jlpservicesinc Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Nice work there 58er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eventlessbox Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Got to fire up the forge at home today for.its inaugural run. Immediately got about fixing my bad habit of always dropping my hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus_Aurelius Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Had the chance to get in the shop today, forged out a couple of leaves which came out really nice. -Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eventlessbox Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Once I realized how much I like hanging my hammer I decided to do some night forging to hang my tongs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51 Papy Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I was cleaning the shop and about to throw away some port-a-band blades and banding I had picked up. Remembered Thomas Powers comments and gave it a try. Not perfect but interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CrazyGoatLady Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Nice work to everybody on the last few posts. I always manage to follow after alexandr.... I love looking at everyone's work. We have such a talented group of folks on this site. Anyway, this is today's work from me. I don't know if the hair thing will work because it's smaller than I estimated. Mostly practice in tapering and getting rid of as many facets from squaring and rounding as I can. First heart I've made in awhile. Came out near perfect shape wise except I drew one branch too long. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone's Sunday evening is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 If it doesn't work for a hair piece, it will be perfect as a penannular cape/shawl broach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thanks Irondragon. I didn't think of it that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Alex, Nice work as always. CGL your tapers are excellent as is your finish when rounding those tapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 CLG, great work! On the next hair piece/ broach, you may want make the end into more of a centered loop so it’s less likely to pull through the “clasp”. keep it coming, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank you Jennifer. There are a few imperfections on them, but overall, I'm pretty happy with it. I'll keep working on it till I can't find anything wrong Thanks Goods. Just saw your reply. Thank you for the advice. I thought I had it together a little tighter. Next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Breath taking as always Alex, I'm very fond of the helix chandelier but love them all. Those are excellent tapers CGL, about as good as hammer work gets. If you want them smoother you'll need to take sand paper to them. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank you Frosty. Wow, I had a very satisfying day in the smithy and you guys are making it even better! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 CGL when in doubt make a mark on the anvil with soapstone. You should be able to hit the mark on both sides of the heart. If not, make the short one a bit longer to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 We just calls like we sees em CGL, good work is good work. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Thanks for that tip Glenn. I know to do that, but I tried a different way to forge the heart today and it never occurred to me to mark it. Although, it took me a lot less time and effort doing it differently. I just need to refine it better. The more I work, the more I am able to do things differently and more efficient now. Thanks again Frosty. Y'all made my day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Find the center point of the tip of the heart and place it perpendicular to the anvil face. Mark the length of one leg and either mark that distance or reference it to the width of the anvil face. If it matches the width of the anvil face great. If not go from the heal of the anvil to the far side of the hardie hole. No use using a ruler when you have your anvil handy anyway. You can also reference it to the length of the hammer body length. Use what is available. Make your projects fit your anvil. (grin) Oh yes, take notes. You do have a notebook in the shop don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Did a bit of drawing out of a timing chain billet that seems to want to be a double edged blade to go with it's bigger sibling that is single edged. Experimented with a bit of railing cap I have in my tooling pile, (flat bottom, curved face). I cut a section and laid it on the bottom die of the screwpress and put the blade blank oriented 90 to it's axis and bumped, lifted, moved, bumped, usw. Worked well as the shallow curve spread it well without making too deep a trough. So I'll work it up as an official tool for the screw press sometime this winter: weld it to a plate that mounts to the bottom die, I've even be thinking of doing several strips in parallel so I can do the entire billet in one go! I also relined my propane forge; I've always sworn that I would NEVER put in a new liner right before teaching a beginner's class but the old one was getting too worn out even for me! Did a bit thicker plistix layer hoping it will help. Class is next Sunday. I also took a top fuller with a badly damaged striking area---actually split to the eye---and bumped it a couple of times with the screwpress to make it fit my Trenton anvil with the 1 3/8" hardy hole. Usually I do this for my 2" hardy holes but this was undersized. I've been lucky to find a bunch of "damaged" top tools that make great bottom tools, cheap too as they are often severely mushroomed, cracked, split on the striking end but fine on the workpiece end. Turn them upside down, fit them to the hardy, (screwpress is great for making nice parallel sides) and Bob's your Uncle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You've been a busy beaver Thomas! Glenn, I do have a notebook as well as a bunch of notepad papers every where. I don't think anyone but me could decipher them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Colleagues, thanks ! Today I finished one more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Hewitt Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Eventlessbox I like your hangers but have you thought about making the tong one a bit smaller? My thinking is if the sides were a bit closer together they would hold on the handles a bit higher up making it easier to lift them out, they look a bit flush with the top right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 CGL, the easiest way I have seen a horseshoe heart made is to straighten the shoe out, then fold it in half. That way you taper both ends equally at the same time. Put the curves on it, then unfold, boom it's done. How heavy is the hair barrette? My concern is if it is too heavy it will slide down as you walk. Nice job on keeping those forgings clean and smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 BIGGUNDOCTOR, thanks for your input. And the barrette is on the heavy side. I tried it out on my husband... I wasn't even thinking it might be too heavy until after I got it done and felt the weight in my hand. I don't have much smaller material in stock, but I'll just forge down something to size for next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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