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frosty if you paid for it i might be able to figure somthing out i have some electric knowledge say 2 grand usd on the barrel

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on the other hand exelent knives

pnut on the bright side you will have enough to last the rest of you life time 

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On 5/1/2021 at 4:36 PM, WRLD said:

Roo, My shop rooster was curious as to if what I was making was edible, big nope!

 

19 hours ago, WRLD said:

Dont tell him that  he already gets much to close to the forge while it's running.

let us see... knives + rooster + fire = chicken dinner

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yes indeed frosty, if i was to give the most repeated piece in this section it probably would be that sentence

none the less it important 

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where do yall get those books, i am wanting a few

haha we got clouds and rain all week not sure what the plan is for 5 min down the road but right now just dark clouds

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i just bough 1 L of BLO off amazon has lasted me since November last year with 1 knife and multiple hammers redone for almost no show on level drop i am happy with it though my mother says it stinks

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JHCC i do the coating of BLO by the indoor heater and when i finish the rag has no chance to combust spontaneously it combusts immediately

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wow

hello new to this section,

so i live in canada and cannot use coins as it is 100% illegal I am unsure about US quarters as they are used just as often as currency (look just like a canadian quarter with a fast glance same with british and ive even found AUD in my wallet) i can get brass and copper sheets would this be a good idea or should i look for another source

thanks

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haha very punny

22 minutes ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said:

I'm looking for tall skinny tires and wheels, and a unique engine. Being jet age I have seen some used turbines for sale $$$$, or if I want a more vintage vibe I saw a decently priced Double Wasp R2800.  Then there are the basic gas or diesel engines I could go with.

gas ?? diesel??? what are you thinking go the expensive route.

oh and make it look good maybe paint an anvil and/or hammer on the sides

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ps we expect a thread on this

ok thats what it is i thought it was just a small anvil

1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said:

Mosquitos---they require water don't they?  

oh sorry i forgot in the desert you dont have H2O ut i think ill keep the lakes and rivers :sigh: and even the mosquitoes instead of that many spiders and the lethal snakes. at least i can go fishing you do know what that is right

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yes only my mother was unhapy of the gun cabnet and changed the I to Y. i constantly must tell people l-y-n 

also in town there is a family Lambert so coling stores can become a pain (he's a doctor and the one they seem to think we are)

also M.E.G.A. Power sounds a bit like a crummy superhero/superheroine character

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whats a scorpion i know knowledgeless northerner might be spiders around here Black widow is B.C.’s only dangerous spider, and it’s shy | Times Colonist though there not realy seen that i Know the worst really is the rusty steel and a wasp nest or 2 dozen

oh and i just got an unfrendly reminde hoards of mosquitoes :frown:

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8 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

HMM I guess "Don't get bit by snakes while scavenging steel off the wrecks." Probably doesn't apply as much up there as down here. Don't breath any smoke from grease/oil/under coatings that may be on the metal still does.

snakes you mean the garters up here 

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On 5/1/2021 at 2:24 PM, Bantou said:

I’m not sure what steel mine is. It’s made from a piece of 3/4” sway bar off a truck. Im guessing it’s some form of medium carbon steel but I don’t know for sure. I’m planning on leaving it soft and just touching up with a file or grinder when needed. The next one I make will probably get hardened. I’m not planning on cutting anything big with it and my hammer control is so-so right now. 

On 5/1/2021 at 2:29 PM, Frosty said:

M.J. Old pickup truck axles make FINE bottom tooling, no need to buy specialty steel and W-1 is NOT a beginner steel to heat treat and it's worse to forge unless you KNOW what you're doing.

Frosty The Lucky.

On 5/1/2021 at 5:26 PM, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:

I make most of my bottom (hardy)  tools from the connector end of sucker rod 4130 if I remember correctly. Right off hand this is the only picture I have of one the computer

ok thanks everybody i know my father has a few wrecks around the place se if i can snage 1 or 2 off him any extra cautions for working with such steels? frosty thanks the place i am able to sorce from i would have cost me 74$ for a 3/4 piece of W1 square or 38$ (USD) for 7/8 rod 3 foot for both?????????????

 will look into the jack hammer bits as well.

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so this was saterdays work:

i welded plates to the bottom of a skider canter pivot then attached it to a stump with lag bolts the 2x10 are to raise it up more as this was a piece destined for the axe and then a 16" stove

 next i was called away to empty 2000lb of chicken feed... thats what happens when you raise 100 birds for 3 families and then share the butchering.

afterwards i went to start up my forge and discovered  that the lining is cracked so must wait till i get some fresh coating before i fire it up again oh well gives me time to build my JABOD

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P.S. thomas my father suggested my name then went to the gun cabinet to find spelling

hint .444 lever gun

nice i need to make a order and mail call soon too

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so i got all this today 

2 55 drums 1 for a charcoal retort and 1 for whatever else i need .(ideas welcome though 55 forge will possibly be disregarded asalready have a propane and a JABOD in plans with old bar-B-Q)  price? free 

i picked this clamp for holding handle scales together (face could use a little cleaning with a file but it'll work ) at the local man shed as well as a new canon camera for $10 with some other nick nacks(pays of to help the older men with bending and lifting while i wait for the 3D printer to finish on school projects)

also my father brough home a load of bearings and a pin after changing them from a skidder center pivit the pin whil be use as an anvil via a few slight mods it will work much nicer than the cast aso if been trying to use the last 2 years also i told my father to hold back on bringing grease coated bearings (these went through a semi vigourous varsal cleaning before pic and still have plenty to show) welding glove for scale

overall a good day

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is it posible to post that sites URL. on IFI or is it classed as a comercial site?

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5 hours ago, Frosty said:

And NO I refused to hold the chicken why someone whacked it's head off with a hatchet and I was 10 IIRC

thats why you should hold the axe and the chichen if you get cut 100% your fault (or the chickens)

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what steel did you use/would you recomend for making hardy tooling i was planing on picking up some O-1 or W-2 with a posibility for some hydrolic shaft rod if i can get info for handling it. is this a good route to go?

thanks

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