The Armourer

Thanks. Yeah, for a horn I use the one on my 15#, it is bolted down and in pretty good shape, although not tempered.

No, nothing like that nearby, people just throw their junk in that forest, mostly around the "don't throw junk here" sign, but that is good for me, I also found a 50 gallon drum there, have yet to claim it though. 

11 in wide, 8 in tall. Thanks

The horn looks like it was drilled on to me, can anybody offer some insight?

I found these today when I was walking in the forest behind my house and don't  know what they are. They were both bent but I somewhat straightened the one on the left. They are about  12 inches tall, very thin sheet steel. I know it's not blacksmithing, so if I shouldn't have posted it then mods can remove it, but does anybody have any ideas of what these are and what they are used for? Maybe a little story? I like to learn. 

Thanks Frosty. I will get some more pics later today. 

Skitzboy: No, I am not that knowlageanle in anvil stands so I just made it out of 2x4s and then put 1x6s as decoration, along with the copper band for holding hammers. 

This is my great grandfathers anvil that I inherited when my grandfather passed away. It is a 150# vulcan brand anvil, with a horribly abused horn and corners, but still rebounds good and works good. 

I have a few.
When I was first using my drill press I was not aware of the force you could apply as opposed to a hand drill. I was drilling a "larger" piece of metal and thought to speed up the process u applying more pressure on the bit, whoch resultet in it breaking inot pieces, including one that shot into the hand that I was using to hold my piece. It popped right out, but for my first drill press experience I was a little unsettled.

Another time with the drill press, Somehow it turned on while I was tightening the bit with the chuck key and caught my fingers for a second. Second time I used the drill press I was also a little unsettled.

Holding the orbital sander between my knees. I have a couple scars on my knee from readjusting it while it was running.

1. Wasting a lot of time, effort, and money on a project that doesn't work out in the end.
2. When I make something and I can see all of the flaws but everybody else says that it's good.

Best excuse I have heard yet.

It's the sad truth my friend.

The closest time I had was when I was brushing an axehead with a wire brush in a hand drill. I was wearing my swimming trunks and had rested the axehead on my thigh to brush, I know, what was I thinking. Anyway everything went alright until I slipped and the brush caught my trunks and worked its way up the inside of my leg. I quickly let go, but the speed I was working it had already gone up pretty far up my leg, leaving a slightly bloody pattern. It wasn't bad, but if I had held the trigger for two more seconds it may have reached the top of the inside of my leg, which I was not very inclined to let happen. That was a number of years ago, now I am much safer. With everything.

And you live n Canada, right?

Yup, right in Winterpeg Manisnowba! (some call it Winnipeg Manitoba)

That was my excuse last year  :lol: but wont your forge warm it up?
 
This year my excuse is I dont want to burn out my forge lining and empty my propane tank if all im doing is making something small.
 
"Ill make that pair of tongs when I start on that larger project" I say..
 
2 weeks later I have a dozen small things on the list and I run outa time to do any of it  :lol:

To tell you the truth, I don't have a forge yet, I do cold work, like with copper, aluminum, and steel. I hope to have my forge up and running early in spring. Or whenever the snow leaves.

My excuse: It's minus thirty degrees celcius in my shop.

I think that it looks exactly like the art style in east asia several hundred years ago, excellent work!

Woah! That is really good! Beautiful work!

Thanks everybody, I appreciate the expertise. I wasn't looking to do anything with pure or wrought iron, just thinking about things.

I was just wondering, it is possible to temper pure iron? I am not going to do it in the near future, but I was just thinking. Do you need the carbon to temper to be flexible? Does tempered iron shrink because of the absense of carbon? Thanks.

Thanks Glen, I will work that out.

Thanks.

Is there a general rule of thumb for how high you should make it?

That is a beautiful stand. Would you mind me asking the overall height of the stand, and the stand with the anvil? I have been wanting to make a stand for my 150 pound Vulcan Brand anvil. Thanks

Thanks for the gloves advice, after wet working the material I had a hard tim getting the metal smell off of my hands, I will wear gloves from now on. Regarding the steel, I some snow found its way into my containers, I guess from having the door open while snowblowing with the door open. Even without snow on it my shop is very damp and things patina very rapidly, steel rusts quickly and copper gets a decent patina in a few days, it turns a dirty and dark red.

Thanks, I think that I will get a professional mask, for the next little while I don't think I can get one, but by Christmas I should get one. Thanks all for your advice and wisdom.