What did you do in the shop today?

[JHCC]

10 hours ago, JHCC said:

Probably would have gone a lot faster if the handle on my dishing hammer hadn’t snapped…. 

Speaking of which, I also re-drifted and rehandled said hammer. For the immediate need, I quickly reground a doghead hammer (that I almost never use) into a dishing hammer:

[JW513]

Put a new floor in yesterday. Recycled asphalt. Have not lit the forge in a year. Took one knife making class in the fall. This year is different, I’ll be going to the monthly open forge the New England Blacksmiths have in Brentwood NH. 

Next weekend I will put shelves up and organize it.  Anyone in the New England area that ever wants to stop by or if you feel like having a visitor, let me know. I’m 45 minutes north of Boston up Rt1 or 95. 

[Rojo Pedro]

Been a few weeks since I’ve posted so heres a repcap….

yesterday I punched a couple holes using my favorite sucker rod punch. It holds up much better after I hardened it. 

then made a couple hooks

last weekend I heat treated a 1075 kitchen knife (started to polish), a carving knife from an old file (got very hard), a cleaver and sugar knife from a  leaf spring. All quenched in oil and tempered in my toaster oven

and the weekend before just messing around mostly

lots of fun and thanks for looking. 
 

edit:  wrong thread. Meant to post in the what i did in the shop thread

Edited April 3, 2022 by Mod30
Moved to proper thread.

[ThomasPowers]

This morning I unpacked and put away the stuff from the demo yesterday, stripped the outer covering off some more 10 awg "romex" to run in conduit to put several 220 plugs in the "clean shop" for my drill press, jointer, etc. Used my belt grinder to remove some mushrooming and sharpen some chisels and punches and got a 10" Craftsman adjustable wrench that was frozen up back working. (Amazing how many tools are discarded when a few minutes work will have them almost as good as new!)

I have to go to the scrapyard Monday as after the NMABA demo I moved a dryer for my kids and offered to scrap a washer no longer in use; so I'm cleaning up a bit around the shop to scrap out as much as possible.

[alexandr]

It took almost a month for the chandelier to travel from St. Petersburg to Kenai. On the way, the box was dropped and one glass was broken. In order not to send a parcel because of one glass, the customer asked to make a sconce lamp for testing. Getting ready for the next summer season, a lot of flower supports.

[Frosty]

One month isn't bad time Alex, especially with all the tensions. It doesn't take much of a drop to flex steel and glass doesn't like to be flexed. One pane isn't too bad though. 

I'll bet they're happy customers.

Frosty The Lucky.

[BillyBones]

I would be happy even with the broken glass.

Made a handle for my daughters night stand, a decretive knob and a knob that will be used to release the hidden drawer that will drop down. The drawer is big enough to keep her M1911 in (gotta make sure she has the best). The knob pin is hardened steel, ya know just incase. The 2 hinges will hold the drawer, not pretty but functional. They will be hidden so dont really care how pretty they are. Also forged the pins becuase for some reason i made the eyes for 5/16" but have no 5/16" stock. 

Then i also did this today, smelled like grilling steak for a while in the shop.

[Frosty]

Ouch Billy! Do you keep steak sauce in the shop for those occasions? I have a squeeze bottle of aloe gel and for burns like that one I have "Armor Gel" which is a colloidal silver ointment for burns and lesions. It's NOT Silvidyne but it's otc and works pretty well on burns. Better than aloe. 

The drawer handle looks good and the pins look really nice. Love your daughter with her own m1911. Good Dad, have a biscuit.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Chad J.]

Going in reverse order, last week  I dropped some stuff off at a camp ground store that is going to cater to rich Chicago people on vacation.  Decided to make some little tags for everything and make it look somewhat nice then wrote silly little notes on the back of the cards.   Did some grinder work on a few blades.  I've gotten better at hammering in the bevels and that's translated into better lines on the blades.   Made some wrench bottle openers.   Then for something different...

The store I am putting stuff in is attached to a restaurant and bar.   The owners asked if I could come up with a flight board for their bar.  (Old Fashioneds).  Since the super club is on a lake I made Drink Skis.  It's been a year since I have done anything with wood other than handles.  

[BillyBones]

I like just a smidge of Worcestershire better than steak sauce. 

Back when i was using propane i got an IR burn on my hands. I went to this health food place and they gave me some colloidal silver gel that seems to work fairly well. The good thing about a burn like that though is that it is just about painless. 

A few years back ago my daughter would not even hardly look at a gun, hated them. Then she got with the guy who is her BF now and he is almost as redneck as her dad. Now she dont shoot much but at least she is not scared of a gun anymore.  Her BF has a big piece of property where they hunt coyote at. It is just north of here in Amish country so every once in a while i get one of those oh so tasty strawberry rhubarb pies they make. 

Chad, nice work. Where did you find wrenches in 32nds? I have run across them in my traels through machine shops but they are just not very common. Also what is a "flight board" ? 

Edited April 4, 2022 by BillyBones
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[M.J.Lampert]

been a few weeks so ive got a bit 

working on a set of tongs

set up a frame and started cleaning up a deer hide from last years hunting season 

was carving a handle to my likings and caught the grain a little sawdust and wood glue later and hole was patched but then i noticed the handle has a warp to it

  

and i got some applewood cleaned up to make handles with  

[alexandr]

20 hours ago, Frosty said:

I'll bet they're happy customers.

HI Jer !

Despite the situation, they ask to make 2 more large chandeliers. I hope DHL does not leave Russia. There is no other way to send to Alaska at all.

[Chad J.]

Billy,  a flight is usually 4 small servings of a variation on a beverage.  So 4 different wines in a board is a flight of wines.   Here in Cheesehead central Brandy Old Fashioneds are huge, they're doing a flight of those. 

I found the wrenches in an. Antique shop,  a buck each. 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Chad J.
Autocorrect

[alexandr]

Finish soon. Welded the last stair railing.

[ThomasPowers]

Elegant; Alexandr.

Today I took a load to the scrapyard and only took out 61 pounds and so made a PROFIT!  Of course a lot of the weight out was a 4" jaw Wilton bullet vise that I hope to restore and sell off for a b it more than the 25 USCents it cost me...

 

[MacLeod]

Made a pair of coal tongs for someone tonight, I treated them in my head as tongs making both pieces the same and put the twists the same too, only after riveting them did I realise I should have twisted in opposite directions. If it was a paying job I’d have started again.

[George N. M.]

Norman, I think they look great as is and Madelynn agrees.  The symetrical twists are more pleasing to the eye than if everything was in the same direction.  The only thing I would suggest is to draw out the ends of the handles a bit and curve them back.

BTW, I'd like to see some pictures of your iron seagulls.

G.

"By hammer and hand all arts do stand."

[Daswulf]

MacLeod, I like the twists as is too. Either way in my opinion really.

I feel like they might be easier to use one handed if the curves of the handle part curved up and out to make the hand loop. Or are they meant to be used two handed? Perspective may be throwing me off. Georges suggestion of drawing them out and rounding them off a bit is a good one.

[Frosty]

5 hours ago, alexandr said:

I hope DHL does not leave Russia.

I'm sure someone will replace them if they do leave Russia though I don't seem them doing it. I don't get it most of the freight flying into Russia refuels in Anchorage but only  DHL ships to and from here. 

Frosty The Lucky.

[MacLeod]

George and Daswulf, I’m going to make another pair and follow your advice. Thanks

These ones fit my hand and get a good grip on small rocks that I was testing them on. Here’s perhaps a better perspective. 

George the seagull lamps I am doing either have a wooden or a stainless shade on them, I hammer the feet out of leaf springs and weld on a bit of worked hollow tube to allow me to hide the cable to the lamp holder. Here’s photos that a fairly happy customer took of one recently and the very first one one I made.

[Randy Griffin]

Not today and not what I did in the shop but what I did to the shop. Had a pretty decent week last week so got it a little closer to the way I want it. Built the work tables on both sides and got some of my equipment mounted where I want it. I can sit in my swivel chair and forge. Spin right for my vise and left for my drill press. Still a lot to do but I’m a little closer.

[Daswulf]

That helps MacLeod. They look good and usable. Improvement for comfort will help. 

Love the seagull lamps lol. 

 

[Frosty]

Coals being light and soft the way you've turned the handles is okay but my preference is to grip the shaft and have the loops on the outside sort of like a knuckle guard. Same arrangement as scissors or shears.

That aside they're attractive, I like them.

I really like the lamps they're just my kind of quirky.

Frosty The Lucky.

[BillyBones]

McLeod, love those lamps. One of them would go well with Capt. Krinklebein, the sea faring troll that resides on my bookshelf. 

Here is the good Capt. now. 

[George N. M.]

Norman, when I showed the seagull lamps to Madelynn she laughed and described them as "hysterically cute."  She wants to know how much they weigh.  She is originally from Florida and appreciates ocean and nautical themed items.  Here in the US I could really see them in anyplace near the ocean.  We do have seagulls (and pelicans) here in Wyoming but they are not iconic in they same way as eagles, elk, pronghorn, or buffalo are.

"By hammer and hand all arts do stand."