clinical social worker
  1. Hi folks. I picked this up last summer in a ridiculously wonderful stroke of luck. Guy coming to me to buy a bike had it loaded on his truck and delivered it when he came to get the bike. Five minutes before he got here with it, a lowboy pulled up next door with a bobcat forklift to move some stuff for my neighbor. Within 24 hours of "Aww xxxxxxx !!! My truck is down. There's no way I'm going to pull this off."... there it was in my back yard.. OK that was the good part. The bad part is I never got to talk to the guys who built it in person and (of course) lost their number shortly after I got it. My little pancake compressor is good for about one hit, so there it sits awaiting a compressor big enough to make it go. What I'm hoping you guys can do for me is give me some advice on what size compressor to get. If anyone recognizes the style or plan maybe I can find out more about it and its needs. I can pick up a 60 gal 6HP compressor for about 300.00, but not sure if that's enough tank or not. Don't know what kind of pressure or volume it wants. I know I should get the biggest I can manage, but funding is usually a problem so I"m also trying to figure out the smallest/cheapest I can get a way with too..... I'm starting to feel more and more guilty when I look out there and see it sitting idle. Any help or advise is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ed
  2. Really Nice! I really like the middle one because its so different from what I usually see/do. I also like the fact that you did something different with each of the handles on the others. Great job.!
  3. Beautiful stuff! I am truly inspired. One of the things I like about Giger's work (and yours) is the detail and the incredible amount of interesting things to see. I'm struggling with language here, but what I mean is that you could look at your work a hundred times and still be finding new things to appreciate. I love that, and marvel at the incredible amount of time, thought, and work that must have gone into these. Thanks for sharing them! Ed
  4. Beautiful work! I'm glad that you took time to make something for yourself. Frosty, that last post really made me laugh thank you! I am a great procrastinaor and starter of projects. As evidenced by my 3/4 finished (for two years now) hot shop. I really like this idea of making nice stuff for ourselves rather than getting rid of it all. Particularly with tools or objects we use every day. I thik its well worth the effort to go that extra bit that makes you smile every time you see/use them. Ed
  5. That is one beautiful knife! The hamon is spectacular and I love the lines. It looks like one of those that you just wouldn't want to put down. I really like the angle of the guard in relation to the blade, and the junction of the bottom of the guard and handle. Basically, I love the whole thing! Great job and thanks for sharing. Ed
  6. I've been having a ball playing with some coil springs I scrounged last fall. These are the results. Not sure how good the file work pic came out, but I love having the dichotomy between the rough forged scale and the fancy file work. I used the second from the bottom to dress a road kill deer now in my freezer. Worked like a charm. Held an edge pretty well too! Thanks for looking. This is my first picture post here. Hope it works:rolleyes: Ed PS: I've got Tim's video too and would recommend it to anyone! Thanks Tim!
  7. I agree. I think you will have much better performance with a pipe shaped chamber and koawool. It contains and reflects the heat much better, and the circular chamber will also give you a more even heat, swirling the flame and avoiding the hot spots you tend to get with a rectangular chamber. If you want an easy inexpensive to build forge, a bladesmith named Indian George Rabello, has plans posted on his website. The same plans are also on Ellis custom knifeworks website. Darrin Ellis sells pretty much anything you would need to build a great forge. Most of the parts for this forge you can get at the hardware store. The rest you can get from him.http://forgegallery.elliscustomknifeworks.com I've made two based on Georges plans and they work great. Also they were simple enough even I could build one. Good luck and happy forging! Ed
  8. So I'm off all this week and think it might be a good time to finish the back wall on my shop so the wind does't blow directly into my forge. Then I can spend the rest of the week forging. The ladder kicked out as I was coming down and I caught myself by the armpits on the rafters.....saving me from a nasty fall. Unfortunately my little finger got mashed in the process and is now swollen and stiff. I don't think I'll be able to hold anything with it to hit..... So here I am typing with one hand, the other on ice. If I can get the swelling down, maybe I can be forging by the end of the week...... Until then, I'll be here looking for the next project to tackle...... Littlewolf, if you want that anvil guy's info PM me. He's in Masonville, not far from you at all. Ed
  9. hi from norwich, small world. just getting into smithing myself, have a friend who has a shop

  10. Ahh, the things you see when you don't have a spare grand lying around...Harrumph:mad:
  11. This is a great thread as a friend wants a few spike knives for his shop. Looking at the hose head, I had an idea. Anyone ever see one with a dragon head? May have a new project for tomorrow. Ed
  12. Dereck, I don't know the answer, but I love the question. I have a 50 lb ASO and a piece of 5160 about 3/4" thick (brush hog blade), that would seem to be a good match. What do you think guys, would this work? ED
  13. I figured it was only fitting for Happycat Forge to have a happy catforge:D Ed
  14. Good thread. I've been thinking about making some as well. I was thinking of using some curly maple. Anybody see any problems with that? I"m a bladesmith, so the idea of using "boring" looking wood to handle anything just rubs the wrong way. Any thoughts? Ed
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