Novalogic

Hello. 

Just got into smithing this fall, very new, don't have much. Just the basics. But if yer down to try some stuff out I can become mobile!

Thanks. 

Thats exactly what I figured.. too thin. I think it only really happened because I tried too hard to tweak and keep them the same thickness.  I found trouble forming the boss every time.  On my last run I think I found something that will work, but I'll have to try it next time...

and as for my "coal forge" lol it's a back yard job! I used an 8" water main plug that had a 2" threaded hole in the center! Ha . It's rough and small, waste a lot of fuel. But it works for the most part.  Can't wait to get a better one.

Thanks a lot.

Thomas Powers

yes I agree that they aren't smooth at all... I was just beginning to attempt to draw them out and ran out of daylight. I'm not finished with them yet. But when I am. I'm probably just gonna practice more on technique and skill before trying these again. As long as they hold up. 9 side fails. Probably should have practiced fist but I was excited to try! 

Ive been interested in smithing for a couple years now.  I did lots of video research and reading. Felt like hey! I can do this! Lol. So I built a cheap forge. Family found me an anvil a little while longer and picked up some coal. turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. I was interested in people making things from rail road spikes. There is an over abundance of them just up the road from where i live so I grabbed a bunch. Tried to pound them out into some flat bit tongs. Lots of fails. Melted jaws, cracked boss, Mis shapes.... anyway. It's very hard but that where I started. This is the result. Havnt pinned them together yet because I'm not happy with the riens. But will they be okay? They fit okay. But need some tweaks. Hopefully I don't break or melt them. Any tips or suggestions on what I can do to achieve a better structure?