Chris C Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 From the expression on his face, it looks as if ya dragged in another convert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, JHCC said: I’m going to pretend that was on purpose. A must have demonstration technique! It's 73f. here but it's been bouncing between about -6f. and 8f. outside all day, sometimes changing 2-3 degrees in minutes. There's still flooding in Willow but they're working hard to get the ice dams cleared. Developers built a couple subdivisions on the inside of a long oxbow in Willow Creek well inside the flood channel. Nice day to keep the fire stoked and provide a warm lap for the dachshunds. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Been stoking the stove in the shop here in Oklahoma, Frosty. It's 37f here, but even that is cool enough for a fire. Always keep my shop warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Put filler in the forge floor (5 parts perlite+ 1 part furnace cement). Printed out and laminated some charts. And fumed silica came in looking like this. Stirrer stick rubberbanded to the quart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Played with the forge for 4 hours today, and amongst some just random beating for the sake of beating hot metal and practicing hammer control, I took a stick of S40 1/2" rebar (supposedly medium carbon steel, lower grade than S60) and made a vaguely knife shape, just to see if I could. It sure isn't pretty, but it's mine! I wire-wheeled it off, then tried to put some temper colors in. There is less straw than I was hoping for, but there is royal and purple. I finished up with some Johnson Paste Wax. I definitely need to keep practicing haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 7 hours ago, 671jungle said: (5 parts perlite+ 1 part furnace cement). Topped with blanky scraps soaked in fumed silica. tomorrow I will line the top with 2” of fumed silica soaked superwool and fire the both halves. Then paint on some kasto-lite. 5 hours ago, CtG said: it's mine! The grime of your hands say it’s definitely yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 13 hours ago, JHCC said: It hit 70F today, which is unusual in northern Ohio in January. Same thing in greater Cincinnati but with the added treat of 60mph winds and driving rain. A cold front was behind the rain and it's only going to be in the 40f range today but no rain so I can get the forge rebuilt at last. Fingers crossed. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Tongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Nice, LBC................I'm envious of your skills. Gotta get my forge runnin' so I can start trying to acquire similar ones myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Wow, looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I saw those on “forging it forward” great work as usual Mark. I wish I was closer to you, would enjoy taking a class from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Nice work Mark. Great proportions. I finally finished the chisel and it is now complete. I might do a little embellishment but for now it's done.. So, is video #2. the original washer broke when I tried to make it larger inside while cold. Wrought iron has a tendency to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Impressive................as always, Jennifer. As a wood worker, I'd be proud to use that chisel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Built a fire in the new forge, to burn off what little paint remains on the firebox. Found out that I have too much air for charcoal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Dear Littleblacksmith, OK, I'll bite. What is the purpose of the tongs with the unusually wide jaws on the right of the first photo? They seem to also have rather narrow jaws that would have a narrow bearing surface on the work. I can usually figure out the purpose for an unusual or specialized set of tongs if I study them for awhile but this pair has me stumped. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That design was as a pair of pickup tongs.. They have morphed into hammer making tongs as per Brian Brazeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Also useful for hawk, axe & hatchet heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 hours ago, bluerooster said: too much air for charcoal. There are a couple ways to limit the air. One would be to have the source disconnected from the inlet pipe and to aim it off till you get the correct amount of air. Another is to add an adjustable plate to either the inlet of the blower or a damper of sorts to the pipe after the blower. I might or probably have missed (or forgotten ) your setup being explained to offer better advise atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks everyone. Thank you Jennifer for the compliment of proportions, that’s something me and other young Smith’s spend hours conversing about. Yes, pick up tongs, hammer making tongs, etc. style of Brian Brazeal. Small contact surface, allows to manipulate and flip billets around very easily once you become comfortable with them. Had a girl from school come out and she took some nice pictures. I won’t bore y’all with all of them but here’s some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Bluerooster, why do you think you have too much air? lbs, tell your friend she takes good pictures. She should do it more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 LBS: Thanks. I think that it would take me some time to become dexterous with them. Because I haven't used anything like that my first impression is awkward but I'm sure that once the muscle memory was imprinted it would make more sense. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Too much air when it blows the charcoal out of the box. I need to cut in a sizable waste gate, to better control air flow. If I leave the ash dump open, air is about right. Tuyere is 2 1/4" exhaust pipe, fed with 1 7/8" to a hair dryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Wow, that's a heckava hair dryer. Keep us up to date on your forge. I'm partial to side blast but curious how this one pans out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Mark, she took some great pictures! You are a great blacksmith so keep up the awesome work. Bluerooster, I agree, must be a good hair drier. Forge table and setup looks good for bituminous coal. Might be a bitwasteful for charcoal, but it can work if you get the air right. After further tests on my jeep I've determined it Is the cat system. And tonight after getting the old one off I'm sure. The sensors were not lying all along and the issues were telling. Just that spending $400-700 for a new 4cat y pipe, I wanted to be sure. The driver side fore cat guts are scattered over the system and now the floor. So now I just need to come up with the loot for a new y pipe4 cat system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Love the chisel JLP, might be my next project nice tongs LBS really clean forging Mr. Jungle - not sure how you are going to to paint kastolite. Less water is best IMO good luck Das. Car problems suck and take valuable forging time. I am jonesing after a Couple weeks of no forging :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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