pkrankow Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Title says it, what did you make this weekend? I made a slot punch, a bob punch, an eye punch, narrow fuller, and a drift. I was inspired by Jason@MacTalis Ironworks and one-heat horse heads. However I did not make any horse heads today because it got dark and I cleaned up. I also cut up another brake drum to make my brake drum much deeper. I will be making this modification permanent because it works so well. I just stacked the drums together, but I will strap them to the bottom of the table and clay them together so I don't get unremovable clinker (I did today, rather fun, really, taking apart a hot forge to clean the clinker out) I should have taken a picture of the fire rake Jason and I made a couple weeks ago, but I forgot. Apologies for the lousy camera phone pictures. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maillemaker Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I wish mine was as productive: I did make a rasp hawk, though!http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/24296-and-one-more-rasp-hawk/page__fromsearch__1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Chicken Marsala on Monday, Fist sized meatballs and chile relleno wednesday.. so mostly I made a large mess in the kitchen, but I hope to have the forge back to the house this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I set 77 racoon traps today No blacksmith content althought I did weld the trap stabilizers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 no work here this week. there is just never the time, it seems. I did replenish my small coal supply though, so when the time comes, I'm fueled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Roy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Saturday I volunteered as a blacksmith demonstrator at Curran Homestead (a living history museum). I mostly talked with a lot of curious folks and did manage to make a few drive hooks. It was a good time and they fed me (although I'd rather eat at Wesley Chambers house; meatballs and chile relleno, yum). Sunday I worked in my own shop and worked on my repousse skills; designed and produced a couple bookmarks with a nice maple leaf at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdave Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My son and I with my limited hammer time made a letter opener. He said it's his first cool thing so he's keeping it. I think it's ok but know it will get better with more tries. I wire wheeled it and used a grinder to round the blade side a little. Started with about 5 inches of 1/2 inch mild steel rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdave Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 pic from above. Letter opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdave Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Take 3 Ok it won't let me post a pic. I give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdave Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Can't get pic to work. oh well take my word for it "it's not great but it was a great day for dad working with his 16 year old son!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDW Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Saturday I demonstrated at the local farmers market and made a copper ring, a copper calla lilly, several bottle openers, a key finder key ring with a leaf on it that hangs over a pocket or purse so you do not have to search for keys, and a key finder with a flower on it. Sunday afternoon I went to the Craftsmens Guild and made some small copper calla lillies, a feather key finder, another copper ring with a leaf on it, and a steak turner with a bottle opener on the end of it. Had a fun relaxed weekend overall and looking forward to going to Shreveport with Brian and Karen next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewed Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Pumpkin time. Think I'm a little obsessed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Getting ready for Frontier Days in Wetumpka Ala. A week long 1750s-1814 era event so I made a couple of thin iron table spoons, a camp fire long fork and a fire iron set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Got to try out the new coal forge and blower. Haven't worked with coal in a while, nice not having to shovel so much charcoal all afternoon. Tried a couple of dragon flys for a windchime I'm working on, don't quite have the sequence of steps down. Heat treated a couple of tools I modified. A small chisel reshaped to a curve for cutting dragon ears/horns and a punch reshaped to round. Made a bottle opener out of 1/4 by 3/4 stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arean Ellis Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Wine Cork Screws... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well Saturday I took the trash to the transfer station and picked up some steel for free there and then wandered over to the scrap yard next door and bought some steel I could use. When I got home I had a student from the local college waiting for me---he wanted to make a set of wedding rings. I convinced him that copper was not appropriate even if he was broke and I would spot him the silver to do them in sterling. So I cleaned out a tub of stuff I had bought from a silversmith at the fleamarket---kept the sheet, High and Low silver solder, bezel material, etc and dumped all the cut out's mis-heated pieces (I think he must have been learning as there were a number of pieces that had slumped instead of soldered, dumped it all into a stainless steel creamer and squashed it down with my screwpress. Added a sifting of borax/boric acid flux to it and melted it in my coal forge. mean while he had cleaned up a small piece of pipe and imprinted it into a chile can of petrobond sand. I made him pour the blank, then saw out two undersized rings. Made him clean them up and then took a long thin tapered round stake that I had polished and put a strip of electrical tape around it to mark where a known good ring of his fiancee fit and had him forge the blank out to fit annealing as necessary. I could have worked with him to pour a ring nearly to size but I wanted him to have the work in it and the pride in it to be able to supply his own wedding rings. I was married in a sterling silver ring and still wear one as I'm rough on rings---never lost one (I'm on my fourth), but I wear through them. Sunday after church I disassembled a couple of bed frames to make uprights for some shelves I had and wanted to put up in the shop extension, also did some clean up and planning for my wattle in. Looks like I had over an oz of scrap sterling in that tub, besides the 4 sq inches of Hige and another 4 sq inches of Low solder and the 18 and 22 gauge silver sheet and ... Not a bad deal for $15 at the fleamarket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuk Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 never got to the forge...so i made trouble haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well, spoke too soon in my earlier post. Sunday morning I got up before the kiddos and me wife, and fired up the coal forge. I was able to make a second leaf key fob, so the twins wouldn't fight over the one already done (why three year old crumb-monkies would want a leaf key fob is beyond me). I was then able to move on to drawing out the reigns on my first set of tongs, and also made a couple of hooks for hanging my fire rake, and poker off of the forge hearth. Later that afternoon, I worked on another hook for the forge hearth, and a drive hook, for the wall, to hang my coal shovel on. It was a good day! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingmaker3 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I made a stupid mistake. Chiropractor says I should be okay in a week or two. In the meantime, my wife is having me write "I will keep my backside under my head when lifting" 200 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David E. Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I didn't even make some scrap ! Thomas, under that gruff exterior there beats a heart of gold (well, sterling silver). You will get your reward in heaven. My good deed was running the wife to the airport. My reward was the house to myself. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Y Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I took the family to....Las Vegas and took in a Jimmy Buffett concert! Much celebrating and people watching, but the forge was cold all weekend. Gotta raise the kids the right way. Singing Margaritaville and a Pirate Looks at Forty word for word. It was a proud day for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlarkin Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Didn't do any forging. Matter of fact, forge hasn't seen fire in weeks. Did work on a firepit hood though. For a contractor that uses his own place as examples of the work he does. Should be good advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlarkin Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Forgot to attach pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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