Cinder Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Greetings from South Australia Hi my name is Dan and i'm addicted to blacksmithing. I have only been smashing iron for 2 months and produced 10 nails but love it so much don't see myself turning back anytime soon. I have been reading and researching for well over a year but took to the craft when i broke my ankle (still broken). My Anvil was a sideways hammer, my hammer was a smaller hammer and my forge was a propane torch. I have a real issue with this broken world of consumerism and capitalism in which products are only made to last 1 month past the warranty so i turned to blacksmithing to make something myself that will last a few lifetimes. Loving this site and hoping to get better educated and have fun along the way. This is a list in no particular order of the items i hope to one day make when I bed down the basics Pot Plant Holder Foundry Housing Leaf Keyring Letterbox lettering Tools Book Ends Arrowheads Treasure Chest hardware Door Handle Casting Molds Casting Tools Crucible Holder Park Bench Fry Pan Sword/Knife Happy forging p.s. my nickname Cinder comes from my all time fav SNES game character called Killer Instinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Have you looked at OZ roll call? 4 hours ago, Cinder said: This is a list in no particular order of the items i hope to one day make That is an impressive list to be made in one day. (grin) May I suggest that you spend one day, or more if needed, on each project. Start with the simple ones first and move on down the list. Pot Plant Holder is easy. Just take 1/4 round bar and form a circle that will catch on the rim of a clay pot. You can then turn 90 degrees up or down depending on if you want to hand the pot on a rail, or make a couple of holes to secure it to something.This can be done cold if you like. Tools such as chisels, punches etc are just forming one end of the stock into the working end you want. Mild steel will work if you are working on hot metal. Keep the tool cool by 3 strikes and then cool the tool in water. You may want to quench the tool if you are going to use it for cutting. After you get the working end in the shape you want, you may wish to move up to a better steel or higher carbon steel. Get some modeling clay and practice your technique. It is a lot easier to learn working cold material by hand. When you go to hot metal you will already have figured out the process to make the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I hope you have learned you can forge small items sitting down! Especially if you can get an old swivel chair to go from forge to anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thanks for the advice. I do plan to only work on 1 project at a time. I have a 2 year old daughter so most of my time goes to her but she is actually interested in metal already, she takes 'her' 230 gram cross pein hammer and 'makes' things like daddy. Hoping she will be interested in it as she gets older. Currently im an alien in my whole circle of friends and family because im into most metal related hobbies like blacksmithing, casting, scrapping, pyrotechnics and bullion and coin collecting so it would be nice to not be alone lol. Not going to force the issue though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I gave my grandkids thick no-lead plumbing solder to hammer on and small anvils. They had to play in sight but not near the grownups at the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjarex1 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Cinder was my favorite, too. That endless combo? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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