T-Gold Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Just took some pictures that I wanted to make available for folks to look at. These are some copper hairsticks inspired by the steel hair stick design on ifi.net. I think they took me about 10-15min apiece, four heats/anneal cycles each, plus filing/sanding the tips. These are some parts for a brick kiln that I'm building for some friends. They will have holes drilled for threaded rod so that they can be used to clamp the bricks together; they will also be connected in places by brazed parts to fix the whole kiln together. Just a shop built light fixture. In this pic you can see my setup in the garage -- the yellow barrel is full of water, and the acoustic tiles clamped to it are acting to make it difficult for the neighbors to see my setup if one of them should chance to be at home. My forge is on the table, my anvil is in the foreground, and my small anvil is on the left. You can see the back of the garage, full of stuff. The compressor is in the wooden box in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim C. Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 T.G: Tell me about the "stack" on your gas forge please. Are you preheating the combustion air? Thanks, Jim C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 LOL. The "stack" is a piece of galvanized flashing that deflects hot exhaust gases from being sucked into the venturi -- that's all. Sadly. This is my first forge so I wasn't using any advanced technology The burner is right behind it, and it's held on with a big ol' hose clamp. I had problems with "huffing" when I was running this forge in the glass shop; there was no prevailing wind and the exhaust would go straight up and get sucked into the burner a bit. Right now I run with a fan blowing across the mouth of the forge, and I could probably get rid of the shield, but it ain't broke. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Tyler, I would love to see some pics of your glass blowing projects. I think steel and glass compliment each other quite well. I predict you'll grow up to be one of those artists that can make a living doing what he loves.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 Mike, honestly, I can only hope that that's the case. And that if it is I don't end up hating it, although from my current point of view I don't think that's possible. You can see pictures of my furnace glass work here. I have made some other stuff since then that I need to take pictures of and put on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Thomas Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Tyler: VERY nice. Thanks for sharing these. It is always such a treat to see the other arts, especially from someone connected to iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonboy Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Very nice copper work as well. The dg had me try to do it in copper, as it is lighter weight. As I say TRY, mine didn't turn out nearly as nice! Good job Mr. Gold :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 DB, are you using gas or coal? If you'd like, I can post a more detailed description of how I did those. I've done 'em from steel too, and I have to say, for me the copper was a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 T why not just do a blueprint on the subject ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Good idea. I will pop out a few more and take pictures :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hi T-Gold, I've always liked the way that smiths decorate even the most mundane tools... They're much pleasanter to use. What type of anvil is that? Or is it something else? ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Neat anvil. Did you make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hey fellas, I don't know if T-Gold still posts here or not, it has been quite I while since he has made a post. He may not frequent here too often anymore. A search showed he last posted in 2006, so you may not get an answer from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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