Gandalfgreen Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Those tongs look perfect all of them nice work sir. Like your tools too. Cant wait to get started August almost over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Looks good, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Would mystery steel make good hammers? Yes, No, Maybe! Depending on what the alloy turns out to be and what YOU like in a hammer head. You will need to test it and see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Made a magic wand for my DIL who is into dungeons and dragons. RR spike and glass. I think it turned out great. also started a door knocker again from RR spikes. Real fun day thanks for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hoover Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Looks good Rojo. That gives me an idea. I may have to try something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Ewert Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I like both the wand and the knocker. Nice work Rojo. I tried out an idea for a candle holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Two more gas keys. One my first attempt at a scale twist, and the other pretty simple. I'll see if I can get a better pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Cocker Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Love the wand, gas keys, and especially that candle holder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 X2 on what Cannon Cocker said! that wand is pretty cool but I really like the door knocker Rojo! Ted, the candle holder is beautiful! Bluerooster, your gas keys are turning out awesome, I’m glad you were able to find a way to get the square holes you needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 we had some wind today, destroyed the hinges on the pumphouse/ cellar door also Saturday we had a late lamber with 2 new ones M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Lovely work, everyone! (Especially Mama Ewe!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinDoc Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 That is a really cool wand Rojo! A wand has been on my list of things to make (if I ever actually get time to forge) as my wife is a big Harry Potter fan. Spent my weekend in at the very bottom of Kentucky in Williamsburg, so no forging although I did get to browse at a flea market. On Friday however, I got to spend several hours at a local smiths shop and watch him forge for a few things and learn some odds and ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Masterson Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Rojo Pedro that is really cool looking. Nice job. I finished this picture frame this weekend - I had trouble getting the clips in the back to stay on so I ended up drilling small holes and grinding a “post” into one side of each tab that fit in the hole with some jb weld. Not great but it should hold for something that’s just going to sit on a shelf. Tried to make a rose as well. I think it’s pretty good considering I kind of just cut the shapes out on a whim and the whole thing only took 45 min or so. Doesn’t really look like a rose though - some other strange flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul TIKI Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Super Excited now. I FINALLY got to light the redesigned forge and it mad an enormous difference. Lots more heat, easier to get to the sweet spot, and a bigger fireball means I can heat bigger and odder shapes. New tongs worked really well. It held the steel well and kept it from turning or rolling. It took a bit to get them adjusted right. Then I used them to take half of a 12 inch nail and I turned out an ugly, but much thinner leaf than I ever have before, and in less time and fewer heats. I think I have about 90 more leaves to go to meet my goal of 100 leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Perhaps a Poppy instead of a rose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJustice Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Really nice candle holder Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Kind of like portulaca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Well half my log is stripped but these mosquitoes have won they outnumber me. I will continue tomorrow with this after I coat my forge with colloidal silica and fire it for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Got some bolts made today. Yesterday had the twins, my 8 year old granddaughters for the day. Had some left over concrete so we made this for grandma's garden. The lady of the manor said my hat needed washed, may have been about time. i dont remember the letters being white... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 This probally a stupid question but Billy did you forge the threads ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 The small ones are just lag bolts that i squared the head on. The bigger ones i forged down a tenon to 3/8" and ran a die over for the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Gangalfgreen: If you light a couple charcoal briquettes you can toss some of the bark shavings on them, the smoke will help keep the mosquitos away. Light a couple briquettes so you can set smokers to keep some drifting to you. Old tuna cans work a treat for this. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 And smoke some sausages or something while you’re at it. (Side note: do not apply spray-on bug repellent near a lit forge.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Hoof knife from Audi coil spring. My favorite style.. Handle is from a guy who sent me a hoof knife after giving him lessons on Facebook and the blade broke so salvaged the handle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Nice temper color on the thumbnail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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