Daswulf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 At work I got a kid that loved my initial scorpion sculpture. I got him this year for our secret Santa. Limit is $20. But I have to. So he is a lucky boy. I been happy since my OA torch has been going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I really like that dragon fly, Das,so simple and well proportioned. And yeah, I'm with you on the O/A. Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Love the sculptures. That's also a neat looking hammer rack in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Thanks Gergely. The dragonflies are something I can put together from parts that I can usually get more easily. Last time I was at the Re-Store I bought 25 butter knives( about all they had). Thanks JME. The hammer rack is made up of connecting rods on a vertical shaft stand on wheels. Has a pulley on top that holds some hardies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhutton Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very Kool! Is that your scrap pile behind the torch? Holy Moly you got it going on! Guess im in need of a larger scrap pile? LOL Thanks Das! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks Bhutton. That's just some goodies I got recently. Other stuff in in buckets and bins around the shop at the moment. Plus there is a growing scrap pile outside. I'm clearing a spot right outside my shop now to be able to lay out the better stuff that is cluttering up my shop now. Small bits will go in bins around the inside wall of the shop. Also I plan to make racks for longer stock. It's all a work in progress While I'm working haha. I'm also fighting with lack of daylight and cold weather at the moment. Here's a picture of the mess I'm clearing to be able to sort better pieces and also I'll be building a coal bin to be able to access that easier. Right now my coal pile is above to the right of the yellow tiller on the right. It'll go just outside to the right of the garage door. That area was overgrown and piled with less then usable scrap other then the mine bolt rebar. never enough scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 On 12/13/2016 at 10:57 AM, Daswulf said: The hammer rack is made up of connecting rods on a vertical shaft stand on wheels. Has a pulley on top that holds some hardies. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks JHCC, it has worked well for me holding my main go to hammers and some other more used tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very cool scorpion Das, how do I get on your secret Santa list? Where's the scrap pile? All I see is a little seed stock. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 When I lived in the inner city of Columbus I had "code enforcement" come by and tell me I had to move my wrought iron pile inside. Several tons from the old Ohio Penitentiary's water tower. Unfortunately I was recovering from being off work for a month with pneumonia and could barely stand up and walk. No Excuses! So I moved the entire pile piece by piece into my detached, (well, not so much detached as positively insane) garage stacked it up on edge to fit it all in and then closed the door took a long time but made the Code Inspector happier. Later my garage was broken into through that door. I can but hope the perp actually tried to enter through my old and rusty wrought iron plate "shredder". The tetanus show would cost more than than he could have gotten away with...some of that pile is now in NM with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 29 minutes ago, Frosty said: Very cool scorpion Das, how do I get on your secret Santa list? Where's the scrap pile? All I see is a little seed stock. Frosty The Lucky. This was the secret Santa list for my work. Want a job? Haha. We should start one here next year. Hey you'd be comfortable here today it's only 10 degrees F Scrap is in the garage, up on the hill, at the neighbors house that I havnt drug over yet........ Need to organize it into a searchable stack outside the garage on the right in that photo. Still have to level the ground and have something to keep the stuff out of the dirt. Thomas, code enforcement has come knocking before. Never too seriously. Usually about vehicles. I just move them around and they leave me alone for another 3 to 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 My new neighbors were not happy with me running a smithy; they wanted a Farrier's shop! The joys of living in rural areas---I asked the builder who was going to put up the first section of my shop what the offsets were from the property line; he replied that it would be nice if the drip line was on my side of the border... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Do you have a stand where you can lay the torch in and hold the work piece in the flame? I need something like that. I did recently get a gas saver which helps a lot, I can just hang the torch on it and it will estinguish, than pick it back up and wave it in front of the pilot. I'd still like to make a stand to hold it while lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 No I don't bigb. A stand and a gas saver would both be nice. I honestly don't use the torch a whole lot. Usually I will clamp the workpiece in a vise and torch with one hand and bend with pliers with the other. On bigger things I have made a makeshift stand of sorts but nothing permanent. I don't know why I haven't yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBlades Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I do t know how I missed this post but I did. I really like that dragon fly Das...but I have to be honest, I like the scrap pile more....lmao j/k! Beautifully done sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Haha. I only wish my scrap pile was bigger and more extensive. don't worry it will grow! . Thanks CT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Happy New Year!! It is not a 'Scrap Pile', it is "INVENTORY"!!!!!! Another name for "Scrap Pile", is "Bish" (Rub-bish). A friend of mine says he doesn't bother going through my "Bish", by the time it makes it to there, It is no longer "Inventory". Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 some of my forge work has been "bish" lol. but yes it is mostly all inventory. Invent- or- Y? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 As was once said about a friend of mine: "One man's trash may be another man's treasure----but Terry's trash is *NOBODY'S* treasure!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Don't know how I missed this post, das. Great dragonfly - I like the way you do the eyes with the bearings each side of the nut. Very neat and realistic. Kitchen knives make great wings. I get mine from op shops for about 10c each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Thanks Aus. These work great for the smaller more repeatable sculptures. I have been going around and finding butter knives in bulk or cheap where I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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