QbBlacksmith Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 This is my best out of 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 NICE feather! All she lacks is some vigorous wire brushing and perhaps a little brash brushing for highlights to set off the texture. Good job, well done. Now do it another dozen times and see how you progress. You're off to a good start, it won't be long and you'll be giving lessons. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Believe it or not, I've never made a feather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Well challenge yourself make one I will message you the steps of how to make one. I have made 28 feathers already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I know how to make one, just never had the need. Have you ever used small angle iron as a base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 No 1/2” round stock...have you ever forged a leaf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 More than I can count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Ok after you forge the taper leave some extra paternal and smash it like you would a leaf then( if you have a rounding hammer ) use the round end to smash it out on both sides. IMG_0662.MOV IMG_0663.MOV IMG_0662.MOV IMG_0660.MOV IMG_0663.MOV Sorry there was only supposed to be 3 videos My anvil was hot these are videos for my YouTube channel that wormy worthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Were not not wormy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Oh NO, not not wormy? What kind of worms do your have on your Youtube channel? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 They won't play for me, best to put in a link to them. BTW: I don't smash the steel, learned 30 years ago to finesse it. The power hammer smashes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I thought just to make ya happy I would make my first feather. Today was a nice cool day with intermittent rain showers and I haven't lit the forge in a long time. Started with building the coal fire, till the shop was shut down and locked up took an hour & 20 minutes. The feather is made out of 3/8 inch angle iron. The most time consuming was chiseling in the veining, which I admit could be better. The tip of the feather, I was experimenting with a texturing hammer I made a long time ago. All the hammering was done with my 2lb cross peen hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Nice feather iron dragon! I have a quick non feather related question, what is your forge pan made out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I made it out of a 26 or 28 inch semi truck rim cut down in '84. The table is an old cast iron water meter ring the city donated and the fire pot is fire clay with a commercial fire grate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 There’s a semi truck shop just 10-15 minutes up the road from me that lets me grab the old brake drums, I’ve just used them to make bases for stuff since they weigh over a 100 pounds so they work perfect for stands. But I never thought about asking for rims. That’s a good idea! Here’s one of my brake drum bases I made for a bench vise it has a 7” pipe welded to a plate and the. Bolted the the drum. I’m getting ready to build another one for a big 10” Dayton grinder I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 That rim was given to me by a truck tire dealer, it was ruined when the driver drove it flat for a long distance. He had about 50 of them out back in the weeds. It has a plate welded in to connect the tyer & blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Next time I’m up there I’ll see if I can pick up a couple rims to play with, after seeing your forge I think after I get done building and experimenting with a few different pancake compressor forges I’m gonna try and build a couple like yours out of a semi rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Here’s my first feather: Made at a demo by request about 2.5 months ago. If I remember right, it was 1/2” round also… David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Here is a photo of my first feather, I ended up doing another later that is even better but can't find the photo. The tip was ground to make a stiff quill pen. It worked with ink, but not really well. Edited July 13, 2021 by teenylittlemetalguy word placement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Hmm. That gives me an idea. I have a small tin full of old new stock inkwell pen tips. Might dig them out and see about making metal feathers that can accept them. That's a nice looking half feather btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 17 minutes ago, Daswulf said: That's a nice looking half feather btw. Thanks! Would love to see what you come up with. I was going to do that but got distracted by something else that needed forging..8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I like that idea of a quill pen, may have to try one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Found a couple more in the shop this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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