Zeroclick

The inside is 21 inches, the fire pot is made by filling the sides with dirt to give a 3 inch deep by 3 inch across. The top has about an inch to keep a supply of coal. I have used it for 5 months at it hasn't failed me yet.

I made my frame out of wood so I can easily lift it out of my workshop to use it. I have also put in a dimmable socket to control air flow from the hairdryer and that is effective.

Those all look really nice.

That looks so cool.

I made two more s-hooks these ones are larger to hold a friends ladder. I also made my first center punch and round punch.

So this is my workshop at the moment it is an 8 x 4 shed and I work in one half with the garden tools at the other. I have to lift my forge out on to a small patio I built. It isn't ideal but it keeps everything safe and dry. 

Soon I should be moving house which has a garage that I will be  using as my workshop it should be really good to get a lot more room.

Nice I really do like style of mount.

That looks really nice. I really like that light etch. Makes it really nice when your eye notices the pattern.

Finally got my post vice mounted and also had my first go at welding.

Hi,

Good to have you on board, it may be putting a location in your profile you might be surprised how many members are near to you. It also helps people to provide the most relavant advice for you.

I would really recommend having a good read through all the stickies that are here, they hold a huge amount of very useful information.

Zeroclick

No problem it is based on one that David Stephenson had he let me take an outline.

It is made out of 3/8 mild round. For the tip I used the bottom fuller I had to spread the material out and give a good holding point. I then worked from that point back by heating up short areas and bending over the horn. For the section that goes from horizontal to vertical I started off with a loop and then tightened it up on the face. As David said to me the most important part is the recurve on the vertical that allows it to lock into the pritchel hole.

I used it for doing the split cross and was really effective.

I corrected the eye on my toasting fork, made a hold down tool which should make things easier and also had a go at my first split cross.

I cant really offer anything further on the pros or cons of spring steel however i did recently see a hammer being made from a Damascus billet. Alec Steel posted a video not long ago where he made a cross pain hammer and also has made a farriers nailing on hammer. Both are beautiful and may be worth a look if you are looking for some inspiration.

That looks really cool can't wait to see the rest of it.

Those are beautiful.

"All that glitters is not gold ... and all that's black is not cold!!" - Ausfire

6 hours ago, Frosty said:

Hmmmmmmm.

Frosty The Lucky.

Oh come on i thought that was pretty good for my first try.

5 minutes ago, Chris Comtois said:

Seems common-sense now, but I never realized I was basically making an induction coil. 

That is shocking.

I have to say since joining this forum I check it multiple times through out the day, I think it is well run and that Glenn does well to deal with the technical issues that have effected the site very quickly. I have found the site to be intuitive to use and have never had any problems finding what I am looking for. I think the issue with some new users is they don't want to read the easily identified stickies which are standard for all forums and provide a wealth of information on how to use the site effectively.

I think like any forum there are a core group of very knowledgeable posters who give a lot of their time dealing with questions. Also the comradery of this forum makes it very accessible and means that I have never felt embarrassed to ask silly questions or post my pieces for critique.

Oh well thank goodness for that I thought beeswax would be ok but really don't want to poison anyone.

Thanks Alan that is a great set of books. That makes sense I will do that calculation on the next one and hopefully I will get good results.

That sounds like a good week camping  

What would you normally use as a finish for thexample fire tools used for cooking. I have used beeswax on this one but wondered if there was a better option.

That is a good idea I may try that with a couple. With these two my wife's grandmother has asked me to make them for her brother. I have not seen where they will be stored but thought I would make to small J hooks to mount them anywhere.

I went for the method of 0.5 inch eye. So with 0.375 inch, so I did 0.875*3.14 for pi to give me a material length of 2.75. But it just didn't seem to pull round, it was most likely my technique which can only improve.

Well to be honest I didn't notice that kink until I took the photo.

I might adjust the eye, and I need to make a second one so I will make sure I pull more material.

I made my first toasting fork, it's out of 3/8 round. I am pretty happy with it overall but my next one will be better.

Also a good lesson in what happens when you don't pull enough material for an eye.