Frosty Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Very nice Frazer. Tweaking them after setting the pivot is normal, heck you'll probable be tweaking them for different stock and scroll sizes unless you make several pair. Well done. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks Frosty. Yep, that's why I like to save drawing out the reins and shaping them up as pretty much the last thing I do before riveting. Let's me bolt them together and see how they feel. I have also formed the reins earlier in the process and gotten a little carried away, drawing them out a little more than I probably would have otherwise. As for making several pairs, I'm sure that will happen. I'm finding tong making to be quite enjoyable. I would like to ditch my vise grips that I'll use as a substitute when they're the best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Hi everyone! Y’all been busy! Good stuff. I would like some pointers on a couple of things. 1. How would you put ridges on a leaf? removal, hot cut, forge? I filed the ridges in the pic. 2. How would you refine the striations in the round leaf? I used a cross peen but the corners of the peen leave the middle all rough. Maybe a light ball peen to smooth it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Nice looking leaves jungle. The answer to your first question would be Yes. All of those are viable options to put serrations on the edges of a leaf, though I think forging them in with just a hammer would be the most difficult. I personally would do either stock removal with a file like you did, or hot cut them in. You can round the corners of your peen slightly so the marks it makes flow into each other instead of leaving the abrupt corner marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I usually do leaf edge serrations on the straight hot cut hardy with a brass hammer. For the round leaf I have a dull handled chisel so as not to cut all the way through. BTW: yours look pretty good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks friends! The ornamental side of forging is my favorite in this journey thus far. Can be tricky thinking on how to create a shape sometimes so thank you for the info. 2 hours ago, Shabumi said: You can round the corners of your peen slightly I was thinking on this. Does anyone have triangular shaped peens or other oddly shaped hammers? 12 minutes ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: straight hot cut hardy with a brass hammer Don't have one of those yet. Been web shopping though and they aren't out of range. Thanks for the kind complements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW HandCraft Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I've been working on a handle-type center punch... It was made from old coil spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 42 minutes ago, 671jungle said: Don't have one of those yet. Keep your eyes open at flea markets; I got mine at one for a couple of bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad.blacksmithing Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I finished unloading a massive load of coal I recently acquired for $150. Just under 4 yards (8,000lbs). Super excited because this is going to save me a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 If you have some neighborhood kids, put them to work breaking up all the big pieces. Kids love hammering on coal and getting dirty. Of course get the parents permission first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad.blacksmithing Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Unfortunately (but really fortunately) most of the people around me are elder. It is really is quite easy to break up the coal. Plus I'm used to chopping wood all day for the forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Nice punch dsw. Thats a a lot of fuel Conrad. It can be quite satisfying to break up those chunks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW HandCraft Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Jasent said: Nice punch dsw. Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 A bit of new work. VID_20200222_141843.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 hours ago, alexandr said: A bit of new work I am amazed at how much quality work you pump out. Do you have days dedicated to a certain task? I.E. “tenon making day”, “carpentry day”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thanks! As a rule, according to the mood.I usually do 10-15 orders at a time. Or under the deadline for the completion of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgingforfun Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Made a few steak flippers and hooks for a blacksmith iron in the hat soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just got done with a forge welding workshop with Mark Aspery a half hour ago. I'm grabbing a Chili burger to replace some of my hard worked calories. Pictures of the basket handle with faggot, coller and "drop tong" welds when I get home. "It take 1000 welds, including the failures, to master the skill of forge welding"-Mark Aspery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Well congrats.. That is excellent.. Mark is a great teacher.. Not sure I would agree or disagree with 1000 welds.. There is so many variations.. Looking forwards to the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Thanks it was alot of fun. There were ~20 student and 4 instructors, with Mark as lead instructor. He had ~8 students and the others were split between the other 3. I was with 2 others with Victoria Ritter teaching. The 1000 welds might have been an arbitrary high number. His point when saying this was that it was a basic skill just like tapering, and how many tapers did it take you before you felt comfortable with making consistent tapers? I had just enough time to twist 1.5 rotations 1 way for the basket before time ran out, but I will be opening the basket later as well as finishing the point to make it a fire poker. Here's the pictures of the welds. they aren't pretty, but they held Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Started my first ever tongs and made a pendant. not real happy with either but I had a lot of fun forging in the rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad.blacksmithing Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I like the pendant Rojo. The way it flows is pleasing to look at. Tongs take a lot of practice to perfect. I've been making them from a while and still struggle! Today I made some tooling for bull dog keychains and my first bull dog. Also forged a 2.5lb ball peen for a machinist customer. I also had a punch break in a crazy way. I've never seen a top tool break like this. My dad hits like a power hammer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I like the flowyness of the pendant rojo, and that's a great bulldog Conrad. That punch looks like a good one to hang on the wall as a conversation piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad.blacksmithing Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Yeah I'll be talking about it for a while that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage11 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I had time today to visit my forge and finally make hangers for my dinner bell triangles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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