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KiltedWonder

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I am new to the craft. I have been using my cousin's equipment for a few months (after his bugging me for years to come try my hand). Found that smacking hot metal is fun. I am still working on building my own forging area in my garage. Twelve years of neglect at cleaning and organizing means it is taking time. I work full time as an IT specialist. I have a wife and little girl so forge time and time to get mine ready is sometimes hard to come by. Plans are to have mine up and ready before things cool off here. I love reading up on the info presented here this forum is a wealth of information. I also have plans to join a local blacksmith organization as soon as funds and time allows. I really want to gain from others XP.

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Welcome to the addiction.

I imagine Thommas will be along , he herds bits for a living as well. 

I rased girls, they make beter hands thand boys. 

Once you start making things for the missus she likes, she will help you make time. Always beter to spend grumpy time on a hoby than tearing down your relationships anyway. That way quality time is truly quality.

 

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Welcome aboard, glad to have you. You're an IT and go by Kilted . . . Kilted IT? Do you REALLY dress game when you go hunting?

Oh GREAT, you're a newbie straight line! I AM in sooooo much trouble. Please forgive me but I really do have trouble keeping these thoughts to myself where they belong. I sure hope you have a sense of humor, if not please feel free to give me some . . .. stuff, I deserve it more than not.

Blacksmithing really is addictive and we'll cheerfully help. :)

Frosty The Lucky. 

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4 hours ago, Glenn said:

For Pennsylvania blacksmiths - click here.    

Mark your calendar for October 21st (Third Saturday) Andrew Molinaro’s - Stroudsburg, PA and December 9th (Second Saturday)  
Gallery Meeting,  Paradise, PA

Planned on Joining Central MD Blacksmith Guild as Carroll County Farm Museum is close to home and my cousin is already a member. Can't hurt to member up in both.

4 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said:

Welcome to the addiction.

I imagine Thommas will be along , he herds bits for a living as well. 

I rased girls, they make beter hands thand boys. 

Once you start making things for the missus she likes, she will help you make time. Always beter to spend grumpy time on a hoby than tearing down your relationships anyway. That way quality time is truly quality.

 

Have a bit of RR track for my daughter to use if she so desires.

Here's to hoping I produce things the missus likes, besides time away from me.

3 hours ago, Frosty said:

Welcome aboard, glad to have you. You're an IT and go by Kilted . . . Kilted IT? Do you REALLY dress game when you go hunting?

Oh GREAT, you're a newbie straight line! I AM in sooooo much trouble. Please forgive me but I really do have trouble keeping these thoughts to myself where they belong. I sure hope you have a sense of humor, if not please feel free to give me some . . .. stuff, I deserve it more than not.

Blacksmithing really is addictive and we'll cheerfully help. :)

Frosty The Lucky. 

I am IT. Well might be missing the first two letters.

I made the attempt to dress the last deer I shot. My pants did not fit him and I looked ridiculous with out pants. Not to mention certain bits getting a bit... I wanna say Frosty, but I'll just go with cold.

I'm so green I blend in with the forest.

You may decide where my sense of humor is concerned.

And yes, I will need all the cheerful help I can get.  Enablers for my new addiction welcomed.

 

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Welcome aboard from southwestern Pa. 

Enablers? Haha. Oh, there is an ocean of information here and it's always raining more. While you charter the sea there's lots of great people here to help you on your course when you need it. 

 

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My fist recomindation is to mount the peice of rail vertically, you now have a1 1/2x3" striking serface and most of the mass under the hammer. 

If you want to get fancy you can modify it some. 

Mount it closed fist hung at the users side high. The forge should be the same hight (see you haven't even got started and you need another forge!

 

 When you get more skill you will move the anvil down to first knuckle high (so you got some breathing space on the growing kid thing) note some knife makers forge setting down...

 

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I was on a business trip last week and so very sporadic access.

BTAIM IT is rather  like blacksmithing; so wide a career that folks could be working on stuff the other one has never heard of...  Me I'm writing bash scripts to validate that large rack mount systems were made correctly at the factory with over 30 years of UNIX/LINUX systems, (well some system 5, sun os, solaris,...)

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Ohhh, you're gonna fit right in here, I'm always looking for a worthy opponent when punishment is in play. We gotta be careful though the forum is getting more PC. Even then it's a great place to hang out. 

Frosty The Lucky.

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have you read   "The Hardware Hacker"  by Andrew "bunnie" Huang? (published this year and an interesting view on how hardware is done in China...I've been suggesting it to the hardware part of the group to explain some things they have run into...)

(See; I don't only read 1000 year old tomes or PhD theses!) 

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  • 5 weeks later...

I took a selfie this morning wearing my kilt. While it certainly isn't blacksmithing attire, there is a connection. This Great Kilt is 3yds of tartan which cost at the time US$60 per yd. I had just started smithing but didn't have extra cash for the purchase so I made 2 Sgian Dubh (a small knife usually worn in the hose) and traded them to a kilt shop. I made them distinguished by chasing knot work designs in the annealed blades and brazing over the cuts. After hardening I ground away the excess brass leaving only the inlaid designs. I'm sorry I no longer have pictures of the knives to show. someday I'll do more.

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