Deimos Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Finally got started, not really something I made myself. Long story short, my trainer had this piece laying around and because the original designer had a staff in mind about 45mm thick he could not really use it. So he gave it to me for a little tweaking So, after a bit of grinding to remove the paint I cut off the hook and point to try and make them a little nicer on the eye. After about 4 heats each they turned out like this. While they where getting nice and hot I also made a patented "Get small pieces of metal out of the forge when your thongs are to small and not really what you want them to be 9000" AKA a piece of rebar with a 90 degree bend at the end. The plan from here on out is to mount the hook and spike on a piece of 33,7mm pipe and fit that to a normal sized staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Most work at the forge is difficult when your thongs are too small. I teach my students that when working with a gas forge; grabbing the work piece with one pair of tongs and moving it to where you can grab it easily with another pair of tongs is good practice. (Some students notice that I tend to place the workpiece so it is easier to grab when I put it in the forge. And I nominate Deimos for the "best typo of the week" award! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Is this another "hit paint can with hammer awards"? I am still seeing the effects of the last one I got here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hey it made me smile which is greatly prized these days! I've made a typo I got moderated for before; that one is just good but TMI ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I second the nomination for best typo of the week! A too small thong brings a lot of entertaining problems to mind. Provided it's someone else's thong that is. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Finished the project today, turned out pretty good but I really need a bigger belt grinder for this kind of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Nice! An angle grinder with a flap disk might work better than a bigger belt grinder on something like that. I am not a weapons maker though. I should have an automatic post disclaimer - "take with a grain of salt" It does look lethal though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Was thinking about that, but I have no idea how that will turn out since those are pretty course (and with all the shops closed I cant just buy some cheap ones to try.) I used a grit 400 belt for this kind of polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I don't know about there but you can get pretty fine grade disks here. It would be a killer with an emery polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Best I can find here is grit 120, looked into polishing but that is not in the budget at the moment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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