BillyBones

Tommy, i think that drift needs to be a bit longer. I use square dies in my guillotine. I find it more universal to make either square or round tenons. Looks like a nice crisp shoulder too. I usually have to use a monkey tool and sometimes a file to get them good and tight. Alexandr, very nice benches. I assume they will be for out doors. What kind of finish do you use on them?

If the thunder dont get you the lightning will.

When i got out of the Army i went on tour. I learned to macramé sitting in a Grateful Dead parking lot holding the string with my toes to make necklaces to get money to make the next show. That was the last 2 years the Dead toured. Then it was the festivals with Allman Bros., Wide Spread Panic, Gov't Mule, The Dead, etc. My daughter was right along side me the whole time. I remember holding her in my lap giving her at bottle at Further fest in 96. Anyway i digress, macramé necklaces, small bags, wall hangings and stuff paid my way for a lot of it. My mom is a quilter. She travels all over the place to quilt retreats. 72 years old and she will jump in the car loaded up with her sewing machines and stuff, drive to Alabama to sit around with a bunch of other women to make quilts.

Shainaru, cool idea. I think i would get some felt or maybe a piece of leather to attach to the foot against the wall. Tell your friend i love that macramé curtain thing. That had to have taken a long time to make. Another nice gift hat would be pretty quick and easy would be some hangers for the rod the curtain thingy is hanging from. In general i do not like chrome. That is the first thing i see and my eyes are drawn to it. That is not to say that there are not times that chrome does look good.

I had some one once tell me that hex material is high carbon, i said that i am running 3/4" hex 12L14 at work. Hex, flat, square, round, sheet, is just a shape. Sheet or plate is just a really, really wide flat bar.

Coming along nicely. A few tweaks here and there. That would also look cool with snakes.

George, it really was not all that exciting. It started burning, i pulled it off and out into the dirt. Then tried dousing it with water. I would assume that it was "weak" and just enough to keep the water from putting it out.

I am not a bladesmith but it is my understanding that it is used/old springs that can cause a problem. Microfractures from stress can cause the knife to break when used. Seeing as how you used a new spring that problem shouldnt be present unless a flaw in manufacturing process. Not being a bladesmith does not mean i have never made a blade. Last year i made a chefs knife for a coworker from an old leaf spring. it has held up nicely and he says it has not even needed sharpening yet. But that is a kitchen knife and will not be subject to the abuses something like a Bowie knife will take.

Spent the day sanding wood. I think i have inhaled enough wood dust that i am genetically a cherry tree now. (yes i was wearing face cover, i just did a lot of sanding) Pro tip: Before using a belt sander make sure your dust collection bag is closed, both times. A couple years ago we were cleaning up the shop at work and we ran across a box full of shop vac hoses of various sizes. Mgmt. was going to throw them in the dumpster but they ended up in the back of my truck. Most shop tools like sanders, saws, etc. the dust exit is the same size as shop vac hose. So i made a dust collection system. Unfortunately my 3x21 belt sander the exit port is to small. So having to empty the little bag i forgot to close the zipper a couple times. At least i did not make thermite in it... again. I was grinding steel, then was grinding aluminum, then some wood with out emptying the dust bag on my belt grinder. A couple months later, still not having emptied it, i started grinding some wood, then steel. The sparks from the steel ignited the wood dust in the bag which led to that igniting the mix of oxidized steel and aluminum dust. Water would not put it out and i believe it was Thomas Powers who informed me that i had made thermite by accident. So pro tip #2: empty the dust bag when done or changing materials.

I made a post a long while back over in the "blacksmith tooling" thread of a "simple guillotine" that was made by Mark Asprey. May want to check that out. And anyone else thinking of making one. It is the most simple and easiest one i think i have ever seen. The more you thin the jaws of a twisting wrench the harder it is to keep perpendicular to your work.

Those chairs look like the ones that were used in the first Beetlejuice movie dinner scene at the end. Shainaru, i used to use that 2 wrench thing to make those twists. What i do not like is that there will be a straight spot in between the 2 the width of your twisting wrench. I do the heat and quench method. Heat your stock and make the first twist, re-heat and quench up to the end of the first twist. Clamp in the vice in the same spot and reverse the twist. They come out with a nice sharp "V". That is provably the most common i do. I like to do 1/4 or 1/2 turns. They turn out looking like waves in the water i think so i call it a wave twist. The reverse twist is also kind of subtle i have found. People do not see it until they really look at it. About those wrenches, they look chrome plated. It is quite the bad idea to weld on chrome and not as much but still a bad idea to get it hot. The fumes from chrome are straight up deadly. I would give those a good acid bath to try and remove the chrome.

Gazz, i have no idea. For all i know it could be the one from the worlds fair. I doubt it though. The house is a sphere sitting on a round base. So it resembles a gold ball sitting on a tee. I think of it like an A-frame. Looks cool and all but then you realize how much wasted space there is. The FLW house near here sold pretty cheap the last time it sold. From what i gathered there was a lot of repair work that was needed. Straddling a stream and water fall moisture has wreaked havoc on it over the years.

Attach springs to the bottom so it just lies down and them pops back up. The thing i have noticed, and this is just my experience and could have changed since, is that most reflective tapes and paints are no where near as reflective as an actual reflector. The reflection does not seem as much reflected light that is reflected at the vehicle. To reflect safety you need as much reflected light as possible to give the driver time to reflect on his chosen path and choose another. We should reflect on that. (please read that in humor)

Thanks for the info and the link. We have a Frank Lloyd Wright house near here that is built over a stream and small waterfall. It is in Yellow Springs that has the golf ball house as well. The house is a faceted sphere that resembles a golf ball.

How hard would it be to get electricity to them? Is that an option? If not, i would design some sort of post in a shape. Maybe since it is a church 2 crosses for example. Get some reflectors and disassemble them so you have just the colored part. Attach those to the post. Since they are made of plastic they are also fairly easy to cut and different shapes can be made. A small bolt or screw can be used to attach them. Easy peasy, drill and tap a few holes. How many will depend on how complicated your design is. Use small bolts or screws and they would not even be seen in the day much less at night when reflecting light. Forge some decorative elements like some scrolls and such that will only be seen in the day with one main element that will hold the reflectors. I would keep the design pretty simple. You want it to be a warning not a distraction.