Daswulf Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 It will have some drippy red for sure Frosty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 My wife does calligraphy and I once asked her to make me a "Don't Touch" sign to go with my blade display. She used a steel brush nib and a reddish brown ink and did it very drippy. I had found a bent finger plastic "clothes hook" that I ran the screw through the cardboard and had her drip some ink around it. That sign worked the best of any don't touch sign I had ever used in decades of displays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I just saw your saw blade sign/post. Nice work, Das. Love the chainsaw bar! Now you must tell us the story behind it... Prying minds want to know. Do not leave out any incriminating details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 It's not a long story. Lady that asked for it said her friend has a little shack/shed at their place by a river. She said they keep the life jackets and other river stuff in there and one time she went in to get some things and with it being dark in there she stumbled over some stuff and about fell. While looking around there were saws axes and all kinds of other sharp and dangerous things hanging and laying around in it. So her and her friend named it the murder shack. Sounds a little like my shop lol. Thomas, I love the sign idea. Really puts the emphasis on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 So yesterday after work I had one of my martial arts buddies met me to go and fetch a wagon axle i had found a few weeks back while swimming after a workout. Neat as it is sitting in the middle of the river far from any roads. It was a haul getting it back to the truck. there is more to the back story. There are more items there.. I think it was a complete wagon that ended up in the river and never recovered. The wrought iron is severely deteriorated but looks like it was fun. Rear axle with support wood attached. The cast iron is also degraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Anybody doing any dendochronology dating in your area? Looks like it's been there a while. That's the sort of thing I prefer NOT to find in the water when swimming! (But I have pulled real WI rod out of a creekbed just downstream of an old RR bridge location.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjdaggett Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Daswulf said: (There is a story behind it without actual murder) I just about choked on my fudge-sicle. That was a good laugh. JLP, that is the coolest thing I've seen all day. I look forward to seeing what becomes of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Nice heavy haul. I once built a sea wall out of boulders from up and down the beach. One boulder took me a couple hours to roll to its destination, breaks included. I don't know anything about WI, is that still forgable? I did some taper and curl practice today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Looks like you are ready to forge some squid/octopi or Cthulhu sculptures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I am actually heavily inspired by Lovecraftian creatures and Old Victorian architecture. I would like to eventually gain the skill to do some frame and gate work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Nice haul JLP. Love the grain look on it. Lol tj. Nice jungle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 There is some Art Nouveau styles that would go very well with a Lovecraftian twist. Particularly if you could add in some forged bronze or repousse copper to it. I've been enjoying Charles Stross' "Laundry Files" series with it's Lovecraft basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Thanks for the tips and book recommendation Thomas. I have been studying up to try my hand at copper inlay. I really thought the post by VaughnT "Carving letters in steel" was a great tutorial that can be applied to any pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J. Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 21 hours ago, Daswulf said: Hey Chad, would love to see some pictures. I've just started on my journey here. Been doing this for a little over a month now. The spatula needs to be spread more, I'll have to slit it and the fork needs to be drawn out a bit more. I'm going through my firsts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Hey, I think I’ve got that same fork in my scrap bin — just with one tine burned off! I only grabbed a minute in the shop this evening, but made some progress on a sheet metal project I’m playing with. Gave me a chance to use the treadle hammer to chase some fold lines, which is always fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 13 hours ago, Daswulf said: It will have some drippy red for sure Frosty. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Drippy red. Didn't go according to plan, but what does? Once it is dry it'll get some clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Das, Glad to see you back. Your blood streaks look good. But citizen SLAG does not see blood drops. They would go nicely with the streaks. (how about some gore on the floor?) Just sayyin' SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Chad J. said: I'm going through my firsts. You're doing fine. Way better than my firsts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Yes a little splatter. Yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J. Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Thanks Daswulf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCA Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I bought this cheap smithing hammer, there wasn't much choice in my local stores really, there was an 800g but I felt the face of it was too small and the head too long. So I bought this ugly thing with a 1500g head for 7€ with the intention of modifying it The fiberglass shaft was removed first, then I started shaping the head to reduce the weight: It's now down to 1390g. I would like it lighter still but my beltgrinder isn't the best and my 2x72 project isn't yet begun. I am consdering putting in my mill and using a face mill at an angle to make deeper scalloped cuts, to lighten the hammer without touching the faces, sort of imitating a swedish pattern cross peen hammer. Would like a finished weight around 1000-1200g or so. But it's still a big improvement from my 2000g sledge hammer that I have been using, feels light and easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Well, it certainly looks a lot better! You could reduce the weight a bit more by shortening the peen by 8 mil or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natkova Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Today i had like i wont call it accident because nothing bad happened no damage for health or tools but bellows cought some fire from tuyere , i guess they didnt sucked embers but pipe was realy hot and it transmited heat and made small flame, i was close to water bucket and i put it down. Fire suprised me . But it was small flame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Sometimes flammable gasses will back up in the tuyere and then catch fire. Glad you're safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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