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22 minutes ago, Forging Carver said:

Nice work! I love doing large work like tools becuase I love projects where it is mainly hammering. The only issue is that my forge is a bit small to make stuff like this in right now. I tried once and won't be doing it again until I get a better forge!

How is it to small? Ya can only work a small area at a time.

Very clean looking tongs, good work!!

I wouldn't worry about welding the crack inside the eye but from the outside, aim for as much penetration as I can fill in the chip and then redress it. Your gonna need to take care not to get to much heat traveling down to the bit or your gonna have to re heat treat it , but shouldn't be to much trouble.     That's just my 2 cents . 

7 minutes ago, matto said:

Paint the base?? Ya forgot the tools it is just a stand with out something in it.

And cover up that beautiful paint job!!!

2 hours ago, rthibeau said:

Das...this is a normal tool stand....

 

Ya forgot to paint the base, not nearly purple enough.

Hi like that stand may have to steel that idea if I can round up some old rods from work, think we still got best internals from an old mopar 318.

Must be poorly heat treated or not at all maybe because all my experience with JD blades at work are they aren't to good, don't maintain an edge and bend if ya look at em wrong, again could just not be treated.? I keep all our spent scag blades, those suckers are TOUGH and hold an sharp edge twice as long as anything else we've tried over the last 15 but I haven't been able to find out a composition had luck so far with oil though.

Take awhile if I start now! Were still in michigan of IDE already have em broken in

3 minutes ago, Daswulf said:

That's what make his swords "invaluable" lol.  Yeah lots of fantasy there. 

I think that was supposed to read non valuable . That was a good story, sometimes you just need a good laugh.

Can't wait to try em out, I'll have to unburry the forge from under a couple feet of snow first but that won't stop me .

All depends what you have avalible in your part of the world. Propane, coal, coke, charcoal, wood, corn cobs, all is suitable some burn faster than others but will all work to make blades, but if ya can't get coal (preferably bituminous , anthricite is a pain IMO) don't build a coal forge . Same for any of em... Grab a cold drink and start reading in the forges section and see what may work with what you have avalible you have a lot of options.

6 hours ago, Forging Carver said:

Well we are in the middle of a blizzard and my forging area is covered with 2ft of snow. I am so glad I put everything under the deck yesterday!

Ugh... I'm gonna have to dig out the backyard this week once we get home from michigan. Got to many goodies out here to not be able to fire it up.

On January 20, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Glenn said:

 

"Bless me, for I have sinned.......I collected anther ton of scrap metal I'll never use..." RThibeau

Heh we lightened up his pile a bit he's being forgivin!!

While visiting Richard up in Traverse City , we were graciously gifted a hammers he made, can't wait to get back to forging and try em out. The diagonal is about 2# and the strait peen is about 2.5 of damascus no patern just layers but when I get home I'm gonna re polish it up and give it a fresh etch.  Thanks again Richard!!

Heh heh, yup your addicted, just like the rest of us ! I got some things in the gallery somewhere, but I'm still figuring this stuff out to but you have stumbled into a great resource, would still be trying to figure out which end to hold if it weren't for this group of cranky old curmudgeons!!  now get that forge built and get swingin! Look up the 55 forge blueprints .

Dang man, you guys never cease to amaze me.

Not a bad looking blade, MUCH better than my first blade.

There ya go, looks like they the edges are rounded nicely, should work just fine! Now try it out , see how ya like it and report back 

Looks to me like you could round over the edges a bit more to smooth out the transition almost like it has just a tiny bit of some to it but not nearly as much as a rounding hammer or anything like that but rounded corners more than just a bevel.

1 minute ago, Steve Sells said:

gzz didnt even stop to say hello

We were waiting for ya to stop by !!

We had a great time thanks for having us Richard. I know I learned a thing or 10.  Well have Marcy forging that 4140 "wire" before ya know it!!  Oh yea and to bring up a a truck and trailer next time . Marcy slacked and didn't get to many pics, got to side tracked , like being a kid in a candy shop! Keep an eye on the mail 

Weather it was intended for one it looks like it would make a fine striking anvil.

1 hour ago, Forging Carver said:

Now it is official too cold and snowy to forge. It is supposed to snow again this weekend. It looks like I am going to be done forging until spring. Time to stock up on some tools  

Aw come on, just throw on another layer and work some thicker stock and you'll be fine 

3 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I like the trampoline on the 6th floor roof but it's hard to beat the guy starting the chainsaw with the bar in his crotch. I think that may be a rare non-fatal Darwin Award Winner!

Frosty The Lucky.

I agree, no hearing protection, not good

2 hours ago, Daswulf said:

Oh, Nice. yeah that should hold up well. picture was deceiving  

I guess I should know better and just take more pictures from the get go.

Forgot to take a pic of the top before, its deceiving from the bottom, because of how i handled it, it flares out right under the eye