Alan Evans Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 My Grandmother used to do a bit of pyrography...I gather it can be quite addictive, be warned...Alan (not by my Grandmother) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 so this is over the course of a few weeknights and a weekend. I heat treated a small bearded hatchet, began forging bolt tongs for Tubalcain2, and forged some hooks that are meant to hang on chain that is hanging on my rafters. I really like the hooks, they were forged from 3/16" round. Also got the doors up, time to start forging some hardware for that. I figured while I was at it I would take some pictures of the rest of my shop for ya'll, hope you don't mind. It's 10'x10'. Then today I made some brackets for the outside of my door. they will be mounted so that a 5/8" bar can slide through it and be staked into the ground so the doors don't blow back and forth. I haven't forged the stakes, because I wasn't sure what I would do with them. I don't just want to have a boring straight bar, but I want it to be forged, and something to look at. Obviously though I don't want it to take more than a couple hours to make them, but want them to look nice. What do ya'll think? Oh and we got a new dog! yesterday the name was Winnie, but today it is Daisy, which I think we will stick with. the dog on the right, the one on the left is my brothers girlfriend's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 1/4" bolt tongs. First and last time I use a store bought rivet for tongs, for some reason I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Forgot to mention, the bottom hinges are the ones I made, and the top ones were from a 1920's barn. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Cut a crescent moon on one door and a sun on the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 The crescent moon is a funny idea! not sure about the sun though..... Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 LBS, I like yours better! I replace the old ones and save them for use on a cedar chest or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, Ranchmanben said: LBS, I like yours better! I replace the old ones and save them for use on a cedar chest or something like that. yeah, I like mine better, thanks! I think though if I was going to go through the trouble of making a cedar chest I would also make the hinges for it. I didn't feel like making 2 more, and had these, so figured why not. Thanks though! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 14 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said: yeah, I like mine better, thanks! I think though if I was going to go through the trouble of making a cedar chest I would also make the hinges for it. I didn't feel like making 2 more, and had these, so figured why not. Thanks though! Littleblacksmith After I said that I thought about it and figured you'd make your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 That shop is comin' along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 thank you! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Hi Mark, Cool shop and nice works again! I really like that axe - did you make it from scratch? What was the starting stock? Some things I've been working on recently: Don't know the name of these big nail-like things, I use them for candlesticks. The half round flats are going to be the bottom parts. Finally got the haft for this sheperd's axe. With the 10" long head it's quite a giant, still pretty well balanced and not overweighted though: And the parang advances even if slowly. Epoxy has cured, the handle waits for final shaping: Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJRailRoadTrack Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Hmm, Looks like a treadle hammer could fit on that back wall to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Traditionally the ladies outhouse had the crescent moon and the men's outhouse had the sun; but most folks don't know that anymore. (and yes I have read a book on outhouses...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Traditionally the ladies outhouse had the crescent moon and the men's outhouse had the sun; but most folks don't know that anymore. (and yes I have read a book on outhouses...) You HAVE? No . . . . fooling? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 27 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Traditionally the ladies outhouse had the crescent moon and the men's outhouse had the sun; but most folks don't know that anymore. (and yes I have read a book on outhouses...) There's something new for me! I've seen a few outhouses still standing with a circle cut out or a door that didn't go all the way up. You generally see a moon done nowaday on bathroom doors made to look like an outhouse. Never knew there was a men's and women's differentiation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 No Fooling, Yes I have. I believe our copy is at the northern house and I will try to get the cite for you on it. Two story outhouses brick outhouses; shoot I have even seen pictures of a viking era wooden toilet seat from York IIRC (I once was thinking of duplicating it for an SCA Arts & Sciences event...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Reminds me of the kids book "Everybody Poops" Man, this thread has really gone down the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 7 hours ago, Frosty said: You HAVE? No . . . . fooling? Frosty The Lucky. Come on, Frosty. This is ThomasPowers we're talking about, IFI's principal researcher of obscure historical subjects. (That said, I was also familiar with the sun/moon door symbols.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 7 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Traditionally the ladies outhouse had the crescent moon and the men's outhouse had the sun; but most folks don't know that anymore. (and yes I have read a book on outhouses...) Are you referring to The Specialist by any chance?...there is copy beside the throne in most of my dwellings over the years. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfart Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 9 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Traditionally the ladies outhouse had the crescent moon and the men's outhouse had the sun; but most folks don't know that anymore. (and yes I have read a book on outhouses...) But have you ever read a book IN an outhouse? Sears catalogs were popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 If you read in the outhouse, dont forget to tear the pages out from the back to the front. Can keep reading longer that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just now, Farmall said: If you read in the outhouse, dont forget to tear the pages out from the back to the front. Can keep reading longer that way. From the front to the back; that way you're using what you've already read (and, one presumes, already digested). Back to front means you never find out how the book ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Reading the 1897 and 1908 Sears Roebuck catalog corset pages sure brings back the Memories...(and no I don't believe it was the Specialist; I'll check when I make a visit to our big house this weekend; but no guarantee I can find it in the limited time we will be there. At our previous house we once were given *2* 8' x 8' bookshelves and that didn't even get rid of all the piles of books on the floor!) Frosty; while I have read the old Mother Earth News about dealing with outhouses in sub zero temperatures I have not read this one: "Outhouses of Alaska" by Walker, Harry M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Well, either way, we all know how the book ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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