Jackdawg

1 hour ago, Jackdawg said:

you have to be kidding? I received a warning because I posted my local steel suppliers prices? you blokes really take the cake for pettiness.

you should read and follow the rules and read the PM you got, it was posting the advert for your supplier not his prices. You were sent a polite note about it, but we can make it official warning to make you happy.

polite? you sent me a request to pay for "my add" a simple, hey cut the company name off the top and we will be good, would have been polite.

and another warning for complaining about the pettiness, even more pettiness. I suggest just ban me because I am going to just keep coming for each point you give me.

you have to be kidding? I received a warning because I posted my local steel suppliers prices? you blokes really take the cake for pettiness.

you should read and follow the rules and read the PM you got, it was posting the advert for your supplier not his prices. You were sent a polite note about it, but we can make it official warning to make you happy.

Went to an antique fair in a nearby town on Saturday, Picked up some hoof clippers cheap, $5 to $10 each.

Spent yesterday morning playing around converting them in to useful tongs. Probably would have taken as long to just make new tongs, but I had fun doing it.

cheers Glenn, was wondering about this day you celebrate, what it was based on.

In Australia we have two main days we remember those who served,

Anzac day, 25th April, which commemorates the start of a battle at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915 (Which we eventually lost with great loss of life )

Armistice day, 11th November, which commemorates the end of the great war (world war one).

There are other days, but those are the ones mostly observed, only Anzac day is a public holiday.

I dont think stainless will match very well.

It will also be about 5 times the price of a Galvo bolt. A Bottle of vinegar or pool acid to burn the galvo / zinc off normal bolts will cost you a lot less than the premium for stainless bolts.

My forge is outside in the yard, I just load my galvo bolts in to a heavy duty dish, drop the dish in the forge and go inside and have a cup of tea while the forge does the job. Works for me.

Where does the zinc go after these procedures?

see if you have any local facebook pages for smithing, that's how I found my local group.

If it is for the hardy, just a bit of sharpened angle iron with a bit of square tube welded to the base which fits the hardy will make a good hot cut. easy to dress when you belt it with the hammer, and will do the job just fine.

Looking very nice.

What are you going to use it for? Finding yourself a firebrick or two to sit inside as a floor that your stock can sit on can be helpful to make the lining last longer. Also acts as a sacrificial floor if your going to use borax. I made a flat spot in mine to support a fire brick, but have not got around to getting one,the flat floor is doing okay, but definitely starting to powder up where I scrape and scratch it with the stock going in and out.

1 hour ago, JHCC said:

Total size of the new block is 6-1-2” square. 

just need to fill in the bit in the middle and it will make a nice little anvil

On 5/16/2018 at 12:57 PM, Frosty said:

Now that's what I call down UNDERWEAR! 

yeah,if it's a bad one -  it's terrible, dogs even lay in the sun.

Build day for our gas forges. Hopefully photos are in order.

based on a standard 9kg LPG cylinder, 

My gas forge, made it at a blacksmith club day, where we all got together and made a dozen or so for ourselves.

I live in Queensland Australia, it was winter hear last week, pretty bad one this year,  I had to put a T shirt on in the forge for 3 days in a row.......

your not getting the tub hot enough, which means it must be darn cold bathing in it at the end of the day before the missus lets you in the house.......

8 hours ago, ausfire said:

On another tack, I had a young bloke here helping me out with our demos on our busy Pioneer Weekend.  He looked after the forge while I had a break and hammered out a couple of nice pieces for the visitors. He is very capable, aware of the safety requirements, and shows a lot of promise. This is a hanging basket bracket he made. Not bad for a first try:

Now all you have to do is show the poor bugger how to set a rivet! 

Please do not include pictures in quotes unless you are discussing something specific in that photo.

Hiss is good, I have CO2 extinguishers in my shed!

Used a powder one once years ago. Never quite managed to get rid of the powder crap, it was coming out of nooks and crannies for years. Never again.

Bloke at work lit the BBQ and left the disposable lighter to close. He was flipping sausages about 10 minutes later when he lost his eyebrows. luckily most of the fireball went the other way deflected by the side if the BBQ.

What is she, an FB? I used to race an FC holden many years ago, fond memories of the old girl.

But I also have to let you know Ausfire, holden made their last decent car in Australia in 1978,  The  dunnydoor never deserved the title of " holden"

I had heard that this "Craigs List" was used extensively for those seeking a bit of Vice in the US...... be careful if you decide to check for mispelt adds, you might get more than you bargained for

wow,

It looks like it is going to be magnificent, but I don't think grandpa will be up to dragging it around the front porch to much!

6 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said:

Welcome to another stage in life young man. Take care of momma, she will go with out for the baby, so make sure she is taken care of. Take 20 min for your self to decompress when you com in. Don’t bring work and the drive home in with you. Then you take over and give mom a break. You may work 40+ but mom never gets a break, unless you give her one and insist on he taking it.

Wise words.

Congratulations! you world is about to change, but you will love it!

Seems like only yesterday my last was born, she got her drivers licence the other day.

Actually I disagree, there are 3 or 4 blacksmiths worth watching on youtube, that's all, we could do with some more good blacksmithing content.

I've had good luck with brass brasses out of Asia on ebay, cheap, half a dozen for under 10 bucks delivered, and nice low quality brushes where the brass is soft and tends to come off on to your steel nicely! Absolutely useless if your actually wanting to brush something off something, to soft.  One of the few times low quality is of an advantage

Find your local small business association (or equivalent) they will be able to give you some advice on what you need to do, but the easiest way to get a person in to help here in Oz without having to handle all the drudge yourself is through a labour hire company. You can send the person you want to use along to the labour hire company and tell them this is the bloke you want.

Alas they wont help you break the law in regard to tax free income, they will inspect your workplace (or should) to ensure their employee's safety, and will take a couple of bucks an hour off the top for their trouble. But it certainly beats trying to work it all out for yourself.