jlpservicesinc Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 I cleaned up the most recent one made and I came to the conclusion it is possible to do and to keep it cleanly done.. I had a couple of breakthroughs and if all goes well in the next 3 or 4 days I will give it another go.. I don't have a way of making the welds any better as far as simplicity goes.. so those will stay tough.. I did figure out a few other things though.. Here are the clean up pics before going back in for color.. I"ll spend a little more time making it a little smoother with some sand paper and wire brush.. Then I'll add some scale back.. it is an amazingly comfortable handle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1forgeur Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Yes, it does look like it would be very comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacLeod Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: Jennifer is on You Tube, we are subscribed to her channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8WRbArfgi8kSaDek7kh_1Q/videos Great- I’m looking now. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Well, I am all done.. I learned a bunch doing these.. I also learned that one can not be sloppy at all.. Unlike a regular basket with round or sq bar they just flow together.. Not so with the flat twist.. I learned so much.. a few ideas were bogus but the things I did learn were amazing.. It feels absolutely amazing in the hand and the pictures do it no justice.. I will be making a video on the subject but don't know if it will be a how to or not.. When I started out on this journey.. I really just treated it like any other twist handle with some wiggle room.. There is 0% wiggle room this is the largest thing I learned.. There is no room for error in rod length.. I had 1 rod that was about 1/8" longer than the rest and it plagued me the whole time.. I had thought I could just message it in.. NO way.. I might do one more but it won't be filmed.. .. I have the footage from this one so will see about the video.. Ta-dah.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I really like how that came out, looks classy and very comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 Thanks.. I"m very happy with it also.. It was tough.. Technically the most difficult forging I have done in a very long time.. It helped me pull up many things long lost forgotten.. Very, very comfortable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I was just thinking, that handle looks perfect for a red marble or something inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Nice thought.. Mudman. I will be looking forwards to your results.. I might make 1 more just to fix the problems learned on doing this one.. But it won't be anytime soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Won't be anytime soon for me either, I'd really like to have a second forge just for welding. Part of why my gas forge has lasted so long, is I've never welded in it. I still need to figure out all of the basics too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 You have done some really nice work... So, when your ready and all things are in alignment it might happen.. :) Seems like with Frosty's narb build and the amount of information there the possibilities are limitless on the gas forge front these days.. What a great resource that thread is.. I own a blown forge but haven't used it in 20 years.. It uses hard fire brick so they have a tendency to last longer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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