Mark Ling
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he looks nothing like the anvil, I guess that's good.
Littleblackmsith
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welcome to blacksmithing and to this forum "forged lemon". I must say you have an interesting profile name. I stick to forging steel, but what ever floats your boat! LOL
Littleblacksmith
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I just put your locotion into google maps, muddawgchuck and I see that your not to far from me, nice to see another "local".
Littleblacksmith
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I know of one other blacksmith that is in Houston and on this forum, his name is John Rigoni (sorry if I misspelled it) not sure if gives "classes" I am pretty sure though that their are other blacksmiths on here willing to help. here in college station Tx, Steep Hollow forge works gives beginner day classes. I agree with Glen about the modeling clay and the not ferrous metal work as a way to get started and learn.
Littleblacksmith
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9 hours ago, Forged Lemon said:
Yes sir! Glad to be here! Gotta get my profile pic lol
glad to see some one else that is in the same country AND state. double wammy.
Littleblacksmith
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1 hour ago, Frosty said:
You Noodlefy it in the forge naturally or it'll be all snappy splitty
the others were good, but that one takes the cake (or pie, whichever doesn't matter to me).
1 hour ago, Steve Sells said:doo-dad
wrong termenolegy, its thing-a-ma-bob.
Littleblacksmith
oh yea, Rashelle, did you make that rounding hammer that you are using in the photos? I typically don't like the long narrow/thin one but for some reason I really like yours.
Littleblacksmith
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3 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:
"Ancient Smith Wilelm"
yeah, and you said that was 20 years ago, I wonder what you would be "classified" as now!
Littleblacksmith
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I wonder how many asked if they could make a sword. sounds like a ton of fun!
who are those anvils made by in the background of the third pic?
Littleblacksmith
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was their any filming?
Littleblacksmith
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I have heard that an 1 1/2 in. axle Is good for a drift. forge a long taper on the end, and than flatten it a bit to make a oval shape, cut it of about 5 inches from where the forging starts and forge the end octagonal (optional) if you want a smaller eye than just don't drive it in all the way.
Littleblacksmith
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4 hours ago, natenaaron said:
This is the type of craft show I like. No BS drama. No stupid soundtrack. Just them working and talking about what they are doing. Good job.
I completely agree.
Littleblacksmith
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It's always strange to watch a left handed smith. You did a good job to be able to teach them that quickly.
Littleblacksmith
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On 3/10/2016 at 8:48 PM, littleblacksmith said:
I do agree with you. he does very nice work, and that was a very good video on how to make a flatter. it was just the article that was pretty bad.
Littleblacksmith
I'm not trying to mess with Tobjiorn reputation.
Littleblacksmith
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39 minutes ago, Ridgewayforge said:
Steaks do best if they are heated to critical and then quenched in a bath of A1- draw the temper of the middle to a red, and the outside to a dark brown and it should be forged perfectly.
lol
Littleblacksmith
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15 minutes ago, boisdarc said:
I still cant figure out that flatter hammer.
well it is a flatter! you hold it over your work piece while it is hot and strike the top end of the tool to smooth out what you are making (ex.Knife). I really like that ball pein hammer, never seen one quite like it.
Littleblacksmith
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next time just make the transition from the head to handle a bit more gradual. the handle goes from thick to thin pretty quick which is a weak spot in the handle.
5 hours ago, Dustin Quade said:worst case scenario
worst case scenario is that the handle breaks and injures someone else, but that is the same with all axes, tomahawks, picks, ect.
Littleblacksmith
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I noticed that in the video that there grinders were going the opposite direction than most bench grinders (the sparks were flying up). anyone know why?
Littleblacksmith
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sounds good.
Littleblacksmith
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what was that rattling on the anvil?
Littleblacksmith
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I hope this isn't going to be your first ever project. it would be a learning experiance. if it is your first time blacksmithing start with some more simple projects. my first project was a railroad spike "knife" and I wish that I would have started with something easier, though, it was a lot of fun!
Littleblacksmith
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They all look pretty good, you have though gotten much better. I have made tongs out of half inch round, but always make the boss area to thin- yours seem nice and thickish.
Littleblacksmith
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well I have used just regular brick around my forge (not in the fire pot) to keep my coal on the hearth of the forge, and they ended up busting and cracking. they were about 10years old so that may have been what caused it. What I've heard is that fire brick is better for standing up to hirer heats than regular bricks (duh, their called fire bricks
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Littleblacksmith
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I noticed while looking at the 4th picture that underneath the word arm and hammer that it looks like someone's initials (J.N.S.) do yall think that it is one of the previous owners? That's a sweet looking anvil! Would be a good size maybe for a workbench when laying out cold steel.
Littleblacksmith
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lol Thomas Powers!
Littleblacksmith
Anyone else have trouble lighting a fire some days?
in Solid Fuel Forges
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if you move the coal/coke around before it is fully lit it can go out. I light mine (I burn coke) typically by lighting a paper towel with some vegetable oil on it making a little "tee-pee" and adding a few pieces of charcoal and then adding the coke. some days if I have the time and am feeling adventuress I will use flint and steel to light some tinder (dried grass) and then and my sticks, charcoal, and then coke.
Littleblacksmith