natkova Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Forged fluer de lis. Need some filing so they can be like Bosnian one wich are a litle bit different than French. I had leas material in midle , idel will be if all petals were equal or on in the midle wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 12:28 PM, natkova said: Forged fluer de lis. Need some filing so they can be like Bosnian one wich are a litle bit different than French. Like this? I’d suggest trying making it in modeling clay first, then cutting apart the elements and forming them up into flat bars, so that you can see how much material each one takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natkova Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Yes like that. Well i used to much narrow piece of metal one 3 cm wich is inch and quarer. I had experiment tose how i will look Here there are instructions wich I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I think perhaps the angle of your B-D cuts may have been too straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 My shop time during the work week is being spent on wire brushing rust off tools and oiling them with BLO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Was out in the shop doing a little cleaning and straightening up before work, finally above freezing for a few days, when my granddaughter calls me. I am going to be a great grand pappy. So i did some sitting. My granddaughter is married, her husband in is the Army stationed in N. Carolina. They just bought a house. Finally, one that waited till she had her head on straight and secure before having a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul TIKI Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 That's Fantastic BillyBones! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Congrats BillyBones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 And congratulations on the "head on straight" too! I have 8 Grandkids and am not hoping for any great grand kids for a while yet. My oldest step-grandkid just started college last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Hectic week, but I did manage to slip out to the shop to fit a new drive pulley on the horizontal bandsaw. Much flatter than the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Thanks ya'll. I am 50, my wife is a few years older than me and had a daughter when she was quite young herself. So this is actually my step-grandaughter who is having the baby. She is a great kid and really kind of wise beyond her years. She has definitely learned from others mistakes. Really proud of her. She is going to college there but that may have to be put on pause here soon. But i know her and if it is something she wants she will find a way. She wants to be a forensic scientist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 You put a smile on my mug this morning, a GREAT way to start a day! Congratulations to you and the whole darned Billy Bones clan! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Finished 2 long-term projects. Bedside shelf and cornices in the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HondoWalker Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Latest knife update: getting the threaded rod to stay on the tang is frustrating. I used a small bolt and it broke when I tried to tighten the pommel. Then I tried JB Weld putty. That didn't work either. Finally I was going to rivet it together and the hollow rivet collapsed on me. I ended up just using the pin side. First attempt was oak. Second was plum. Now I'm on Cedar hoping it stays together this time. Trying to get it all tight and I'm having a time trying to make it tight. Tried using copper plate and leather to make it tighter but like that it won't go on. I threaded the brass chunk and it's only 3/8s deep. I don't want to go through the brass. I know if I welded or braised the rod on it would work, but I have no welder or torch. I had a torch and my step son lost it along with a ton of my tools and several other items I never wanted him to mess with yet they are broken or gone. Being a step dad to a 26 year old "kid" not what I signed up for but it's my life. I have to adjust I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 No friends that are good welders and know about preheating and slow cooling when welding to high carbon steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Congrats Billy Bones! I've been stuck out of the shop for a while as my landlord's had multiple delicate projects going on and I've been stuck grading papers for the courses I'm TAing. Got myself a little harbor freight air nibbler for cutting some 18ga stainless sheet as an outer shell for my two-brick forge (purely aesthetic). I wrecked the cutter after about 2 feet of cut. It was rated to 16ga sheet... 16ga aluminum sheet I guess? Welp, it was $23 so I can't complain. Also been doing more research on mini-lathes. Narrowed my choices down to taig or sherline micro lathes. Anything bigger is just too much risk on my body carrying it up and down stairs every time I want to use it. I'm thinking a new nibbler cutter would be a neat first project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Stainless is a pain to work. At best I would assume it was rated for plain mild steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I hear ya about stainless being a pain. I'm not looking forward to turning a stainless flame nozzle on the new lathe when I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Alexandr, awesome work. Love the office look. Looks like something I'd love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HondoWalker Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 And it broke again. I'm going to stop on this knife until I can figure what to do. No, the only friend I have with a welder is in Pageland, SC And that's too far to go. IF we get another stimulus I'll buy me a welder. If we get one. Every attempt I have made at forge welding has been a miserable failure. I guess next time I'll try to make the tang round and thread it. But every rod I have ever tried to thread has broken. I can tap holes pretty good, but threading rods is a skill I'll have to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Remember to not harden the tang and if it happens; to draw temper all the way back on the tang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Alexander- lovely sconces! What kind of wood is that? It looks like the grain is raised. How did you get that effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 "Aged" pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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