howardz71

hi guys okay first of all sorry i have been off line for so long my dsl has not worked in 2 months i got that back up and i have been job hunting as i have now finished paramedic school and got my cert. any way my partner and i got a flip cam. and have had some fun with it so jump on youtube and check what we have been doing the rose and paper towl holder is mine the rest is his, also will try to post some pic.s of the roses i made for girlfriend for v-day we have also made some dinner bells but having trouble getting them to post tell me if this link does not work the user name for my partner is jjf38351 he posted the vids YouTube - paper towel holder

flint forge- my real name is Flint my partner came up with it playing off the flint and steel strikers phrase we out lined it will an arrowhead i have always liked vulcan as a name it was the roman word for the greek god that was a blacksmith that made the bolts that zeus through

sweet rose i am making 12 for my girl friend for v-day i will post when i get them done but there is no way they will look that good as long as she does not see yours i will be ok

ok i will answer in order tnben we live in henderson co. at the risk of further embarrassment i am a paramedic, and on the rescue squad, but hey fun is fun right, anyway we had the shovels but again they where frozen in the ground and the leaf blower was out of gas yea we should have waited but then we would not have any charcoal to forge with thanks for the advise all

great pics i like 2 and 4 best they so you in a more natural state working the metal as if you were by your self and tending the fire

:o okay first sorry no pics i don't have a cam. so any way me and my partner tried for the first time to make our on charcoal we got the plans from a website can't think of it right now but any way, we got a 55 gallon drum and piped the larger bong hole back under the the drum with holes drilled in the pipe on the under side of the drum then we loaded the drum with hickory sticks for the local saw mill, and put the lid on the drum and sealed it up tight. and built a large fire around it and enclosed it in concrete blocks about an hour in to it the gases from the wood are starting to come out around the lid it looks like yellow smoke, o yea did i forget to tell yall the guys house that we tried this at has dried leaves about 2 foot deep every where but what is it worst that could happen right, so any way, about an hour and a half now we notice that the hole in the pipe have started to flame from the gases coming out, and there is a slight hissing sound come from around the lid, we start to wonder if this is still a good idea, 5 mins later the hissing sound has turned to a loud roaring sound like we have just cranked up a 747, at this point we are wondering how much pressure is in the drum and what would happen if it ruptures, 5 more mins. the yellow smoke the was coming out around the lid is now on fire and spraying a flame about 2 and a half foot tall. we are really scared at this point and get the water hose out to wet down the leaves, fuge the water hose is frozen up with a little trickle coming out. we wonder if we should call the fire depot. but what the heck are we going to tell them we where doing. okay 5 more mins this thing looks like it is ready for lift off then the small bong hole opposite of the piped one blows out with a fire ball to follow. we are now peeing on the fire as that is all we had. the water hose is getting better but not there yet. and the fire is not slowing down we are contemplating a run for our lives moment, it has been about 10 mins now and the we have not put any wood on this thing in about 30 mins and the fire is still going even stronger, come on water hose hurry up, images of the myth busters epi. where they blow up the house with the hot water heater keeps reappearing in our mind and this darn thing puts that thing to shame. we are now bending and torquing the hose trying to break the ice and the ice lets go yes God has took pity on us. we spray the darn thing like crazy trying not got touch the drum fearing it may crack and let lose one last fire ball , with the fire put out the gases are still poring out of all the holes but we don't care. we breath a sigh. and thank God for letting us live another day, sorry this thread is so long, we fill the pit with about 6 inches of water and call it a day, the only good thing about it we did get a whole drum of charcoal out of the deal does any one have any suggestions to make this process less life threaten

great deal on the blower i use a champion blower 400 i love it you might try putting a tray on the side of the forge to put lose coal/charcoal for quick easy use, but i like it good job

woody sent me that email last week i think i have had time to read it and i love it you those of you like me and are not one of the people in town that has a lot of money you will also like the junk yard metal sheet , thanks again woody

i read the zinc stuff in the other threads thanks yall i don't seem to have any of the signs of toxin poison

heated metal got from junk yard last night when at light orange heat the metal its self turned to a blue flame when took out of forge the metal kept the blue flame then it went away then when hit with a hammer it came back, in the air there were white puffs of or slivers floating around we then discarded the metal for fear of toxin when it cooled it had a white residue covering the heated area please help

the hair drier indeed works and you are right duct tape is your friend in this we still use one on our little washtub forge we got the drier from good will try to find one that has the cold air switch not the button 'it turns off the element' the button is hard to tape down so it stays in since ours is out side right now we have to untape and bring in we leave a roll of gorilla tape setting on the drier for next time us the gorilla tape it is better than duct tape brand

i have to say i did not expect such a good welcome from the members of this site i have been to forums before and most of them like to make fun to the lesser ones because they know more i thank you all for all the suggestions the Christmas tree and snowman are really cool thanks again all

never knew people used corn can any one give more info on that

wow yall have some great ideas thanks

thanks canska i have tried the spike knife once it turned out ok more practice and i could get it alittle better i think but it was not as good as ones seen here on this site keep them coming

hi all i am new to this site and have only been work with metal about a year off and on with school and all any way i have little to no money and i am looking for ideas for cheap metal the ones i have seen on this site so far is bastard files skill saw and band saw blades leaf springs rail road spikes with the HC high carbin stamp on it i have heard of using lawn tractor blades ??? please post what you use or used when you were poor and pics of the finished product of using these items please thanks guys i love this site

me and my buddy started heating up metal and hitting it with a hammer about 1 year ago and until we got a hand me down anvil from an old horse shoe maker we used a block of steel about 2 inches thick and 2 foot long recessed in to a log it was not a real anvil but it worked very well for us a scrap yard or a metal shop could hook you up try it