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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!

Nice job on the roses! They look great!

Preciate the PDF- will add this to my straight stack this weekend!

I like it all! Being partial to roses i do like them the bestest :)

LOVE the dragonfly. My wife is crazy about them and this is the first one I have considered making for her. You are spreading joy in places you don't even know about Thanks for posting- this is a beauty!

Very, very creative and original!

Very very sweet work!

Very cool work- best I have seen in a long while- they look as though they are moving!

So did you guys get your stamps? How much were they? Thanks, Dave

Have you got this up and running? More pics?

Jymm You are unable to recieve new messages. will you email me a price on a similar forge? Thanks, Dave Evans Tenino, WA

Can anyone give me a source or two for hot forging lubricant? Blacksmith Depot and Blacksmith Supply have none. Thanks, Dave

Great job, Nick! And professional, as is all your work Dave

Great Job, KYBoy- If you are willing to make me one what would you charge me? I don't have a heavy duty welder- Thanks, Dave

Late seeing this, but very nice work on both. Are you using arm power or a power hammer?