4elements Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Very nice 4E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Thank you. Now she wants more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Сreate a pre-Christmas mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Very nice. I like the heat colors on the crosses. Are they finished to protect that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 hour ago, 4elements said: Is that work you did? Thank you ! Yes, this is my home. The lanterns are over 20 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn II Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Merry Christmas everyone! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn II Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thats a good gift. Now where is my coal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Hmmmm living in PA; could I send you a shovel and tell you "some excavation required"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Shears Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Comtois Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kerr Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 The lovely wife got me new boots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 My wife received a 2X72 KMG belt grinder and I a Hobart Handler 187 MIG welder. We both got coal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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