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Millhand replied to Irondragon Forge ClayWorks's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
This is true! Mine is.......Im of the firm believe that a broken machine will be fixed just as a coworker gets back with the tool you sent him to get. Its like clockwork at the mill. -
Now that is funny, i dont care who you are lol!
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Yes, Thank you Tomas!
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What did you do in the shop today?
Millhand replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
I didn't for awile and im regretting it. Was switching hands mid way because of the wear. Nothing like learning the hard way. -
What did you do in the shop today?
Millhand replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Nice collection LB! Be proud of that work man, your doing great!!! I drew out some long tapers on 3/4 rebar,... I see now why you guys hate the stuff! They will be pull up handles for a friend and he wanted the rebar texture for the grips. Wasn't worth it though. i could have done that a different way. Blisters from a bad handle and bad stock hahaa!!! Im not tooled up for such things. Need a power hammer asap! -
I will definitely catch the next one, I had never seen or knew they existed. So i didn't pay much attention. Maybe this post will save a few noobs from my experience
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Kids just brought me some turkey valture feathers, maybe good for a project later on. Hand forged dream catcher?
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Not to shabby! Id have done that deal.
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Fantastic progression of hammer making. Nice work!
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Yeah, it didn't take long after that last post I decided I had to fix it. Started making a new plug out of d2 and just couldn't make it work. So i went ahead and used the old plug. Blacksmith stubborn is a real thing Oh great, after this post there will be lots of hammers out there to confuse the next generation hahaaa! I love it, let's start hiding messages in our tools. Like the smith that made this hammer. His was, you have alot to learn grasshopper lol I won't be parting with this hammer for some time. Thanks man!
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Last time I conversed with them he said he was no longer doing classes and was headed over seas to teach. That was 4 weeks ago.
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After many hours last night i was able to almost restore her to her former glory. forge welded the plug back in . Still has problems and im not sure it will hold. Was a experience though!! Took till 3am n im feeling the pain today. Longest quick n dirty hammer mod ever!!!! Expensive hammer now hahaa
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That's exactly what was done, it was a hand forged hammer, i shouldn't have messed with it i guess.
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Hole goes all the way to the body of the hamner and is has a lot of what looks like small wire in it. So strange
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Could have sold it yesterday for 20 bucks to a guy. Now I pitch it in the scrap bin lol just my luck. Lol It's a insert never seen such a thing!!! Have a hammer eye punch now hahaaa!
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Ok, had a old ball peen hammer, polished both faces and then after looking at it i decided I needed a sort of cross to do detail work on leaves. Fired up the forge and slow soaked her wile it was warming up. Had a good heat first blow! Split it rite around the center! Im so bummed...... was a awesome old hammer and I destroyed it. Wrought? It doesn't spark like it. More like a mid carbon Rust down in the crack. Guess it was already there.
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What did you do in the shop today?
Millhand replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
She's beautiful! Unfortunately in a smithy environment it wont look like that long. No matter what you put on it. Id prolly use frostys bowling ally wax on it if it were mine. -
Went digging around on the farm for wrought and found some small pieces. Also on the opposite side of this tread a post vice and hay budden went to a new home from my stash. Made a little room and put some cash in the press fund. Also After testing all those pieces in pretty good at just spark testing wrought iron now.
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Se Michigan? Im up by Cadillac and have a nice 150 lb hb ill make you a member deal on or some rr track ill give you. Not that plate wont make a usable anvil. Im sure it will do just fine. Looks good to me.
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What did you do in the shop today?
Millhand replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Had a short story written but ill hold my tongue,..... Nice work on that mason jar handle Joe,been meaning to make a few of those myself. I have more projects then time. -
New assembly table build. Could use help.
Millhand replied to Millhand's topic in Tools, general discussion
The top showed up today, went with 3/4, its now heading to my friends cnc plasma table for some clamp slots, already had a few stake holes cut in. Think ill start on the base Wednesday.- 5 replies
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Surething , I will make one tonight after work and document it with pictures. They were blanks to begin with.
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American Heritage History of Colonial Antiques
Millhand replied to ThomasPowers's topic in Book Reviews
Im going to have to give that fork a go! Thx Thomas! Is that a toaster on top center? -
Hahaaa! Buggers wont hold still! Was going to edit that but now ill leave it to bother the grammar police hehe