December 25, 20187 yr A window planter box for my wife. My son and I installed it after she went to bed last night. All the iron is forged including the nails.
December 25, 20187 yr Alexandr, the iron work in the 2nd picture is amazing. Is that work you did? I've seen other posts by you and have been impressed. Merry Christmas
December 25, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, 4elements said: Thank you. Now she wants more Always! Haha I can't show much I see here to anyone because then my project list grows. A few last second gifts, for my family, I made last night.
December 25, 20187 yr Very nice. I like the heat colors on the crosses. Are they finished to protect that?
December 25, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, 4elements said: Is that work you did? Thank you ! Yes, this is my home. The lanterns are over 20 years old.
December 25, 20187 yr Not exactly sure how to take this, as it is my first Blacksmith Christmas. I'm not sure if I was "Naughty or Nice," but either way I did not receive any Coal for Christmas! It was all I asked for. Although I'm feeling a little disappointed, Santa did leave me a box of Oatmeal Cream Pies and a Butcher Block Brush in my stocking.
December 25, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, 4elements said: . Are they finished to protect that? Yes. I used a matte clearcoat. Glenn, I didn't recieve my coal either.
December 27, 20187 yr I am afraid I have to tell you that you are all on Santa's Double Secret Naughty List which was set up to make sure Santa did not give coal to Naughty Blacksmiths! I spent several hours on the factory floor getting selfies taken with me---smiling and offering coal to people. Which I had to explain a lot as evidently coal for naughty kids is not part of the tradition in Mexico.
December 27, 20187 yr Well Thanks A Lot! Ugh....Guess I gatta go get my own coal.... I'm due to get some anyway. Btw, you make an ok Santa.
December 27, 20187 yr Well, I would have thought leaving a nice slice of med rare prime rib, local craft brew, and a generous slice of home made Pecan Pie by the fireplace that maybe i would have seen a 40 lb. bag of lump charcoal? No dice. What did you try Das? Thanks for the Intel Santa Powers.
December 27, 20187 yr I just tried leaving a sad note of how I just had a kid 8 months ago, and haven't had time or money to get out to get coal. Obviously my daughter got a lot of toys when Santa realized the poor girls father was a blacksmith. Sigh.
December 27, 20187 yr I sent my youngest daughter's 4 sons *tools* for Christmas: 3/8" ratchet sets in English and Metric and sets of english and metric combo wrenches and a screwdriver set for Mom&Pop...all fit nicely in a medium flat rate box.
December 27, 20187 yr Hmmmm living in PA; could I send you a shovel and tell you "some excavation required"?
December 27, 20187 yr I could walk along the river with a few buckets and fill them up. Funny enough there is a little seam of coal under a rock along our road right behind my shop that my cousin and I used to dig at when we were little. I haven't dug at it in my adult life or tried any of it.
December 27, 20187 yr Assembled/fabricated a brass spool holder for my spouse's sewing machine. No blacksmithing, just some basic shop skills and time with polish and rags. Designed to hold the over-sized spools of specialty threads she likes to use. Made from odds and sods brass bits I've accumulated over the past decade or so. I also glued a piece of cork gasket sheet on the bottom to protect the table top. Picture on the wood table top has a Canadian one dollar (loonie) coin for scale; the other has the holder at the sewing table sitting on a cutting mat with a 1 inch grid. Total weight is just under 3.2 pounds. Merry Christmas all.
January 15, 20197 yr Well, no blacksmithing involved, but I did get an excuse to get a little shop time in when the wife mentioned she wanted a couple of new holiday decorations.
January 15, 20197 yr Beautiful gift ideas in this thread- I'll be revisiting this before next year for some ideas The window box I especially love, and as soon as my shop is built later this year I'll be stealing the idea! Not to hijack the thread but..... did anyone RECEIVE any good shop-related gifts this year? My wife got me a voucher for full day's Blacksmithing tuition at a local forge Super happy.
January 15, 20197 yr 8 minutes ago, Jon Kerr said: The window box I especially love, and as soon as my shop is built later this year I'll be stealing the idea! If you want further details just ask. The hanging design was to keep the planter away from the window trim so as not to create a moisture trap. Or previous box contributed to some rot.
January 15, 20197 yr My wife received a 2X72 KMG belt grinder and I a Hobart Handler 187 MIG welder. We both got coal.
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