May 9, 20197 yr Today is Victory Day in Russia, we will rest for 4 days. But tomorrow I will be back at work. Finished the candlestick, it remains to send to the customer. In the workshop, as usual, there is not enough space, although I work alone.
May 9, 20197 yr That's the good kind of crowded for a small business Alexandr. I'm running out of good things to say without repeating myself constantly. Beautiful as always. Frosty The Lucky.
May 9, 20197 yr Alexandr, those lamps are beautiful. Any chance you could post a picture showing more detail of the lower portion of the post. I’m very intrigued by the design! -David
May 11, 20197 yr On 5/9/2019 at 9:51 AM, Dave51B said: good use of those flee market sockets I usually run screaming from the flee market. Had a busy morning. Put a handle on a new hammer (r): And made a leaf to try it (and a flea market brass brush) out: Made another knitting bowl (a paid commission, for variety’s sake): Also prototyped a universal tong clip (described HERE) and finished up a kindling chopper that I started a couple of years ago, mislaid, and just found last week:
May 12, 20197 yr Made my wife a necklace holder today...I see quite a few flaws and improvements I could make on a 2nd try but it stands up fine and will serve it's purpose well...plus she likes it so I guess I passed my test!
May 12, 20197 yr Didn't have a whole lot of time in the shop today but I had a lot of fun forging my first spoon as part of the pub spoon challenge. I also forged my first flint striker from an old broken file, now all I need is to find some flint and try it out.
May 12, 20197 yr Mr. Donniev, Beautiful design, great job. But I have one concern. That is the open hook. Could it catch something or someone? It is easy enough to close the scroll. Just sayyin. SLAG.
May 12, 20197 yr Made a Mother’s Day rose for Lisa: And a spring steel version of the universal tong clip:
May 12, 20197 yr I got home from Missouri late last night. Woke up this morning and sanded the scales down. Mrs Canon cocker really liked her present.
May 13, 20197 yr Had a young man visit on our members day, and after he was watching what was going off, we let him have a play, Shown him what to do, and this is what he made, Pretty good I think for a first attempt.
May 13, 20197 yr Don't know about that, all I can do is show them, and then it's up to themself, maybe beginners luck has something to do with it, or just a natural talent, in his favour he did listen, and had the desire. I think he may have got the start of "the addiction"
May 14, 20197 yr Finished a coat rack i started this weekend for my daughter. Juts had to screw it down to the board after staining the wood late last night. Had a pretty bad day so after i just sat down opened a beer and turned on Dr.John. Edited May 14, 20197 yr by BillyBones forgot a sentence
May 15, 20197 yr Didn’t do any forging today but made this with my daughter. She was having trouble coming up a with a science experiment so we made a few electromagnets. We made one from a digging bar with 20 wraps of copper and another from a crowbar with 60 wraps and a heavy duty battery charger. We went through different settings 2,10,20 amps etc and SHE noticed the magnet was stronger on the end where the bar was thicker. Being a Lineman I somewhat expected this result. Well we submitted her project and I’m not one to leave well enough alone and knew we could do better. This was Saturday and just today I thought of using my anvil as our iron core, 146 lbs of Swedish steel works awesome and now sports a new copper dress. Science experiment a success. in the second pic the tongs are falling because the charger timed out. 40 amp setting. Do o dare try 225 amps? I want to but... Edited May 15, 20197 yr by A.R. Misspelling
May 15, 20197 yr If only glowing steel weren’t non-magnetic, you would have invented a brand new type of hold-down!
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