windancer

Check the blacksmith tool sites and print out a few pics with dimensions for them.

Thanks for sharing, Don. I would say even more but I have some 3/8 mild to heat and beat in the shop :)

Thanks, Bob!
Dave

I ran across a post somewhere that showed a pendant made from 3 quarters brazed together, then heated and smooshed....

Has anyone had good luck with a supplier?
Thanks,
Dave

Will this work?
Thanks
Dave

Nice work, man! [sorry, but it is truly beautiful:)
Dave

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Just bought a bick for use on my anvil.
The stake is tapered.
Can I forge this down to square to fit or must it be ground to fit?
Thanks!

G O O G L E....

Just plain WOW!
Good onya, Mick!

I was warned years ago not to melt copper in my forge- that metals would never again weld in the forge...

Great job on first knives. It does get easier and you will fear the tools a little less, but the abrasive belts are very able to give you very nast burs and abrasions. Avoid the edge of the belts like the plague- they will go completely to the bone before you realize you shouldn't have your fingers where they are

Where might I buy some of the pepper wood you used? It is terrific looking.

Dave

GREAT video- thank you for taking the time to share it!

I'd like to see it, too :)

Absolutely, utterly amazing!

Ciladog this is a great thread! Thanks for taking the time for photos and explanations

Dave

Mine doesn't wear EITHER....
Eat your hearts out :)

That's the ticket!!!
Heated to orange and wiggled them open/closed a couple times then let the cool on their own.
Full range and smooth as my wife's...... well, you get the idea
Thanks!

Thanks guys, will report back tomorrow
Dave

Will you folks share how you set tong rivets without locking up the tongs?
Do you set them hot or cold?
Thanks
Dave

Sweeeeetttttttt!

I used one of the small cement mixers from HF, without the paddles.
First used small pea gravel, worked OK but slow.
Used sandblast media [black beauty] also worked OK.
Got some punchout scraps and that works best and very fast.
I bought a roll of 1/2 inch thick felt from ebay and rubber cemented 2 8 inch bands of that around the OUTSIDE of the drum., upper and lower.
Fast, efficient and QUIET.
Just the punchouts- nothing else mixed with it.

Cool stuff... inspiration for some of us :)

very nice work and VERY original!!

Great work!
I have a friend who searched for several years for the perfect screen. The fireplace is domed way down low on the sides and ain't no way are you gonna 'find' one that fit.
The one he liked was $6,000.00. Needless to say he did not have one built.
We built a plywood mock-up of the opening and I enlisted my friend Bill Cottrell's help.
Took us a couple of short days and it was far beyond what my friend was expecting.
Bill but the frame from a single sheet of 3/16ths, then cut the doors to the same curves and Bill added a pine woods scene on each door.
I added a steel pine cone for the door closure latch and my friend was completely blown away. He still mentions it every time I see him. His wife likes it, too.

I am just starting to do a little blacksmith work, mostly roses, feathers, spike knives, crosses, you know, all the stuff we start with

I do know that my friend would never consider hearing me say I am not a blacksmith. We built what he wanted, and more, and as far as he is concerned I 'are' one.

You, too, after seeing your screen finished up. All the extra stuff you did to make it more appealing, and trying for the 'blacksmith' look does indeed make you a blacksmith. Maybe not the most experienced, maybe not the fastest, but a genuine blacksmith none the less. I would be proud to have my name on that work and you should, too.

Keep at it- you have everything you need to do quality work. Congrats!