Chad J. Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I'm going to revisit the snitch later, might be fun to have as a decorative wall hanger for Harry Potter fans. I did modify the center a bit and made the stand this evening. It was supposed to be fairly simple I may have over done it a bit on the wings but dialed it back on the stand. It is for a father and daughter that have passed. The customer with his daughter looked at my lady slipper orchid and asked if I could make angel wings like that and he wanted to give it to his wife as a 30th anniversary present. It is in honor of her dad and sister. I'm actually clear coating it with the oxidation colors on the wings and the stand wire wheeled clean. Purposely made the stand tear shaped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 That's a nicer center. At first glance I envisioned a heart but a little late for that idea. What's it look like on a table? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J. Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Uhhh, all my furniture is covered by fermenting beverages at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Good Morning, Push a little indent in the big end, it WILL become a Heart. What's it look like on a table = what's it look like on a flat surface? Table, Floor, Bookcase, Marble Counter, Chunk of Plywood or Cardboard = all the same. Don't build the wall of your Box. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Installed the first part of the staircase railing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Beautiful as always Alex, so was the pics you posted earlier. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Alexandr, I’m amazed, as always, on the quality of your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Lots of nice work from everyone. Alexandr, meant to comment on the last railing that the upper floor corner part looks like a butterfly. Really pleasant to look at. Nice work on the wings Chad. I haven't seen much of harry potter so I don't know the reference. I get seeing things I don't really know about in some of my art too. Then I end up having to look it up. One time someone referenced some creepy pasta stuff so that led down a rabbit hole. Think one day I might make a large sirenhead. I have two big old loudspeaker horns that would work with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savlaka Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Chad J.- on the round center wings just hot brush it with a brass brush and it'd definitely be a dead ringer for the golden snitch . As for myself, I made a swage bar for my anvil... It's a bit ugly but, should be functional till I can come up with something better. I made it from the center bar of a 7 ton jack stand it's an "I" shaped bar made of some kind of cast medium carbon steel (that's my best guess). It was 1.5" wide and about 2.5" tall with the center of the "I" being about 3/4" so I filled in the center with a few lbs of 7018 rods to give it a bit more mass to work with, and I cut V's into it to reduce the amount of forming I had to do by hand - and act as guides. I put rounds in of 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, and 1" and two 90 degree V's. I was after 3/4” and 1-1/4” but I screwed up the smaller one at first and ended up going to 1" to fix it. I used various stock I had on hand as the fullers to pound in the depressions. Mostly med carbon bars I hardened to resist deforming under the hammer. And when I was done I did a partial hardening in slow oil... I didn't really do any Tempering, closest was basically me welding on bigger fillets into the hardie shank, and filling some of the gaps on the bottom side - running 165A beads got the thing showing at least straw all over it... My tests on sample pieces showed it would fully harden in water or parks 50 and get glass hard and brittle, but it would get to around 40-45 in the slowest oil I have I and stayed quite tough like that - barely bent a 3/16” strip with a hammer in the vice without any kind of tempering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Looks like it'll work a treat. Just a FYI, swage blocks aren't hardened, a missed blow knocking a chip off can be a bad thing. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 A bit more work on my latest repoussé practice piece: annealed, reset in the pitch, and refined the shapes of the outer elements. Still a lot more to do, but learning a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 John, that looks great.. A much better profile.. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Nice swage Sav. Really nice on the flower John, you have a lot of depth there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Coming along nicely John. It looks like you'll be needing to trim the pitch back soon or it'll start getting in the way. I wonder how a hot wire foam cutter would work. Not a large board type cutter a hand held version with a rheostat for temp control. I don't know how it'd work but I'm remembering having to re-set work into deeper pitch or doing a complete reset because the work was getting too deep in the pitch. My pitch bowl was pretty small so I cut the pitch "overflow" away from where I was with a heated hot rolled mild blade. Just a thought, I can't stop them. The thoughts they're everywhere EVERYWHERE! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Guys, thank you! There are many new works in the making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 It's hard for me to imagine you not having many new works in the making, Alex. You have to be one of the most productive people I know of. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Started another practice piece, to try out my “repoussé on the road” setup: a chunk of 2x4 with rubber on one side for lining-in and carpet on the other for embossing. Started while waiting in the car for my son to get out of an appointment: Continued while hanging out at the yarn shop: And put it in the pitch back at the shop to work on the details: Still needs a bit of work, but I’m pretty happy with it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 BOY John, it wasn't till the last pic my head stopped spinning. Depending on the light angle it's really hard to grasp the perspective. You're getting good at this. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Well, nothing to show really, didn't do much for the last five years, then got into a conversation with a smith at a "Nordic culture" festival up here on Whidbey Island and went home and got inspired. Tossed a few engine blocks out, cleaned out a carport, moved an old Dodge Dart, modified a fan and got ready to get back into it. I got all my blacksmithing and casting stuff up here from storage in Georgia a few months ago and now I have the itch, the tools, and a place to work. I'm putting together a couple of anvil blocks, may post pictures next week. I missed it, and you guys to boot. Ungodly sorry to hear that Glenn passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Welcome back from 7500' in SE Wyoming. Glad to have you back on board. One of my best friends is close to you in Port Townsend. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Glad to see you back NS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Welcome back, good to see your avatar again! My maternal Grandmother's house used to have a fine view of Whidbey Island across Puget Sound. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Remember we LOVE pics? Hmmmm? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirerabbit Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Made these cute tongs from 1/2 inch square bar... so I could make these... to chop this. Oh, now I have to learn how to make handles. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3F Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Good lookin set of tongs. Finished setting up my new space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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