January 24, 20179 yr Are those table legs braided? I can't quite tell from the pic. I love it- it looks fantastic, and seems to fit really well with the decor!
January 24, 20179 yr On 1/22/2017 at 6:01 PM, littleblacksmith said: I wouldn't bother with heat treating it if you will be using it for hot steel. Especially if your are just starting out and your hammer control isn't that good (or even if you are experienced) and you hit the hot cut with your hammer, it is better to have the hot cut get dull than to have a nice deep gouge in your hammer. (for me) It is easier to sharpen a hot cut than to regrind a hammer face. Today I spent some time from about 1:00Pm to about 6:00pm out in the shop. Made a (in my opinion) really nice hammer eye drift. Also made some other stuff-2 horse shoe hearts, a horse shoe pot hanger, 2 punches, and re forged a drift I made a while back so that now I can use it. Will try to get pictures tomorrow! Littleblacksmith Whoops, Biggundoctor and I replied simontaniosly, and already addressed the hot cut and heat treating it. Thanks for the input guys. Not doing something is certainly easier than doing it
January 24, 20179 yr Pair of sai weapons for a friend. On 2017. 01. 22. at 0:18 PM, ausfire said: I learned that a blacksmith is a forgeron and the anvil is l'enclune. I'm thinking of putting up a signboard at the forge with all the names meaning blacksmith. A guy from Israel the other day showed me the Hebrew name. We get a lot of international tourists. If I can help with my share: Hung: kovács [kova:ch], Finnish: seppä [seppæ], Northern Saami: rávdi [ræuti]
January 25, 20179 yr lets see, made a couple horse shoe samples, worked on a chair a bit more that I've had in mind,( will have a heart backing), and got some ideas for an armadillo commission.
January 25, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, Tubalcain2 said: lookin forward to seeing that armydiller when you are done with it. Me too
January 26, 20179 yr Hi Bubba Google Forging a wheat twist there are quite a few you tube's that show up. John
January 26, 20179 yr set all the chains on the chair tonight and bent the backing for the heart. off of Big Guns advice I tried a horseshoe heart that didnt pan out then went on to try to forge something that wound up to be cast iron and failed. life goes on....,move on and forward. BigGun,I'll let you know tomorrow.
January 26, 20179 yr It was Australia Day today so I thought I would do some gum leaf key rings for the demos. It was too hot to do much heavy work anyway.
January 27, 20179 yr Spent the day so far machining a casting for a rotary table, but as it's only early (7.00pm), I should have time to make some adustment and locking screws before midnnight.
January 28, 20179 yr Couldn't make to the shop today, but I made this small bracelet for my little daughter (2,5yo). She cried so desperately because her old bracelet, some beads on plastic cord, has broken. What else could I do than say: - Daddy makes you an other that will not break.
January 29, 20179 yr Spent the day helping my parents out working on the destruction my bipolar brother did on their house. Tomorrow more of the same.
January 29, 20179 yr 1 minute ago, ThomasPowers said: Spent the day helping my parents out working on the destruction my bipolar brother did on their house. Tomorrow more of the same. The Lord's work.
January 29, 20179 yr Reverse-twisting jig for 3/4" bar. The one upright slides freely so you can adjust for different projects.
January 30, 20179 yr Made a combination letter/bottle opener and started a new pair of v-bit bolt tongs. Oh, and straightened out some garage door spring.
January 30, 20179 yr Decided to try a new twist today. Think I'm gonna turn these into some door handles.
January 30, 20179 yr Bad smell in the workshop today. Very sick possum holed up in the roller door. Bad gangrene had set in and it was not a pleasant job trying to extract it from the roller after shooting the poor blighter. Would much rather have been forging something nice.
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