Daswulf Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 A lot of people LIKE the flaws/ irregularities. They will always be there with me, I'll still work to do better each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 From a few days back, finally got around to reshaping the handle of the dog food scoop. Much more ergonomic now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabbsterinn Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 finished 3 out of 4 tongs that I've been working on for the past few days, I would have finished the fourth one too but I broke the rivet when I was trying to get the reins to move just a little bit so that I could have a better grip on them once I heated them up again. I would have just driven the rivet out but I used the last piece of 8mm round to make that rivet and I didn't feel like scrounging through the small stuff pile in hope of finding something close enough so I just called it a day there. I made them all at the same time, in the beginning I just took one heat on each blank and before I pulled the hot one out of the fire I put the next one in and so forth, that made for a really nice pace with enough time between heats to take a sip of water and give myself a short little rest I also compared my first bolt jaw tongs to my latest, all in all I've finished 6 bolt jaw tongs to this day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Just re handled my 6# hand sledge. Old handle was split and miserable. 10 1/4" length. Don't know how I'd work larger stock without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Great progression, @Dabbsterinn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Indeed. Needed a break from mechanics so I forged my first Trollkors. All the other posts got me itching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 You have to carve the name on the handle "The Convincer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 LOL will do! Good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marc1 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Ha ha, the last thing on my mind was that you would actually do it. Very nice carving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Lol. It seemed fitting. Just had to dig out one of my dremmels and a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 6 pounds in on the heavy side. Make sure you swing it right. I stay away from more than 4 lb for one hand. Do you have a rounding hammer? I use to muck around with 5 kg sledge one handed ( don't even try) until I discovered rounding hammers. A 4# moves more steel with the rounding face than a much bigger sledge ever will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I think I swing it right. I don't get any pain from it. When I get the heavy part moved close to where I want it I switch to a 4lber. The 6lber has one flat side and one pretty rounded side ( the orange painted side). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 If you swing it right you can run a heavy hammer with ease. I often forge with my 8#'er. No pain afterwards Or during. After swinging the 8#'er for a hour or 2 the 4# feels like a 1# lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Had a very efficient and nice day today, made 3 casting flasks with cope and drag to start the serious casting work follow up Frosty’s advice. @Frosty Also finished the Roman spear points and love the imperfections made them look more real like just dig them up from a Roman Tumuli like you have a lot around here. Also ask Lisa my daughter (15!) to sculpture some replicas of the ‘Venus of Willendorf’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf from clay witch I want to cast from bronze tomorrow. Very proud about my daughter and the results of the pattern. Look for yourself. Cheers, Hans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Nice Hans. Thats a good sculpt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Ah Hans you're making me blush. <shuffle shuffle> I was just airing my thoughts about how I'd do what you are. I'm honored you think it worth a try. You don't do things by half do you? Those are the prettiest flasks I think I've ever seen. In school ours were wood with alignment pins to register them and the pattern boards properly. Those are SWEET! I like how the castings came out but if you switch over to green sand they won't have the same texture. Well . . . unless you texture the patterns. Nice fertility idol, it'll look great in bronze. Your whole family is talented isn't it? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Dear Frosty, no reason to blush , it’s just my humble person that’s very glad to take advantage of jour knowledge and feedback. Just read the article in the blacksmither # 44 very, very nice, and I see many similarities. I have a broken neck to (diving in shallow water) and ‘chase’ concrete (no asphalt) trucks several years to check product compliance. Regarding ‘doing thinks by half’ that’s a mix of German ‘Gruendlichkeit’ and maybe a heavy spleen/disorder not building one flask but 3, building 4 burner, 2 forges etc. etc. deburr, derust and finish all parts and give it a paint job on the end. Only disadvantage every think tuck’s twice the time A nice Dutch (Amsterdam’s) saying means ‘ Don’t go to the ho XXXX rs without your b XX ls’ after all. Indeed glad with Lisa’s creativity it’s time to see some pay off after 2 years art school behalf the usual Manga an Animee drawings. LOL I go out and play with sand now. CU Der Hans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Ground, sharpened, and handled the mocotaugan (Native American woodworking knife) I forged last week from a file gifted to me by Lou L. Rather rough-and-ready, but it’s for work rather for pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 The ladies are ready……………., first sand cast pouring today. I hope they will bring prosperity, welfare, health and fertility to my and your houses to. Try to put them on marble or blue stone pedestals soon. Glad to buy 55lbs of green sand after all, to fill all the flasks. If there is a casting specialist out there, please advise what to do with the burned sand after casting, please. Next week is a busy week with lots of audits I have to carry out, but hopefully I intend to go back to the forge and finish the 3lbs round hammers, like if seen past by, on the CroMo –blanks I already prepare. Wish all of you a nice ‘work week’ Cheers, Der Hans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 JHCC - hows about a picture of the backside? Looks really good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, jlpservicesinc said: JHCC - hows about a picture of the backside? What a terribly unladylike suggestion! (Probably could use a bit more polishing on the back of the blade.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 JHCC - That's cute.. . Nice work.. I am familiar with Crook knives but all the ones I have seen have a little more sweep or belly to the blade.. Do you have a link or URL for the info on this blade.. sinew wrap? Nice job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 The video showing the wrapping technique is HERE; I just used some cotton cord I had lying around. I have some thin rope (maybe hemp? Doesn't look like sisal) that I might replace the wrap with, especially if I take the blade out for further sharpening and some additional smoothing of the handle. The handle was a chunk of curly apple (rescued from the firewood pile a couple of years ago), shaped to fit my hand and finished with equal parts beeswax, tung oil, and turpentine. NOTE: I watched the video with the sound off, so I don't know if its language meets the IFI community standards. Watch at your own risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherViking Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Today I finished off a candle holder prototype... I say prototype because there are several elements I am not at all happy with, but it was past the point of correction and I was just making scale by trying to touch it up and fix things. I was attempting to have a penny end scroll transitioning into a twist, then scrolling the rest on the diagonal, and flaring out the other end of the scroll into a leafy type shape. The base and the holder ended up just being what little pieces of flat I had about, so not entirely happy with the dimensions of those either.... but it's a start. Hopefully I can practice my technique and by version 5 or 6 it'll be in a better shape. A college's wife carves candles, and I thought it would be fun to try and design a holder to compliment them... truth be told, I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but we all have to start somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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