tribal forge

Hi Guys,
I use both a horizontal and a power hack saw, and can not talk them both up enough, my horizontal has an auto-shut-off switch so I can hook a peice up, start the saw and walk away and do something else! never had a burn out motor, but the blade will jump track once in awhile, so have to keep an eye on it!

Boy, I'm really jealous now!! guess I better start collecting parts!! Thanks for posting the pics! Selden

if you were closer to me, I have 4 different size ones in my shop, also try a freon tank with some clay

Mine will be about 3,5" to 4" deep after the refractory clay

Well All, eye surgery went good, have almost 20/20 in the left eye, still need reading glasses, and corrective lense for right eye tho

Well everybody, spent the morning yesterday with Frosty! Turns out we did kinda know each other, we had spent time at the same cafe for a few years, just on different sides if the central partition! Frosty is as friendly in person as he is on the web site! A really nice guy!/Selden

Hi ALL,
Was unsure where to put this, but for those of you that I usually chat with, I just wanted to say that I am going to be gone from here untill the 16th or so of next month! Myself and my Eldest step-son are flying to Alaska, so I can have surgery on my left eye, and have some other medical problems taken care of. I hope to be able to spend a day or two with Frosty and some of our Alaskan Brother(and Sister Smiths) I am going to contact Frosty on Tuesday or Wednsday of this coming week and try to arrainge a time to be able to go out to his Shop in Meadow Lakes and visit!! You all have a safe time at all you do, and I will see you all when I get back!! Selden Jones Tribal Forge

!/2" HRR tripod with 3 "S" Hooks 50.00
1/2" Square Tripod with Trammel 75.00
1/2" Square Campfire set 175.00
3/8" fore poker 18.00
6"x1/4" s hook 1.75 .75 for each in che in length added

Selden

steak turners I mKe from 5/16" and start with a 20 inch piece

3/8" is the largest one I have made, this one looks good John!

Tom, am still waiting for that phone call/Selden

Art, the 55 HF anvil is too good for an anchor, my Cousin's hubby and I used one for 6 months a few years ago!! and I even used it to hammer out my first set of 5/16" campfire gear!! 1 set that is!! then we switched to using it for an anchor!/Selden

Depends, on which forge I am using! Gas forge, I use a heat resistant glove on my holding hand, coal, i usually don't wear a glove at all, don't wear a glove on my hammer hand as I end up with a lose of hammer control(And Blisters!!!)

Mine is about 200 feet from the house, and normally unlike Frosty, I sue an insulated cup to keep my drinks cold!/Selden

i found that if the warp, sometimes it is caused by forging to much on one side, i had a cable blank that I forged, and it was looking good, right up till i hardened it, then it bent almost in a "U" my son told me he watched for a bit and i forged more on one side than the other! But he was afraid to tell me! I told him, if I mess up forging like that again to tell me so I can correct it!

Hi, if every Alaskan had Ivory in his back yard, I'd be a rich man right now! Ivory is getting a little harder to come by, and it helps if ya know who to talk too! and so far it seems that I have not managed to talk to the right people!!!

Frosty, i can tell you, after being down to David's little shop, he has a better coal forge than the one I used to have! it works well and heats metal fast/Selden

Made four of these little horseshoe nail spoons, I used #16 nails and made them a little larger, now all i have to do is figure out how to post pictures/Selden

Depends on how many items i am going to do! i try to take about 100' each od 1/2" , 3/8", 5/16", 1/4" and 3/16" so i can do a veriaty of items, i try to have it all in either 10' or 12' lengths, cause it never fails, someone will want a plant stand or a lantern stand longer than what i have made/Selden

David, you do have a brother who can help tho! Just don't let him swing the hammer!!

Tom,
Yes am still going to do this, am working on details, and a date and time, will e-mail everyone once it is ready and put it here too/Selden

Nice Hawk!! Tell your nephew, that he and the other Soldiers in his group are in our Prayers/Selden

I don't know about the canvas, we just used three different types of leather all about 3 ounce and three colors

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My wife and I had a friend (so-called anyway) over for a few days before we went to a Pow-wow, and he finished about 30 Flutes, and used linseed oil to do the final finish on them, well they left after we did, and when we got home about 4 hours later, we had this really nice looking burn in our spare bedroom floor! It burned through the carpet the padding, and a 1/4" into the subflooring, it burst into flames just as I threw the pile of rags into the yard!! Worse, the jerk told everyone it was just a little scorch mark on the floor, so I took a picture and sent it via e-mail to all the ones who wrote me and told me what he was saying!! He never helped pay for the damage. Some Friend huh?