Daswulf

So taking some info, I made a bottom hardy tool to try out. Made out of some 1 1/4" pin in my scrap pile. Believe it's high carbon from the way it acted forging it and spark test but no matter on this. Pics to follow are of an 1 1/4" pin I started with and process was upsetting the struck end to get enough mass to grind to a spoon shape I plan to use and then forging down the hardie side to fit my anvil. Then I sanded the struck side with a grinder then paper on a duel action 6" sander from 36 grit to 1000 grit then a light buff. Just because I have it. (I do body work and on paint the paper is junk before it's absolutely done to be useful on metal work usually.) I'll have to give this a test tomorrow hopefully. A mix between Alan's suggestion and Jim and Thomas's . If I'm wrong I appologize. I've been busy tonight and am a lil tired. Anyway... Ideas?

Looks Great Matto. Looks good and tight to the walls and the ceiling. How did you attach it?

Nice work Nick.

That's a lot of good food for thought. got some ideas flowing now.

I use a more rounded ball pein ball end for dishing the spoon. it's an idea to dish it gently with a wooden hammer but my question would it actually be hard/heavy enough to dish the steel. Even hot the (i'd guess 1.5lb) ball pein does the job just right. at least when the stump gets heated up and starts to dish. or am I misunderstanding?

How long a soak in the vinegar? guess I'm thinking at a demo, tho That sounds like great advice. I can mirror polish a hammer, but atm I'm using a locust stump to dish. I "could" make a swage for dishing and planishing.

I havnt tried to make a fork or spoon since early off even tho they could be good sellers. First ones were a matching set fork, spoon, knife with fish tail scrolls on the end. This was a random " what do you want to be?" Set of fork and spoon. Try to make the second match the first. Even if I messed up the twist on the fork for whatever reason. ( brain dead) I need to get back to making these. Fork was supposed to be 3 tine and at least I broke off the middle tine lol. (Bad cut to start with) Just push on and make a failure into a somewhat success. ain't as nice as I went for but heck, I havnt tried in atleast a year. In the little forging time I get I like to try anything fun. Don't worry I won't quit my day job any time soon. Any tips on smoothing the surface of a spoon without electric tools in the field and minus sandpaper, just out of curiosity.

Aus, I would love to see a tree. I also see it as an awesome trunk to anything. A candle holder, a stand, a jewelry holder, the body of a stick style bug, the possibilities are endless, but a tree? I'd love to see it. no pressure or anything......

If I ever buffed anything for a smooth mirror finish I hand sanded it with a rigid sanding block going through the grits. Sometimes even wet sanding it. Being an autobody guy I guess that's just natural to do it that way for a smooth flat finish on metal or body/ paint work. I don't have a belt grinder so I don't know if there could be a cause from that. Maybe the backing plate is rough leaving the ripples in the blade? Just an idea.

Yeah, like Frosty asked, how many can you source? Love the idea Frosty. For the second one I like the nail header idea. Funny enough for the first one I was thinking a karambit at first glance, depending what steel it's made of. Now Frosty has me thinking. If you have 2 could make great rabbit ears, Wing parts, A tail, Horns, insect legs, a really crazy spine, and the list goes on the more I look at it.

That and noise are some reasons I really dont like oil less compressors. had a craftsman 30 gal. for many years and it seemed like it would run forever without filling up. took it apart and found out the teflon ring wears out and it looked nowhere near like that. I fixed it and still have it but I moved up to a 3 piston 80gal oiled compressor. now I'm learning I need a Good drier for running my plasma cutter. ugh. That will have to wait a little bit.

have you used any of his? Perhaps you could get him to make one with you. What better learning experience could you have. Heck pay him for it and you'll be learning And getting a hammer out of it.

I really like my Trenton. Great upgrade from the lighter Vulcan.

Very nicely done.

Gonna need a bigger tong rack. Nice.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/44160-the-handy-rail-spike/#comment-456208 Curtis, "The handy rail spike" thread has lots of pictures in it for your inspirational pleasure.

I love Glenns idea of a bench or sculpture. Use the money for education, materials and how about a bending jig? You could make your own jig tho.

They are lots of fun. under the gun with the right people when there is no right or wrong is great. just see what we can do.

careful. There's lots of pups round here.

Well it was a quicky as in we pushed to get it done in one evening. It was pretty wild, all the ideas and picking through scrap. Deffinately a fun time. Bouncing ideas and yay and neighing them. Must have had a pile 4 times as large as the final product laying around. all in fun and good times till we went to bolt it up. That's when we had to call it a night. Ugh. Everything worked out in the end.

Lol. I was looking at my anvil and thinking which was silly. Eh. If you get in trouble just say "Frosty started it!"

Frosty, How can you tell a boy anvil from a girl anvil..... Oh, never mind. I don't even want to go there.

Lol. Yeah I deffinately could have just put "Hood ornament" in there. But how fun would life be if my brain always made sense? Now you have me laughing about it.

Could go full crazy and not only use the spring and contact points, but also add propane and use the contacts for an ignitor and propane switch, Try to pull it off and it breaths fire. But we all know how the legal system is. *sigh*

Thomas, sounds like a once a year gravitational tidal effect of anvils and steel moving into one location.