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Rl69

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  1. The hen was on siting on 12. I have never cared for birds nasty little critters. But I have to say I've grown fond of them. Big George and little George stand gaurd over the flock. They set up on the premier and herd the girls in. When they come into the shop the girls will gather under the table and big George will stand between me and them. Rabits !!! now now your talking. I prefer wild rabbit to anything.
  2. We hatched out 8 this spring, we lost 3. Out of the 5 left we have 4 hens and a rooster. I already had 2 roosters, George and George so the new guy is looking mighty good for the pit
  3. I pulled a good one yesterday. I was working on som horseshoe hinges. My anvil has a verry fat horn. So I built a horn from 3/4 quarter round mild steal. The taper still wasn't small enough so I worked it down. I rolled my ends, I then I went to pull the horn out of the anvil, yea still hot!!! branded four fingers and my palm of my hand. Luckily like many of you I suspect my hands or verry leathered. I have some impression from the hamer marks on the tool but that all could have been much worse.
  4. If it wasn't for the eggs they would go good over the charcoal
  5. I have 11 chickens we free range. When I get time to work in the shop, they will come out and sit with me for a wile.
  6. This is red , he dosent give a hoot about forging. Hunting now that's a deferent story.
  7. Verry well could be I used a combination heat transfer oil and hydraulic fluid
  8. The blade was clean I heated to just past non magnetic three times trying to reduce temp each time the last heat I took just to non magnetic then quenched, then straght to oven. Im using coal so insted of scale could it be forge dust for lack of a better word? I was extra caucuses with the heat having had troubles in the past.
  9. First thank you for posting this info. Simple easy to follow easy to understand I just pulled my first properly heat treated knife out of the oven, secound heat. Yesterday when I quenched I went straght to the oven for 2 hr at 325. The scale that was on the knife baked in. Should I have cleaned before I went to the oven? How can I prevent this next time? I was able to sand most of it off but not all I'll get a pick after it cools
  10. We spun a few teeth off of a ring gear on a 742 wakashaw and it followed me home after replacing it I'll try to get some picks later so today I cut off a piece beat it out and quenched it. It I put it in a vice and snapped it. So now what? What am I looking far?
  11. Dang that's what I was afraid of . It has a 5/8 motor 72 1/2 " blade but if the rpm are on it I can't find it. But I was discribe it as fast.
  12. A little better pick I took the cross in to work today to show it off. And a fellow tried to buy it for his wife. I gave it to him and told him to tell her happy birthday from me.
  13. No sir mine is vertical. It was paw in law's I'm sure it's was made for wood
  14. I have some heat transfer oil I use
  15. It was a Nichols 1/2 round file
  16. I have a 10" craftsman band saw I would like to use to cut steal 5/8 x 5/8 1/2 X 1/2 what would you recommend. If I remember correctly it takes a 1x72 1/2 " blade. Will this saw even work ?
  17. I think I'm ready for the heat treat i built a filing jig, and I may have 30 minuets worth of filing.
  18. I agree I will never stop learning I just have to have a title to the thread I don't know anyone around here that dose black smithing. yall are all I got as far as feedback. Thank y'all by the way
  19. I don't get to forge every day.when I do it seams to come in spurts. I went two months without lighting a fire,to six sessions this month? My hamer striking is improving, I've learned you don't have to kill the iron. Solid, deliberate,and well placed is much more effective. Hooed of thunk it. Heat well heat is a hole deferent animal. I can't even count the number of projects I've burned up. I had a small knife hamerd out I had it all the way to heat treat. first two thermal cycles went well the thred wasent even put it back in the fire to even out the heat and lost half the knife. I said a few chose words then cut and stuck a piece of 5/8 x5/8 in the fire. what I think I need to do is build a bunch of these. I had to constantly stay on my heat expecaly once I had the tail drawn out. Funny thing I ended up spliting the end from working it to cold ( you just have to laugh) i did aneal another file and I'm working on another knife. I have it hamer do out and I'm doing the file work. If I get the time I hope to have it heat treated this weakend ?
  20. Rl69

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    I got in from church and fired up the forge started working on the transition where I welded the rains. Yup it snapped. I set it aside and started working on other stuff. One of the bad choses I made yesterday was using 1/2 inch round for my rivet not that 1/2 makes a bad rivet I just don't have the tools to puch a 1/2 inch hole. So I took and forge down ( did I say that right?) the 1/2 inch to 3/8'ish and worked a little on a hammer-puch I have a piece of 1-1/4 grade 8 bolt and thanks to this site I now know grade 8 bolts don't have the carbon I hoped it did you asked for picks so here you go! don't hold back I would feather cry in my pillow and learn somthing the walk around puffed up without understanding
  21. Rl69

    Rant

    A buddy at church was telling me how him and his dog have loooong conversation. I asked if he gives good advice he said every now and then
  22. Rl69

    Rant

    Sorry for the misleading title I guess thers not much point in ranting when you are the one to blame. Just one bad decision after another. thaks for the replies and the warm welcome.
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