Glenn Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Of the 400+ Blueprints posted, what were the Blueprints that you found most useful in 2006? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 BP0235- knife finishing by Rich Hale BP0078- metallurgy of heat treating by Rober Nichols BP0365- flux applicator by Bill Epps/Jr Strasil BP0366- multi position knife vise by Rich Hale BP1002- Hofi hammer technique by Uri Hofi BP0156- Knife clamp by Garey Ford I think they're all '06, all the BPs are cool, these are the ones I find most helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strine Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 The best ones have been to do with just forging iron (The site is Iforgeiron afterall). All the others, the ones that deal with working metal in a general sense I just skip over. They are of only passing interest to me. Sorry Folks. Hey Glenn, I bet you'ld love to have the edit feature back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hicks Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Where are the 400+ blueprints - I would like to see them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hicks Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Ive been looking for the edit myself - whered it go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Ron, This should keep you busy awhile;)http://www.iforgeiron.com/Blacksmith_Blueprint_Index Enjoy JWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I like going thru all the BP's. You never know when you'll find a tidbit that maybe of use to you. As far as a favorite thats hard to pin down. I guess like Strine my favorites are the ones directly related to smithing. I also like the tooling BP's. JWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I like ALL the aspects of metalworking covered in the blueprints. if you really look, there is a bluprint for assembling almost an entire shop, except maybe the shop itself hehe. We should do a "building a shop" blueprint, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcraigl Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Glenn, I think it'll be interesting to see where this goes. I couldn't point to a single BP and say "that's the one that's influenced me the most", having pretty much just started this process around the beginning of '06 I've found all the BP's to be usefull, especially the ability to go back through all the past ones and search for something related to whatever I'm working on at the moment. I've only directly used BP301 (thanks again JW) to make gifts for the women folk in my family, and Mike-hr's "spinning bolster wheel". Having said that I'm pretty sure I've applied many of the principals from numerous BP's to my general work and have grown just from seeing multiple different perspectives on how stuff can be done. Peace, McL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feukair Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I've read quite a few of the BP's. I really like the BP0078 metallurgy of heat treating by Rober Nichols. I'm new to blacksmithing and the whole "heat treating and hardening" thing was fuzzy to me. I have a much better understanding of those processes and what they do to steel now. Thanks to Robert Nichols for putting it together. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The BPs on Flux Containers, Campfire Tripods, and Glenn's various junkyard visits, seeing things different and storage were all informative and useful. My picks for immediate most useful to me were: BP 0072 - Hammer Making by Jr Strasil; BP 0129 - Ring Roller by Garey Ford; BP 0326 - Courting Candle by Gerald Franklin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hicks Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 BP1001 Holding the hammer BP1002 Swinging the hammer BP1004 Woop Tongs BP1006 Tong Clips BP1007 Hot Cut Hardie BP1010 Forging a point BP0372 Handled Punch BP0382 Offset Bend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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