Shainaru, yes just beeswax
Jennifer, habit mostly from not wanting to mar my new anvil. Found it easier than using a cutting plate and I dont worry about missing or cutting through. Love the hammer
I have broken countless leaves. Keep at it.
I made a smaller version of yesterdays hooks. This time 1/2” x 1/4” and 1/4” round. Lots of fun and took 2 hours total.
my favorite sucker rod punch and my improvised anvil used for cutting and punching mostly.
Holland cone. I use it quite a bit.
honey smoked steel.
good weekend of stress relief at the forge.
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I made a trammel hook and a hook to hook it on.
1” x 1/4” bar and 1/4” round
Lots fun. You can see where I got careless and missed a punch blow. My first one and it works great
One of my very first projects was making 4 of these and...
Was fun and still using that stand 4 years later. Hollow out the bottom just a little to prevent wobble.
Very interesting John.
Nice work Goods and lots of it
looking good Chad.
Yesterdays fun cooling after wax. s hook, brooch that is too small but looks ok and a little leaf keyring.
Here is my garden anvil. 7kg new world anvil I bought a couple years ago and a stake anvil I made from 4140. I like to tap on some copper do-dads and stuff when we sit out and drink coffee on the weekends.
nice little anvil that I will move to a jewelers bench when that time comes.
Super fun weekend. Got to forge twice. Saturday I started a set hammer out of 1-1/4” 4140 snd tried a rr spike person ala HojPoj and another S hook
Today I punched and drifted, shaped my person snd yup, an s hook.
thanks for looking