ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Now the important question---Did it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Saint Valentines day is coming up. Starting some roses. These are stainless steel petals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoshinjoe Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I really wish there was a like button on posts, there is just so much amazing work being shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 There was a big discussion on having a like button here earlier and it was decided that being popular wasn't the same as being correct and when it came to sharing information; sharing correct information was deemed more important. (Many examples of heavily "liked" bogus info on youtube---like the forge lined with plaster and sand----shudder shudder shudder!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'll be honest that sometimes i want to hit a like button too. Thomas is right tho. Wow how things change. It is good the way ifi is set up. It Works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Daswulf said: I'll be honest that sometimes i want to hit a like button too. Thomas is right tho. I support. It's easier for me to press a button than to translate into English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Thurston Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 My current WIP for a customer at my day job that gives me what ever drops and end cuts I want from his scrap pile. Last work was Sunday. Made some mokume gane for fittings and did the rough grind and profile work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 What happened here? I have done many hundreds of these bulls heads, bent round to make the handles of billy lifters and such. Never before has this happened. Steel was orange hot as usual, nothing different and it just opened up like this. Is it possible to have a piece of rubbish steel? It was new 10mm mild square bar. Right in the middle of a demo too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Put the first part on the stairs. The second will be more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Wow. It looks very elegant. The whole thing looks difficult to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoshinjoe Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Alexandr that looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Shoshinjoe said: Thanks! I regularly make such fencing . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Really is amazing work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 14 hours ago, ausfire said: Is it possible to have a piece of rubbish steel? Would be my guess if you were doing what always works well. Not impossible for a piece of steel to have a flaw in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Ausfire.. I had many over the years.. At one point I must have gotten 4 20fts of 3/8X 2" that was so bad. I just scrapped them.. They had delams, extreme hard spots.. Nearly impossible to work with.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 At our last B.O.A. meeting (Saturday the 12th) the host member graciously gifted a small axe head to my wife. It was pretty grungy with some rust but looked like it may be forge welded Damascus. Over the next several days I cleaned it up with a Scotch Brite pad and 0000 steel wool. It is Damascus with a random pattern but looks very nice. Not knowing what steel it's made from, I decided to etch it with strong black instant coffee. It turned out really nice. I found an old broken hammer handle which I shaped to fit her grip to re-handle it. She now has a nice small scary sharp hatchet to take camping and make all of her camping buddies jealous. The interesting thing about it is, the eye is drilled instead of punched & drifted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Bad steel happens, iv ordered 12 feet of one inch round O1 before and had the entire thing be bad because of either too much phosphorous or sulfur. At that point theres not much salvage use for it either, even in scrapmascus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 irondragon forge and clay.. Looks nice.. Is the whole thing layered including the poll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yes it's layered through out. Looking at the end of the poll there is a thicker layer in the center with many outer layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Do you think it was wrapped or stacked/ layered to get where it is? I've got 5 or 6 billets I keep trying to figure out what to do with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Still need to finish the chisel end, but roughly done on these bottle openers. This is my first attempt at an open end bottle opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 11 hours ago, jlpservicesinc said: wrapped or stacked/ layered To me it looks layered with a high carbon layer in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckcreekforge Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I made 4 hook rulers from brass. We sheared 5 from a Walmart brass kick plate for a door. 1/8” chisel marks are close enough for blacksmithing. 320 chisel punches for one double sided ruler. Just about one evenings work per ruler. Gonna keep two and give away two. Don’t know if I want to do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Love those rulers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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