Joel OF Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 For the obsessed self taught newbies who like me began with no knowledge of metalworking, engineering, welding... Pictures from the day lesson I recently gave to my old bosses who owned the shop I used to work in when I began torturing some scrap in the brake drum. Making some traditional aesthetic fire pokers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk Bjorn Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 You've come a long way nice shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJS Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 That is admirable. To aquire the skills and the tools, to pursue the trade at that level, in such a short time, its quite remarkable. Thats a nice shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeupscotty Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Someone had gone cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Granted this is taking things to the extreme (as I've invested everything into blacksmithing and eat/sleep/dream it) but I've put these pictures up for the obsessed hobbyist newbies who wonder if it can become something more. I don't have any natural talent, I just learned patience and the fundementals of how the material bends. I now give day lessons to supplement my income from commissions and repeat constantly in lessons Metal moves the most where it's hottest or weakest. What's not in contact with the anvil is as important as what is. If it's not in the right spot don't hit it. Accuracy is most important as it'll take you longer to undo a mistake than to do it right from the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 It's good to have a healthy obsession! That is one very nice shop! And congratulations on the progression of your obsession, and to future success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 one of mine: "Hit it where it's hot, not where it's not!---If it's not hot in the right place---put it back in the forge such that the right place is in the hot spot!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargos Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 you just wanted to show off your awesome shop. super nice set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack-a-mole! Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I am just getting started - still in the "learning from others" stage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 31 minutes ago, whack-a-mole! said: I am just getting started - still in the "learning from others" stage! Whack, you never get beyond that stage. Joel, first thing that I noticed, and it is a good thing, your left handed. Left handed people tend to be artistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Yes indeed! I am one that will always be in the "learning from others" stage. But I'm loving this obsession, even though I haven't done anything but build tools so far. I've got to get done with that, or take a pause in that - probably will always build tools - and get back to firing up the forge and shaping hot metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 17 hours ago, WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith said: Joel, first thing that I noticed, and it is a good thing, your left handed. Left handed people tend to be artistic. Haha, nope, right handed. Being self taught means you do what's comfortable. I have the bick facing the other way because if I need to get right to the tip for something delicate I haven't got to strike across myself or walk round the other side, I just side step till I'm in the right spot. On 13/02/2017 at 5:25 PM, Tubalcain2 said: you just wanted to show off your awesome shop. super nice set up. My workshop is aesthetically pretty but it's a pain in the backside. The layout is pretty much dictated by where I can safely put things on the super uneven floor. It's an old sheep shed so aside from the V sloped floor for the pee to channel away there's random steps & umpteen scuffs so moving anything by trolley or jack is "interesting". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Haha, nope, right handed Well, the grey headed fellow in the third picture is holding the hammer in his left hand. Must not be you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Joel OF said: It's an old sheep shed so aside from the V sloped floor for the pee to channel away there's random steps & umpteen scuffs so moving anything by trolley or jack is "interesting". All the time I've spent in old sheep barns was the two summers in college I spent hacking out a foot of compacted manure and straw because my boss couldn't be bothered to muck out the barn in winter. You definitely got the better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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