Anachronist58 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 hours ago, JHCC said: Speaking of which: I appreciate that you are showing us the cosmotized phase of your implicitly grevious bodily injury. Quite a spread, Aric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 JHCC, how many times must we tell you hold the black end and hit the red end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 JHCC You may want to try to remove that ring from your finger, just to be sure that you can. Das, You plan on adding a tea candle to the heart on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Roses look good, Das. Good joke too; very well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Beautiful roses, Aric. I admire the skill it takes to make them, one I am lacking. Keep up the good work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Thanks. Had a bunch of different ideas for the chain hearts. I,ll be making more and a tea light candle holder is an excellent platform idea. Hope you heal up quick John. Scott, you could definately make roses like this. You just need to learn how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Hope you heal up quick John. So far, so good. Much less pain, and fairly little blistering. 28 minutes ago, Daswulf said: 1 hour ago, Nodebt said: I admire the skill it takes to make them, one I am lacking. Scott, you could definately make roses like this. You just need to learn how. There are some good videos on YouTube. Roy Adams' is quite good (and very detailed!): 33 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Had a bunch of different ideas for the chain hearts. Portraits of Anne and Nancy Wilson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Really like the roses too. Love that they are stainless. I made a hook from a spike remnant, another center punch from a coil spring and heat treated a couple blades Ive been working on. Good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 After work, I had just enough time to clean up two more corner brackets for my wife's raised bed project. It's the old trade off: Money vs Time and since she runs the money budget, guess what tends to get chosen...OTOH she's happy to let me go to the scrapyard Saturday and "find more stuff" for the project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 12 hours ago, BillyBones said: hold the black end and hit the red end I must admit that even while following this sage advice I've caused several injuries. Turns out aluminum conducts heat. The more you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 If you try to forge brass or copper that's also a major issue to keep in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I figured that out the hard way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Silver and gold too! I tell folks that they can't hot work a piece of copper that's long enough to be held in a bare hand. (One reason that Ti tongs are nice is that they don't transmit heat well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Thomas, I think that you should send me some gold and silver just to test that theory. Might as well send a pair of Ti tongs while you're at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Sort of a "Trial by Ordeal"; no I don't want to put you through that. I do have a lot of students that are surprised that you can actually hot the workpiece in your hand for the first part of the first project I teach. Then when they move to the second part they learn how difficult getting used to tongs can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Das, good looking roses Rojo, Good looking work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 11 hours ago, JHCC said: Anne and Nancy Wilson I'm not good with people portraits, maybe a barracuda. Nice work Rojo. I like what you did for the spike hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Do caricatures, Das. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 In addition to forging some elements for an as-yet unfinished project, I did some further cutting of welding tanks into smaller bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Tank bodies are what we used for one of the SOFA gas forge building workshop; one of our members had an in with a Hydro Test business and they gave us all the tanks free as long as we chopped them onsite. Last night I wire brushed the last corner brackets for my wife's raised bed project. They will be ready to fill by tonight! Today scrapyard and working on tools from there got an old woodworker's bar clamp and a combo fence tool back to working condition...may hint that another gallon of WD 40 would be a great Father's day gift... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Les L Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Jennifer, thanks for another great video. I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge by watching your work, such as how to make the tomahawks I recently finished. This is the finished product of the hawks I posted earlier this month, but couldn't finish because I was on the road. These hawks were a group of "firsts" for me; my first wrapped eye tomahawks with a high carbon bit, my third and forth forge welds (thanks to all on here for forge welding advise,especially Swedefiddle's analogy about hitting jello, i'm old school ship yard, fab shop, pipelinner "get a bigger hammer and hit it harder) and my first leather work. The mouse hawk on the left has a couple of small divots in the weld by the eye, that I could have ground out, but the rest of the weld is good. The weld on the right came out good. The mouse hawk blade is not twisted, that's just my poor photography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBadger Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I Started the morning with some pritchel holds. Me and my cousin, who was down this way got a good start at 9 or so. We moved on to a 7 layer 15N20 and 1084 stack and squeezed that for a bit. Then... He had a go at a piece of 40 layer, as a arrow head. Then fitted a couple quarters to close out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothman_c3w Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Today I tied a broom onto a handle I forged last week. This is the first time I've tried broom making; I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out, even though I made a couple mistakes. It is surprisingly well-balanced, and the looped head rests well in my hand. I've been wanting to make complete fireplace sets, but I also wanted to offer hand-tied brooms instead of purchasing a manufactured broom head. After this first attempt, I am confident I will be able to offer high-quality brooms that will last. The handle is forged from ~20" of 3/8" square stock, with a ~2" ID head loop. It is ~30" long overall. I added two layers of broom corn, and tied it with black tarred nylon twine and red waxed hemp twine to make the colors of my Alma Mater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Les, those are great and awesome firsts! Nice work Fat Badger. Awesome broom Mothman. Is that a broom loom in the one picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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