Mudman Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 20 minutes ago, VaughnT said: Good to see you, Mud. With all your fine knife work and awesome calligraphy, I'll give you a pass on the smithing. haha I REALLY miss it. my greatest sin, is leaving all my nice hammers hanging on a wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Guy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I made a few more yesterday, left is for a rig hand that gave me a handful of the slip dies, the other 2 were an after thought. I made a spatula (kinda small), and a roasting fork out of nails... thought, hmmmmm.... gotta have a matching set and need somethin to open a beverage with...or market the nail to people who like to get hammered. Hahahaaa. now i gotta figure out how to make bbq tongs out of a nail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Just made these tonight. Nothing too special but surprisingly, the one on the left works with no adjustment needed. I was sure it would have to be tested and tweaked. Awesome design Vaughn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcy Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 This is the first National exchange of bottle openers. The blacksmiths had to forge a bottle opener and shipping it to another blacksmith. Regards 1_Intercambio_Abridores.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 5 hours ago, Morcy said: This is the first National exchange of bottle openers. I'm all about exchanging openers. If you ever decide you need an American opener, shoot me a PM and we can trade. I'd love to get a Spanish bottle opener! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 An iron in the hat type event could be fun. That said, bottle openers could be a good project for it. It'll give a new guy a chance to practice something that they could then get feedback on from others in the community. We all know pictures are great but with hands on we could give better feedback. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn here, just thought I'd make a silly suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryson489 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Been making some punches lately to try and build up tooling. Been wanting to try out skulls so I made a nice nose punch, now on to finding a good rhythm so I can knock these out quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryCarroll Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Looking good Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hey, the dead wizard's head opener Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryson489 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thank-you. Still getting the hang of how the metal moves. So addicting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 16 hours ago, Gergely said: Hey, the dead wizard's head opener Nice! Dead wizard''s HEAD opener? Very nice bottle opener you have a good eye. The other one ain't bad either. Sorry, sometimes I generate straight lines I can't resist. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 8 minutes ago, Frosty said: Sorry, sometimes I generate straight lines I can't resist. Frosty The Lucky. There are no straight lines in nature. That's why we have to create them ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 6 hours ago, Frosty said: Dead wizard''s HEAD opener? I thought that could be misleading , but was too lazy to check Aspery's book for the correct name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 6 hours ago, JHCC said: There are no straight lines in nature. That's why we have to create them ourselves. No straight lines in nature? Don't pay much attention to nature do you? They're everywhere, evergreen forest and Rutile for two examples right off the top. 55 minutes ago, Gergely said: I thought that could be misleading , but was too lazy to check Aspery's book for the correct name. Glad you didn't Gergely it was a delicious straight line. I only had to point it out and I'll bet there are thousands of IFI folk wishing they had some mental floss. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 5 hours ago, Frosty said: No straight lines in nature? Don't pay much attention to nature do you? They're everywhere, evergreen forest and Rutile for two examples right off the top. It's a truism in art and architecture that there are no absolutely straight lines in nature -- even the straightest pine trunk or rutile crystal edge will have some degree of curve or irregularity. What the human eye perceives as straight is actually something that merely approximates straightness. It's a truism that I've always found somewhat annoying and pedantic, but thought I could make use of it for the joke. Oh, well. Call it communist humor: it's only funny if everyone gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Even light gets bent by gravity! However it travels in straight line enough for *most* purposes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Nothing special about your relativity is there? You have to change your expectations of reference to an Einsteinian "reference mollusk" to appreciate nature in a closer approximation of . . . . Reality. A light ray does NOT bend, the space it travels through does as does our perceptions and ability to observe. Earth in it's orbit around the sun moves in as straight a line as it's possible to draw if you use the right straight edge. Honest, no foolin. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Why was the comedian bent out of shape? He was using Frosty's Straight Line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 7 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Why was the comedian bent out of shape? He was using Frosty's Straight Line! Ta ta bump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 The trade item at the BOA meeting tomorrow is something made from a horse shoe. Thought I would kill two birds with one hammering. Made this from a small pony shoe this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Been done plenty of times but I'd never done it til today. 3/4" square all cuts made with a hot cut, next time I'm going to use the band saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 only real suggestion I'd make would be to make the tab that lifts the cap off a little bigger, just so it can lift it [easier]. Have you tested it yet? Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 21 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said: only real suggestion I'd make would be to make the tab that lifts the cap off a little bigger, just so it can lift it [easier]. Have you tested it yet? Littleblacksmith I hadn't noticed it earlier but the picture makes it look like there's no tab to do the prying. It's there and it's been sufficiently tested on some Rocky Mountain spring water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 ok, looks good. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Guy Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Made for my buddy, he gave me 2 broken cv axle shafts off his side by side. Figured i could at least make him a bottle opener out of 1 of em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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