Daswulf Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Connecting rods are great pieces for sculptures. I can never have enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I like that whale! and the horses main is cool too. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thanks, the mane was made with a punch I originally designed to make grains of wheat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, littleblacksmith said: horses main That's mane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I wondered if I had spelled it wrong....You would know I reckon, your three quarters horse. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I won't even say what the other quarter is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 wait, you know what the other quarter is? Alligator? I've always thought that if I was an animal I wouldn't mind being a Raccoon... Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 13 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said: wait, you know what the other quarter is? Alligator? I wish. Don't tell anyone, but I think it might be Shapeshifter. My Inner Odo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Certainly no skinwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I became a shape-shifter when I got Furniture Disease. My chest fell into my drawers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 52 minutes ago, John McPherson said: I became a shape-shifter when I got Furniture Disease. My chest fell into my drawers. ^^ Now that's funny! I guess my shape has shifted too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1forgeur Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Inspired by someone else's design. Was fun to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Ah, finally a day to get out and and play with fire and steel. Keep in mind i am no where near the skill of many of yall. This my first bottle opener, or as i have always called it a church key. It is also my first twist or any where near a scroll. Started out as just a piece of 3/8 key stock. Please tell me what you think and please dont hold back. Not pretty but functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 We all start somewhere. Took me a bunch of tries to make a functional punched bottle opener. You know what you are looking at and the more you work with the steel the more you will improve. Atleast your first is functional hang onto it so you can look back and see how you have improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Yes, as Das said, hang on to it and you'll see the improvement. Keep practising the twists and scrolls. 3/8 stock is a good size to practise with. That looks like snow in the gutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Still playing around with different handle twists. Here's one from today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 That gives a neat look Aus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Ausfire, that looks like beads on it. Really cool. Yes that is snow. Thats why i said finally able to get out. We had 2 weeks of single digits temps, and about 8 inches of snow. When finally got a little warmer got muddy. Now we are about 40 - 50 daily. I havent been able to heat the forge up in over a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks Das, and BB. That twist has a nice feel to it. Might do some more like that. We are up to about twenty different twists now. I'm pretty sure they've all been done before (nothing new), but still on the lookout for other ideas. As for that snow, it would be interesting forging in temperatures that low. I've never seen snow in the gutters but I've seen bitumen melt. Exactly opposite to conditions in my forge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 My wife made this 8 inch bottle opener/ flipper out of a 9/16 double open end wrench. She said you can pop open your beer and flip the fried bologna for a sandwich with the same tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I'm getting a little better at it. I put my touchmark in this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlasterJoe Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Funky little hook guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Some wrought iron openers made of old harrows. Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Nice harrow spike bottle openers there, Gergely. I have a great many of those spikes but I have only done a couple of openers with them. Did you find the metal harder to work than mild? If you have these for sale, do you label them with some indication of what they were made from? People like recycled stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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