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GREAT TABLE, EXCELLENT DESIGN!

SUPERB WORK!

I'LL BE THERE! JUST FINISHED DEMOING AT THE RURAL HILL SCOTTISH FESTIVAL IN CHARLOTTE THIS PAST WEEKEND. MY ARM IS STILL SORE!

You can also by the petal pre-cut from www.blacksmithdepot.com under supplies. They are out of 18ga steel and are very simular to Bill Epps' pattern.

Just wondering if anyone cant tell me what I am doing wrong. Cant seem to get a leaf to look right. All my leaves tend to look like a weeping willow leaf. Long and slender. Icant get them heart shaped. What is best stock to start with?

I'll bet, wifey is still grinning. Nice work.

HERE ARE A FEW IMAGES OF WHAT I GAVE MY WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS. THIS WAS PRETTY INVOLVED FOR ME AS I HAVE ONLY DONE S-HOOKS, DRIVE HOOKS, AND SOME LEAVES.

That marking should be "BELL SYSTEMS" and it is a lineman's hammer. And yes, the hole is for use as a wrench. The lineman would start a step/screw with the hammer end and run it in with the wrench hole. They are not in use very much except in rural areas as the linemen would much rather use a bucket truck or ladder.:D

If you are not afraid of the epa, used motor oil works well at preserving wood (just don't sit on it!). Ideally, you would dilute the oil with a little diesel fuel in a shallow pan and set your wood in it, end grain down, and let it wick up the wood.after a day or so, turn the log over. After a few days your wood will be fairly well protected. The volotiles will evaporate in a few days and should not easily catch fire from sparks or the occasional hot steel. :d

here is a scaled down traveling forge modeled after the civil war era traveling forge apparently made by and for the national park service. Not sure why the smith is wearing a beret and a pocketed skirt for a civil war reenactment though.

its a nifty little forge.

3' is a nice size, spooky big but still small enough to move it around and ambush people.

Very nice.

Frosty

LONG TIME BLACKSMITH FROM CHARLESTON, SC HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 97. A PIECE OF LIVING HISTORY HAS PASSED ON TO THAT GREAT FORGE IN THE SKY.

LINK TO THE NEWS ARTICLE: Renowned Charleston blacksmith dies - CharlotteObserver.com

They use a similar process to make fiber optic cable. The take a optically doped glass billet, roll an outer layer of reflective glass around it. Then they take it to the top of a tower heat it and it literally creates a continuous drop. By the time it reaches the bottom of the tower is is the right size and cooled enough for adding the plastic coating and then rolling onto large spools

NOPE, If you got Gorilla glue on your hands and did not remove it before it dried, it will have to wear off (short of taking a sander and removing the top layer or so or skin!). Take it from a woodworker who often had black hands (till I got wiser and started using latex gloves!).

Blacksmith depot
kayne & son custom hardware
100 daniel ridge road
candler, nc 28715 (west of asheville)
828-667-8868 or 828-665-1988

prices as of 06/12/2009
50# for $20 (shipping not included)
500# (loose, pick-up only) for $180

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Try looking at bp0141 and bp0127 in the bluprint section. They were a big help to me. A few suggestions not covered in the blueprints. 1-make your valves as light as you possibly can (otherwise as your lower leaf is dropping to fill the lower chamber you will have to overcome the weight of the valve). 2 make your lower chamber half again as large as your upper chamber (reduces pumping). :-)

Who in their right mind would spend $518 on this blower? The 150cfm would be way too much air...

Try looking for the post about a coffee can forge. It is here somewhere on this site (i saw it, i swear). It is small and compact and uses a handheld propane or mapp gas torch.

I had found an archived thread of yours about a gasifier you tried. Are there any pics posted anywhere? I'm using an updraft gasifier with chips of Virginia Pine (grows like crazy here, pretty useless for anything else).

Elmer Roush told me he makes his charcoal from the scraps of a cabinetmaking business.

Almost all the steel I use is scrap.

Good Luck!

A level of skill i am aspiring to reach.....

A beautiful rose.

Avadon, yes that is beautiful, but it is not mine (i wish it was! And i wish i was that good!)

OTHER THAN THE HELP I HAVE RECEIVED BY LURKING AND READING, I ONLY HAVE MORAL SUPPORT. UNFORTUNATELY, MY SCHEDULE DOES NOT GIVE ME A LOT A FREE TIME TO GO TO ANY MEETINGS OF A FEW BLACKSMITH CLUBS I HAVE FOUND IN MY AREA. FORTUNATELY, THERE WILL BE A LONG-TIME BLACKSMITH AT THE GAMES IN A FEW WEEKS AND I HAVE SCHEDULED SOME VACATION TIME THEN (PROVIDED MY COMPANY DOES NOT GO ON STRIKE!)

WELL LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!