P. Bedard
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From the album: Just some stuff I've made
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From the album: Just some stuff I've made
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Drawing of the panel. 16" X 12" inside measurment.
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From the album: Just some stuff I've made
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Thank you Beth! Much appreciated. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Project for a friend. -
I have to agree with the above posters. This sort of jump weld is NOT easy. Even for an old hand. A good, VERY clean fire, good blast and good flux are critical. Good luck!
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It was a skill that took me a long time to master, I just couldn't get the hang of it for a long time, so I practice it as often as I can. -
Yup. I bent it back long, about 20" back and then cut 6" off that branch. The I eyeballed the remainder, making it as even as possible and welded that one and cut it. The scrollwork was with a scrolling wrench and a pair of scrolling tongs. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Replicas of Viking age flint strikers. Made from offcuts of 4110 steel. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
One piece steel forge-welded twice back onto itself and scrolled. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Inspired by Colonial examples. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
the square stock was fullered down and inserted into punched holes in the back plate. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Welded, riveted, collar, scroll work and twisting made this project an exercise in many different blacksmithing techniques. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
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From the album: Just some stuff I've made
My own design. Mortise and tenon construction. The top scrolls are forgewelded, as are the feet at the bottom. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Colonial era pipe tongs. Used to grab embers from a fire to light one's pipe. The curved part at the end is thicker, to use as a tamper for your pipe. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Seen from the spine this is my Dwarven spearhead. -
From the album: Just some stuff I've made
Inspired by photos of the upcoming Hobbit movie. -
Borax is definitely not bad! It was used for centuries successfully. If you want a good commercial flux, I reccomend Anti-borax (I get it when it's on sale at Centaur forge, not that I buy much from them, they're fairly expensive) but you can make it too. Very fine Silica sand, pure iron filings and anhydrous borax in combination make a very good, cheap flux.
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I used to buy the stuff, now I make my own. 40% fine silica sand (you can get this from some construction supply companies) 40% slaked borax (20 mule team borax that's been baked at 250 for about an hour) 20% iron filings (not, I repeat NOT steel filings.) It's as good as most of the commercial fluxes out there at 1/5th the cost.
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Yep, not a bad deal at all. It's been said, but as long as the blower works and the firebox hasn't been rusted out, you got a forge that will give you decades of good service. Enjoy! -
Women Blacksmithing History
P. Bedard replied to metamagic67's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Good luck to you Magic, if you find any evidence, other than anecdotal, let me know. I smith and do research for a historical group here in Winnipeg and I've been doing it for 20 years now and I've never found any solid evidence showing any woman in the trade. Now, admittedly, my focus is on the Fur Trade era almost exclusively, but it does span quite a few decades, and over a VERY large area. So far, no luck at all. And that's after pouring over hundreds of contracts and journals of the North West Company, the Hudson's Bay Company and the XY company. So yeah, if you find any, PLEASE let me know! -
Mat, Yep, as it turns out, it does indeed say I Nash & Son on the side. Apparently a fairly good name in anvils was I Nash. I look forward to cleaning it up and setting it to work.
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So I was talking to a friend from England who is immigrating here to Canada, that I had been looking for a double-bick anvil for some time now. He replies saying "well, I know a guy down the road..." and a few emails later, and she's all mine! She weighs in at about 293 lbs if the English hundred weight is consistent. The numbers on the side read "2-2-13" and sadly, the makers name is obscured to the point that all you can read is "and son". I have to wait until September to get it (he's just going to put it into his steel container with the rest of his tools) but I think the wait will be worth it. Just had to show it off!
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Nope, no return to any of my calls either. It would have been nice to have the tool this friday, I start a 10 days Blacksmithing demo for a local historical festival. Oh well, maybe I'll get it by summer, if at all...