MrDarkNebulah Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Vulcan this site went through a serverhost change which made a lot of the the old posts lose all their pictures. There is nothing we can do about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I purchased this well forged piece. It is 9" tall and the lily is 4" wide, mostly of 1/8" thick stock carefully hammered leaving the raised, medial vein on the flower. I think there is a little oxy/acetylene work on the collar backs and at the candle point bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Here are a couple from one of the previous posts that have had pictures go missing from, one is a quick and eay top for a backplate These are ready to be firewelded to a railing infil bar I can elaborate if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 On 3/15/2016 at 6:33 AM, vulcan_ said: hi folks .. i am late coming to this party, but i wanted to mention that all of the images in this thread have fallen off of the site. There are broken links where the images used to be. Known issue with the forum software. Alas, nothing to be done about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Cool. I'm glad people are adding images back to some posts where they were lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpGcVGhUzg Here is a great video on the subject Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 very cool! i'll watch the rest of that series when i have the time! Was that a paper bag on the riveters head? hehe all good. love watching how they do that stuff. Always learning... never having the time to practice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 On 3/15/2016 at 6:33 AM, vulcan_ said: 1 hour ago, Francis Trez Cole said: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpGcVGhUzg Here is a great video on the subject Featuring my old teacher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borntoolate Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 well. here is how it turned out. I don't really like the hole I added... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice. weld up the hole,clean it up and hammer a little then re brass brush it. what you ganna do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The fleur de lys always has a collar so I would make one this way - not by cutting. It is so much easier to do one in three pieces tackweld them together and put on the collar. Google fleur de lys and look at the pictures there is any number of variants to be inspired of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borntoolate Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 14 hours ago, gote said: The fleur de lys always has a collar so I would make one this way - not by cutting. It is so much easier to do one in three pieces tackweld them together and put on the collar. Google fleur de lys and look at the pictures there is any number of variants to be inspired of. that is exactly what I did. As for welding up the hole... This has long since been given as a wedding gift. The new owners say it grows on them. You also have to understand that this is New Orleans Saints country so the Fleur De lys has a different appreciation here than some of the rest of the country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W. Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 What is the name of the marking pen/pencil used on the bar stock in the fleur de lis photo? I can’t locate it to purchase. The soapstone I have used is only good for rough work. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Looks like a paint pen to me. I find them at welding supply stores and buy the ones made for marking on steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Welding supply stores have one called SilverStreak small accurate line, marks on wet or oily metal, doesn’t wipe off like soapstone and is very easy to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Greg W. said: What is the name of the marking pen/pencil used on the bar stock in the fleur de lis photo? I can’t locate it to purchase. The soapstone I have used is only good for rough work. Thanks That particular pen is paper correction fluid, in the UK it can be purchased as Tippex or Snopake Similar in operation to a ball point pen, Shake to agitate a ball internally to mix the fluid, then apply to the metal, depress the tip and squeeze gently to control the flow. Do NOT apply to hot metal, or ball will get stuck as liquid hardens, resists heat up to a reasonably high red. I am told the contents are a titatanium oxide, hence the heat resistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W. Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Thanks, John. Good info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Do a web search for "Steel marking pen." My old stand by "Brite White" ball point paint marker is near the top of the page. I only opened one of many pages of hits. I also have a tungsten scribe, "silver and red streaks" colored pencils for marking metal. Can't see a silver streak on shiny silver colored metals so you use the Red Streak. Yes? If you do this long you WILL need different manners of marking your work and not always for hot surfaces. If you want to be sure on hot work you need a center punch and chisel. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I have a brass scribe I often use on coldish metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I've used a brazing rod scrap in the past myself. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I found a 1/4" brass rod mounted in a wooden handle with a point ground on the end at the fleamarket for under a dollar and picked it up on spec... OTOH I've used rocks to mark lines on steel before---like I tell my students: "Any hammer in a storm!" as I pick up the nearest hammer and fix the issue they are having forging. Trying to fight the belief that it's the hammer that counts not the skill and experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleur de lis Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I was made long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Thomas it sounds like somebody wants us to take sharp brass rods and rocks to him! Just because someone's made doesn't mean they couldn't use a little trim. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Wait, is fleur de lis a made man? Make no bones about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Lets not get involved in a turf war if he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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