Frosty Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Maybe next time you should drop a few worms or a slug in his pocket while he's adorning your image for photos. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 Nah. Small price to pay to make a good friend happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Oh yeah, beats having to hire an operator and piece of equipment for sure. Still you haven't lived till you see the look on someone's face when they reach for their car keys and find a few night crawlers. Sometimes they even dance and yodel! It's good to have friends. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 I swear I could hear her giggling. What a hammer!! happiness is an oily hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Two thumbs up!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks. Final details. Rearranging vise and air hammer. Built door hardware wife finished door and added landing dragon to peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Started on some outside decorations for the shop. Just got around to posting. Also added some at end of road so people had a way to find shop easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Great sculptures, but ensure good grounding for security. In the past, for example, a sculpture was stolen in the driveway of my studio . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Beautiful and inspirational work 58er! Is the dragonfly tail forged pipe? Hans, sorry to hear that. That would be very upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Thanks guys. Base Alone for sculpture at road is 400# hopefully that keeps thieves at bay. yes. Tail is forged pipe. The head and thorax are inflated metal so it really doesn’t weigh that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Haven’t posted in a while, pretty much smithing full time now. Added new belt sander and mega forge for giant inflations. hopefully another addition in the works. Also added giant spider outside door, just for fun. Will post pics of sander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Holy cow... I bet it takes a 500 gal propane tank to feed that mega forge. Would love to see it running, next time you fire it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Good grief man, are you breeding and raising T burners!? I'd like to see a pic of that baby running. Love your work, it's hard to get the scale without something suitable in the pics. You and the dragon fly or the distant shot of the giant spider on the shop. Thanks for the look see. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Seems like smiths that tend to do Sculptural work with propane tend to have a bemouth of a forge tucked away somewhere. The one I heated my 2.5" sq stock in you could hardly find it in there---he used a blown ribbon burner and heated it to welding temps to work. I saw a forge at NMABA meeting that had 14 burners on it for example. Me, I'll dig a hole and make a ground forge when I need the extra room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Love the work and wow on that forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Inspirational. And best of all, it looks like you are having a great time doing it. Can't get any better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul TIKI Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 That is some astonishing work. Absolutely beautiful. congrats on the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Thanks guys... the massive burner forge works far better than a ground for for inflating metal. I’ve tried it. Each burner has its own valve allowing me to isolate and zone in on shapes. this forge has strictly been used to inflate shapes larger than my small forged will handle. I’ve inflated shapes up to 46” x 46” without a hitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Very nice shop, but a forge this big needs a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Surtr comes to mind as an appropriate name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Nice, a little bit of mythology goes a long way, I was thinking about Fafnir. But then you would need to paint the shop gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 I’m thinking something like Bill. Or maybe Joseph. I like simple hardworking names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Thera, Etna, Stromboli, Snaefell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 How a about BOB (Best Of the Beasts)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Ed would be simpler. Ono might be appropriate on occasion. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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