TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Those pumpkins look awesome BillyBones! Do you got a picture of the fuller that you used? this afternoon I’ve been doin some maintenance on handled tools, replacing some broken an missing handles, adding wedges to loose heads, redressing faces an peens and wiping everything down with blo, ive still got a few piles of tools to get through but here’s a few I got done so far, an a big punch I got at an auction a couple weeks ago, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 You ARE going to grind the mushrooming off the struck ends of those top tools aren't you Billy? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 hours ago, BillyBones said: beakers instead of 10 switches Just a note, if using breakers to kill the power you might want to have several spares on hand. Breakers do not like being flipped on & off like a light switch and will fail frequently from that use. This from the Mad Systems blog. https://madsystems.com/2016/03/10/using-electrical-breakers-as-switches/ Frosty beat me to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 11 hours ago, Frosty said: grind the mushrooming off the struck ends of those top tools aren't you Yes Jerry im doin that As I’m redressing the tools, I had to have surgery 5-6 years ago to remove hammer face shrapnel from my arm that had lodged by an artery, done been there, done that, learned my lesson, and got the tshirt thats why I’m doin maintenance on all the handled tools An once I get through all the handled tools imma start on the chisels an punches, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Never had a beaker fail doing that. Every shop i have ever worked in that is how we shut them down at night. Not saying they wont, that is just my experience with them and my reason for going this route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 OUCH Billy, that was a CLOSE ONE! Makes me REALLY glad we learned about mushroomed tools and having ships stuck in your hide in Jr High shop class. Then included movies of having ships dug out. The movies were bad enough to learn the lesson the easy way. Glad you're okay or should I say OKIE Doky? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Yeah it was weird, I was hammering away an I felt a sharp pinch feeling in my arm, i didn’t think nothing of it until blood started running out, so I went to clean it up with a shop rag an I felt a bump in my arm, and I looked at the hammer and saw a big chip missing outta the face, then I took a telescoping magnet off my bench and it stuck to the bump in my arm, I told the boss I needed to leave, ran down to the clinic and the doctor walked in not believing that anything serious had happened until I handed her the magnet and her face went white and she sent me straight to X-ray and found it was lodged by an artery and she didn’t feel comfortable removing it so she scheduled me for surgery to remove it i asked the surgeon if I could keep it after they got it out but they said no, that they had to send it off for some kinda testing that i didn’t understand, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 "Ships stuck in you". I understand that a possibility from the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake; but weren't you in California back then? So far I cut, prepped and forge welded my first Christmas gift for this year; a rusty barbwire basket hook. 4 more to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I managed to get the 2nd hawk to turn out and started on the 3rd. I tried the preform on it: In the end, it didn’t help much. 4-1/4” between the welds was short… At our hammer-in today, I worked on the 3rd hawk some more and made my first striker and a bottle opener that I’m pretty happy with: I’ve got a festival/demo next weekend and need to get more of these smaller items made up. (I’ll post pictures of the hawks once I get them finished up, not long now…) Keep it fun, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 21 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: Do you got a picture of the fuller that you used? TW, sorry i forgot to answer that. I just used a guillotine with 3/8" dies in it. That is it sitting on my anvil. Got 4 completed. Trying to figure out how to put grooves on the like a real pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said: "Ships stuck in you". I understand that a possibility from the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake; but weren't you in California back then? I must've been channeling my Spanish pronunciations. Yes I lived in the San Fernando valley, Ca. and my folks, fuddy duddys they could be, wouldn't drive us down to the beach to watch the tsunami. I LOVE the bottle opener David, the rest is nice but you'd better make LOTS of those bottle openers. Make a spring tool to vein the pipe before you swage it into pumpkins. The spring will have to be long and the buck will have to be enough smaller than the pipe the veins won't trap it. Maybe if you use a long enough piece of round bar for the buck so it's heavy enough and flat spring to keep it in register. Hmmmm. You could hang the pumpkins from wires and have LEDs inside. Blacksmith's Halloween tree lights you know. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHDforge Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Nice work everyone. I like those pumpkins, cool idea. I went to the Fitchburg Forge-in last week. I didn’t compete because I knew I could not do the projects in the allotted time frame. So I tried one project today, it took me 5 hours (vs. the allowed 1 hr). Not perfect but I think it came out OK. Had fun anyway. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 PhD I hope you came by and said hello. I always love meeting forum folks Went and picked up little giant 25lb hammer. Donated by Petras and rehabbed by hikerjohnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Little pumpkins could also be made into small oil lamps. Did a second rusty barbwire basket twist icicle; as some of the kids will be showing up for my Eldest Daughter's wedding I thought to get their Christmas present into their hands so they could transport them! I also prepped more rusty barbwire for the next ones, 11 pieces cut to length and twisted tighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Got less forge time today than I expected, but nonetheless managed to get started on another pair of reverse bowl tongs (fixing the mistakes of the last pair, but making some new ones in the process). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHDforge Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 JLP: I did stop by your trailer, and watched you working. You make it look so easy. You showed me your vertical hold down hardy clamp tool. Watched your video on how to make it too. I may give it a try sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I remember you now.. Glad you stopped by.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 the vertical hold fasts work great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 10/7/2022 at 7:48 PM, TWISTEDWILLOW said: ive still got a few piles of tools That’s a good problem to have, willow. Recently my brother got me a leather working kit for my birthday. Here are my first two sheaths- a squirrel tail neck knife and a nice EDC fixed blade. Still kicking myself for screwing up the stitching on the EDC. Overall though, I’m quite proud of myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Really cool Chimaera. Love the shape of both and good start with the leather work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Looks pretty slick from here Chimaera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 David, yer festival / demo wouldn't happen to north of ya, a ways would it? Like maybe Parke County? Life is Good Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 16 hours ago, BillyBones said: Trying to figure out how to put grooves on the like a real pump. Die grinder with a little cut off wheel will score the lines in nicely. Maybe a mini bur bit for the small concave areas. Love that idea Billy. Wonder if they would hold up enough for the faces to be hot punched in. Obviously not through but in enough to look good. Nice work everyone. Been watching but busy with the kids and other stuff. Had to go to the hospital to get a blood clot in my leg checked out. Thankfully it is in the outer vein and not a DVT that could be more worrysome or life threatening. I'll be fine tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Dave, no it pretty much due West of me. It’s Fort Vallonia Days in Vallonia, IN: https://fortvalloniadays.com/home.html I’ll be in the fort all day Saturday and Sunday with another smith and some of the other local Smith may stop by and hang out. I’m there to help out (do most of the forging) and don’t need to have inventory to sell, but it’s nice to have some sales to buy coal and steel both of which I’m running low on. Keep it fun, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Das, that was that i was thinking as well. I used a dremme with a cut off wheel to make the mouth. They would never survive a hot punch, this tubing is pretty thin walled. I am pretty sure that it came from a box store since there was a bar code thing on one end. Das, glad to here that you will be alright. Chimera, nice work there. May i suggest a couple rivets? Put one where the tip of the knife is at then one up at the other end would look quite nice. Got my electrical problem figured out. It ended up being the breaker itself. We put another one in and everything works fine. Just goes to show that just becuase it is brand new does not mean it can not be at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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