BubbaNash

I made my first pineapple twist today! I cheated and used a grinder to make the grooves... I dont feel bad about it though. I also made my first hair keeper and pin.

So ive been wondering this for a bit... i have a small stack of bucket teeth from excavator and caterpillar buckets that will never be used for their intended purpose. The small amount of research i have done so far is that most of these teeth have a mixture of nickle and Molybdenum which is what makes them very durable and corrosion resistant. What kind of trouble am I asking for with these puppies if i said i see a camping axe to be made?

Just thought id put an update in. He has completed one surgery so far, they are talking about a second one - apparently they didnt get it all - but Travis is positive and upbeat as usual. We havent been told if its a cancer tumor or not but we are hopeful. Thanks everyone, keep them prayers coming.

I just received notice about an hour ago that a fellow firefighter, tradesman, and friend Travis just arrived in the big city by helicopter for emergency surgery on his brain. He is one of the most mild, thoughtful, and honorable people i have ever met. I still owe him a BBQ set, i would like very much the chance to make good on that debt and see him again. Please pray he comes home healthy and happy.

Beauty!

As a brother Firefighter and EMT, smithing is a great way of finding opportunity to focus your thoughts and emotions. its also a great way to get frustrated. Like Irondragon said, read the READ THIS FIRST page before you start taking on your first bowie. Also get some books, there are many beginning books that will help you.. i mean did you tube anyone before you learned how in a book? You also dont need a shop if you have some open space and the ability to move your set up into a covered area during bad weather. Tip: put your location in your profile, you dont know how close some of us may be.

Rockstar is right, anything that has an arch is your friend with bending. Cones are nice but really if you have 2 or 3 round metal objects you can tighten your work to your need. Arms are not cylindrical so dont get too particular on making it a perfect circle. xxxx my first anvil was... well i dont really know what it was supposed to be originally, but it has a 5 inch radius on it and it worked till i got a piece of RR that i only used to make bends over. RR has 2 radius' on it - top and side. Cones were a luxury Copper would look really nice too all buffed up, and easily tweaks to her arm shape cold.

Just on the chance that you have not completed it yet... Ive used a few preservatives like wolmanizing solution (commonly called end cut solution) and other products over the years for rot repair jobs. Oak is a very hard wood so you have a good start there already. The ends are going to soak up the most moisture so i would focus on treating them - particularly the bottom. I like Coppercoat by Woodlife. Its a copper napthanate preservatve which is what most of them are now. It will turn your wood blue or green - thats ok. . Other products work too with similar amount of the chemical. If it were me, id let the bottom of your stand soak in the stuff overnight and then let it dry for a few days. Just about anything you put on it will have some degree of flammability so make sure what ever you put on gets its full cure time. The other thought is just to let it dry fully and go untreated. if your shop is dry then its likely your oak stump will last quite some time as is. if by chance it IS complete, how did it turn out?

agreed, but if he is anything like me its likely the item is still sitting on his dresser... So what did you do Cocker

as you picture... take the sides in a bit, flare out the corners and insert a shiny rock in the middle and you have a butterfly or moth? weld it to a stick and she can put it in a little potted flower.

Looks more like rotten wrought iron to me too (forgive, im a wood butcher by upbringing) brainstorming - but would faggoting this steel once make a difference? burns - not that it will do you a lot of good now, but as soon as you get burned next time (cause there will be a next time) get it wet and keep it wet. wet rag, wet paper towel stuffed in a glove, small bucket of clean water... just kill that burn with water. but just water - no ice. works for all burns. and like Nobody said - dont pop the blister

Im on Long Beach... might as well be Astoria Oregon.

It's so simple, yet totally genius!

Good idea... And here I was gonna eat ice cream with it...

My very first project. It's a spoon! I'm pretty proud of it, so go easy on me. Made it out of a cut off machine bolt.

That's awesome, much appreciated! I did just buy the Whitlox wood forge (yes I know it's really chacoal for the semantics security forces). But I do still plan to build one.

I would love to have the time to sit and understand the details of building a forge and then putting it to practice. I just dont absorb through reading without pictures. lots of pictures.

Ive seen chile mentioned a number of times. One day if im worthy

I just read your post on that! from all the extra work that appears to go into even a store bought forge i think im going to take up needlepoint. ok... A Devil Forge comes semi-complete. Needs its wool sealed/rigidized and at least a couple hard fire bricks to close up the openings... Whereas a Diamondback is generally complete and fire ready because it uses ceramic board, although you are recommending a finish coat of... im guessing refractory of maybe 2800-3000F? Im going to hit up the NWBA Hammer-in in Longview this sunday on my way out of town and will be harassing... asking people a lot of the same questions. Im a visual person so without seeing it will take me longer to understand. But it sounds like its worth the few extra $$'s to buy 'Merican and get the DB single as opposed to buying the DF from Lithuania

Politics being what they are, there seems to be a lot of good factual information on DB webpage. Enough that i think i will go with a single burner for now. Im reading through Forges 101 and you have a lot of good info... 22 pages of info currently of which i am on page 2 so far (not much of a reader) I keep seeing about rigidizing the insulating fabric/wool. It seems like thats all that is said about it before moving on to talking about refractory cement. What are you using for a rigidizer if not the cement itself? or am i complicating this?

Just a follow up, I made a deal with the wife. I finish a class and i get to buy a gas forge. Well i finished my class and am a Nationally Registered EMR. Now i want my xxxx forge... I have grand ideas for a 2 piece gas forge that i want to build later and will probably order the Kastolite 30 for that. basically building in a removable partition wall between 2 cylinders kind of like a knife valve. But thats later. Im going to get me a Devil Forge 2 burner for now. Wayne, i will likely buy your instructions for building a grinder once i prove to myself i can stick with this craft. I have a bad habit of starting and stopping things.

Well its only a week away now. I will be there on Sunday only as we are going up to Puyallup afterwards. Since i have never been to one before, should i be looking for particular booths? Any person that i should start an acquaintance with? What should i be expecting?

I am quite aware and was well clear of the fire. Toss it in and walk away. I'll read those today. Would rather do things the better way when possible. what do you think of this guy's method? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi466qkzQ3k

got the green light from the lady to go (i bribed her with Red Lobster for dinner) its after my class is done so i hope to be there for at least 3-4 hours. will know more in a month

i like the sound of that Frosty! Just started burning off some galv pipe earlier this evening and ill take a wire wheel to it this weekend. gonna plumb my fire pit in the yard for now... already lined with fire brick so why not right? got some older grade 40 half inch rebar to make my first tongs... unless i should start with something else?? I probably sould clearify. im not Bubba. im actually Nash. My real name is Matt. My buddy Ryan is Bubba and we had a long runnning joke of who Bubba Nash is... even had name plates made up and put them on an office building. Good Times.