CrazyGoatLady Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 arkie, thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks, guys. I’m going to be making the inlet to fit my existing NARB, which works just fine. I might make another later (with more and smaller holes), but there’s no rush on that. 18 minutes ago, CtG said: I really like pin and barrel hinges for ease of disassembly. I’ve been thinking of something along those lines, although not as fancy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I think they can be had for something like $5 a hinge. I believe some may just be steel on steel with a bronze thrust washer. A dry molybdenum disulphide spray should be good to 1800*F. Usually you buy them either as naked barrel and pin to weld to, or with a small flag to weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I’ll probably just weld up something from scrap. Don’t need anything high-performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Fair enough! Loctite LB8017 has been one of my favorite dry moly lubes for higher temp stuff if anyone cares haha... Rated to 2400°F as an anti-seize, 750°F continuous as a dry film lube. 400/1315°C. Anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 After quite a lot of tweaking I finally got the scissors to where they cut paper/cardboard very nicely. They are still just bolted together, last thing to do is hit the parts with a wire wheel to brighten them up a little and rivet them together. I will say scissors are a pain in the butt to get flat then curved in the way I wanted. I also made a larger and less curved shovel for my Ma. This one is better for scooping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYCATS Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Like those scissors Frazer. I thought I'd attempt an Easter lily with the holiday coming up. Happy with the outcome for first attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awrksmokey Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 It looks beautiful, I especially like the texture you put around the base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYCATS Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks. A buddy of mine hooked me up with a bucket full of scrap 5"x3"x1/4" stainless plate. They work out perfect for flower bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Absolutely beautiful. Simple. Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie_bassett Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 well i havent manged any actual iblacksmithing but instead i have continued my coppersmithing, originally planned as a simple mother's day gift but as i wont be seeing her for at least 12 weeks it thought i would make it a bit bigger and add a few more bits. currently picking in ascorbic acid to clean up any scale, then i might add wildlife. perhap a dragonfly or bee. not sure what to do with the wood, its a bit of drift wood which has also got some wood worm holes. they look to be before the wood went for a swim so i'm not worried about further damage but i would like to stabilize the wood bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nor much today, but I did sneak into the shop to put the opening for the ribbon burner in the new forge. With some judicious measuring, cutting, scoring, and bending, I managed to get the top and bottom the right size and still integral with the rest of the shell. Now I’ll just need to cut and weld on the ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleu86 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 C'mon, all my YouTube channels are dead, my shop is *almost* set up but I'm waiting on supplies. Let's see some forge porn y'all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Wow, nice work.. Can't wait.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Nice job on the flowers Cats and Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus_Aurelius Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I love the look of those metal flowers! I used to have a ton of copper sheet laying around... maybe I'll give that a shot. I like the NARB, JHCC, I am on my way to order parts for my own build. I got some good work done in the shop, which was getting a little cluttered and disorganized. I was thinking of the layout and realized its inefficiency. Here was my solution! Basically there are two right angled supports meant for a shelf that hold the whole abomination together. On the backside there is a 2-4 that I drilled 3/4 holes to fit my hand tools, on the side of the wood I hot glued in some cheap neodymium magnets that are holding the majority of my files and other oddities. The hammers are on two channels of aluminum in the middle and finally the tongs are on a chunk of rebar that sits nicely on a hook on the end of the right angles. On the end of the rebar I can hang PPE and jackets. Overall its a big improvement from past, of course as this addiction takes its natural course I will need to expand as more tools are piled on. - Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 John; those forge doors (aka "gates") demand a nice motto---how about "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"? Saturday morning I went by the trash transfer place. I only had 1 55 gallon drum liner of trash, (it's 2 per punch and you have to buy the card), but with the quarantine they are not punching! Scrapyard was still open too, got a 7/8" stock coil spring and some real wrought iron, a rusty rigid pipe wrench, medium sizes and hid another 3/4 hp motor for later retrieval. The owner's son told me that they had 6 more welding gas tanks that he put to the side for me and I said I would take them as soon as quarantine was over and I could start selling some stuff again. (The top makes a bell, the middle are forge bodies and the base makes a dishing form for armour making.) Sunday the wind was finally low enough I could burn off the burn pile and clean up the yard some! Mounted the gate and 60' of the fence and HAD THE ELECTRICIAN STOP BY AND TALK OVER PUTTING POWER IN THE SHOP!!!! Unfortunately it won't be as easy as I had hoped. As it is more than 50' from the House's transformer they may require installing one ($$$) and I'm looking at a separate meter for the shop (and so a monthly charge for it even if I don't use any power.) Now on the positive side, as I'm out in a rural area and the shop is not a "living space" he says they are pretty easy on getting them wired. Now to call the CoOp and request a site inspection. Feeling poor I decided to start working on the post vise body I found at the scrapyard. I started a "columbian" style mounting bracket and forged a spring for it and need to decide which improvised screw to use on it. I had intended to just pass it on to someone starting out at cost and let them "learn by doing"; but I may need to start paying a monthly e- charge.... Frankly I'm liking these full weekend's at the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: John; those forge doors (aka "gates") demand a nice motto---how about "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"? I'm thinking Frederick Douglass: "It is not light we need, but fire." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Possible. I'll put that in my Manila folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 With a "touch of the grape"? I was reading a biography of Claude E Shannon and noticed his pronouncements on how jargon cut down on redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selph Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I saw this thread and felt like jumping in. Not metal, but related to blacksmithing and it is what I was working on in the shop a day or two ago. Almost done with the box bellows at this point, then a quick JABOD forge build and I should be able to try out my first couple of things on my own. Looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 That is great I love your bellows start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolFisHunt Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Some back to basics practice today. Getting stress cracks aon the stem is a bit annoying, but had a pleasant morning in the shop none the less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Gofishunt, the leaf looks great, but one very small critique. You may want to radius the edge of your texturing tool. That would lessen or eliminate the tool marks near the the center vein. As for the stem breaking, try to keep it hot, maybe. Honestly, I struggle with the same problem. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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