Daswulf

John, cart looks good.

One thing tho, do you have an air compressor? Looks like your welder fan could use blown out to get the dust out so it can do its job better. Just a suggestion. 

Forge shops get pretty dusty and dirty. I try to blow off and out my electronic equipment on occasion to keep it safe and working right. Same with stuff at the body shop I work at. 

I've never done it but I am sure I could. Please send materials right away and I will have it done immediately within 2-5 years. 

Lol, if only I had the time to try to make so many fun things. 

Like the vice grip hanger a good bit John. Got something similar with a expensive specialty auto body vice grip set. Been meaning for years to make some to hold them all nicely but still am yet to get around to it. Good work on the cart. 

I've been blamed for worse. 

I like all kinds of sci-fi and fantasy. Imagine that lol. Tho. alot of times my mind needs a trigger to get back to remembering things. It can be a hard life sometimes with that sort of forgetful memory. 

There is an ebb and flow to all of life.  Sometimes it is busier than you can keep up with and other times it can be a little slower like when the ifi community is mourning the passing of one of their long time and very loved members. 

Knife looks nice from what i see. Lighting could be better to show the blade more clearly. 

No need to get upset. It is a wonderful forum to people with patience to learn. Not everything gets lots of oohs and ahhs here sometimes. patience and persistence. 

What feedback were you wanting? 

Its a 1982 fantasy film written and directed by Jim Henson. It is mainly puppetry but pretty amazing for its time. It is a must see imo if you like fantasy. 

The shells with the crab claw heads make me think of the skeksis from The Dark Crystal.

Frosty, looks like his work is all washed up. 

Some sculptures could benefit from paint imo. Most I like the natural look of the scrap or some heat colors. 

A good vise is a joy to use Duck. 

Thanks Les. My imagination barely gets out any more. Doesn't like being cooped up lol.

Thanks Frosty. Its always good to hear that something i make sparks imagination or a memory. 

Sabre tooth frog eh? Haha. Gets me thinking of the taxidermy frogs posed and dressed up in scenes that someone posted on here a while back.  

Thanks George, those are butter knife handles. Shape and size was just right I thought. 

Here is mine from my maternal grandfather who was a metal worker. Not sure if he made it or not but it is beefy and pretty cool. 

Haven't cleaned it up but use it once in a while. Have a more modern one that gets more use when I can find it. This is mostly used to grab things out of the rafters in my shop. 

Grasshopper turned out ok. Feeling like I rushed a bit and may have not got some small stuff right. First one in this style and have more pipe wrenches so no biggy. Initially planned to paint it green but I like what is left of the red with some heat coloring. You can always paint it later but it is near impossible to go back to what it was originally. 

1 hour ago, JHCC said:

One of them is a small guitar.

Yup. Had someone mention smaller scale guitars at a show. Thought I would give it a try. Didn't work out quite like i would have liked but it did work out. 

Thinking they could make good bottle openers with a a little more effort. 

Alexandr, beautiful work as always. 

Awesome stuff Bonnskij. Beautiful wood on the handles and love the pattern on the chef knife. 

Nice anvil and well built stand. Cross braces on the legs would make it about indestructible but the welds and design look good. 

Lets see if I can get this and more stuff done tomorrow. Got a show coming up on the 1st. Cut masonry nail crosses usually sell well so I have been making some. Need some new sculptures for table fodder as well. 

Awesome detail. 

On something like that I would prefer to upset over drawing out that much more. It all really depends on material at hand and what you are making. 

I am thankful for All Thomas Powers has contributed here to friends and strangers. His words, experience and wisdom will live on thanks to this forum and those he has touched through meeting him. He was indeed a special individual. 

He has returned home to the light and may his experiences here bring more to that world, and may he meet all his friends and loved ones there in due time. 

I am and will be thankful for knowing him here. I am sad I never met him in person but that is how things go and I hope to meet him on the other side. Till then he will be missed and loved. All his shared experienced will be fondly thought of by us and helpful to others down the road. 

Ringing the anvil and thinking fondly of our friend we will see again in the next world. 

Condolences to his friends and loved ones. 

Even all that seems a lot with a cast on. You'll get there. 

I remember when I cut a tendon in my finger and couldn't do much of anything. Never wished more that I could go back to work lol. I sure dont have idle hands. Dont do anything to prolong having a cast. 

I don't understand how someone that welds a Lot wouldn't wear a respirator. Especially in a union, the stuff would be pushed on you and pretty much provided or a deduction I would think. I work in a body shop (union actually) and they are made plenty available and we are tested and trained yearly. Mainly for paint but there is plenty of welding.

Especially should wear one in a confined space with little air circulation. Drink all the milk you want but you only have one set of lungs. Why abuse them more on a daily basis with something toxic like that. That kind of thing takes its toll after a while. 

Purple Bullet, lately I can tend to go that stint from just being worn out and tired from work and kids. My shop is a mess, all I even want to do it clean it out and restructure it. Best I can do lately is move a little here and there.  Always look at the bright side of things. You'll get there. In the meantime sketch and plan. 

That is a neat old spring clamp. Good score. 

On the top of the bell, those are pieces of a motors rotor. The stacked metal plates that hold the windings. A friend was scrapping and for a while he was really breaking stuff down and gave me a bunch of them. I find all kinds of uses for them.  

Now that is a species I would love to never encounter. 

Thanks Frosty, Lary. They are fun to make. 

Made another jellyfish. Got the brace bits at the fleamarket recently and just had to make another one. I believe the first two I made I just posted in the "what did you do in the shop today" thread. 

I feel like the second one I made had the most "life" to it, but since it sold recently I needed a new one for the table. Little smaller than the last two.  Saw blade dished out for the bell,  old auger bits for the oral arms and heated and stretched springs for the tentacles.