Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 19 hours ago, Pzkw108 said: Today I joined I forge iron !!!! Welcome aboard... I always suggest reading this for helpful tips like editing your profile to show your location. READ THIS FIRST A good result with your first forge weld is great, took me a lot of tries to get it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkw108 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: Welcome aboard... I always suggest reading this for helpful tips like editing your profile to show your location. READ THIS FIRST A good result with your first forge weld is great, took me a lot of tries to get it right. Thanks I'm a professional welder.... It might have help a bit. lol Thanks for the link ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Conrad; From a good friend of mine: "There are no mistakes in blacksmithing; there are just mid-project design changes!" of course there is also: "One man's trash is another man's treasure; but Terry's trash is NO man's treasure!" I have a bucket for things that go back to the scrapyard, unseen by others, in the dead of night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Thomas, that is a very true statement about mid project design changes. I do that quite often I got rid of a bucket full of not so great projects here awhile back to fund more material. Today's work. I hope y'all don't get tired of looking at basically the same thing over and over. I'm just working on things towards perfecting them. My second pennanular brooch. It's not as round as I thought it was in the shop. But it'll do. The new 100 lb. tank is great. Cut my forging time in half. Took BillyBones advice and made the pin into a P shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 CGL, in my opinion those small imperfections make them look more authentic and rustic. Also who is to say that maybe it was perfect until you had to fight off a horde of viking invaders with your sheleighleigh and it got a little distorted when it blocked a vicious blow from a war hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Well done, CGL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Billy, I like your way of thinking! Thank you Donnie. I appreciate the kind words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Nice flat on that pin to stamp someone's initials... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 You know, I bought some of those letter stamps that you suggested from HF, Thomas. I keep forgetting I have them though. (Slap the forehead moment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobasaurus Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Here's a magnet tester I made for heat treatment. Has a scroll handle and a magnetic tool-holding stud welded onto the business end. Hard to weld a magnet without destroying it, had to keep most of it in water while welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 CGL, Nice forging. I don't know how you could get any more perfect than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I second the opinion posted by Mr Griffin. I apologise if you're name is referencing a frisky mythical beast and Mr isn't the appropriate nomenclature. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Thanks Randy and pnut. I have taken to using a block of wood to turn things so I don't get any flats. It's literally a long block of wood and not terribly accurate. I need to make a mallet or get a rawhide mallet I think. Plus I'm OCD... Griffin - Gryphon. I had to think about that. I wonder if that's where you're last name is derived from? That would be pretty cool if it was. bobasaurus, that's a really good idea. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Improvised Mallets: Baseball bats, croquet mallets, piece of firewood with limb off to the side. I used to turn firewood on my woodlathe and drill a couple of holes and chisel between them to use a handle in it. After I was given some rawhide mallets I generally use them. It was kind of fun flattening rasptle snakes under my screwpress wising a scrap piece of 2x6. Real nice burnt in pattern... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 2 hours ago, pnut said: I second the opinion posted by Mr Griffin. I apologise if you're name is referencing a frisky mythical beast and Mr isn't the appropriate nomenclature. Pnut That might be a good avatar picture. Griffin Forge. We're getting somewhere now. Thanks pnut and CGL. I never thought about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 That would be an awesome touch mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolFisHunt Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I finally got the indoor forge up and running. A good friend hooked me up with the fire pit and the Buffalo blower. Another friend fabricated the hood. I am blessed. I'm also out of practice. The bottle openers work, but are not up to par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Nice set up. Your openers look good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klatchianmist Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Got forge 3.0 going after curing the ceramic wool and tried to make a brooch that I saw someone make on youtube. The pin is way too long but I'll try another one tomorrow. I need good beginning projects. Ive only made some tongs that are terrible and now this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 That brooch looks good. I wish my second project looked half that good. I make a bunch of those things. When i make the pin i use a piece of 5/16" round (8mm for my metric using friends) taper one end to what i want then cut off a little more than the taper, 1/4" maybe. Use half faced blows to get a flat that i bend around for the loop. I might mention that is after i made the hoop so i can size the pin to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klatchianmist Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thanks Billy. What kind of tongs do you use for something small like this? I guess I need to size it to the hoop I make first. I was doing them both at the same time. For some reason I think I need three pieces in forge so I can keep hitting something between heats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Greetings Golfishunt, Looks like you are on your way to new projects. One suggestion . Get a metal bucket for your slack tub . One miss and it will leak. Glad I could help you on your journey. Next time at my shop you can try a wall mount . Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Klatchianmist, Billy is spot on about his suggestion. I think on that one, you could just cut the pin to the length ýou want and file it down. You want a smooth surface so it doesn't catch on anything. Just my 2 cents. Jim, that is an awesome bottle opener Also, I use a small pair of wolf jaw tongs for brooches and most other smaller things like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klatchianmist Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thanks crazygoatlady. Wolfjaw is a brand or style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 A style. There may be something that fits better, but wolf jaws are pretty universal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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