ThomasPowers Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Taking off my glasses and getting close is like using a magnifier, great for splinter removal. Been hassled to get my eyeballs carved to get rid of my heavy glasses; as I am an insulin dependant diabetic I'm reserving looking into the laser for more necessary work. Will still take heavy sedation and some anchor chain to get me to stay still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 On 3/8/2016 at 0:58 PM, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: I have my eye on a local restaurant that is up for sale as the owners would like to retire. Cooking is one of my lifelong passions , so maybe this is just good timing, fate so to speak. Onward and upward. Check out the thread about cooking on the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 22 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Taking off my glasses and getting close is like using a magnifier, great for splinter removal. Been hassled to get my eyeballs carved to get rid of my heavy glasses; as I am an insulin dependant diabetic I'm reserving looking into the laser for more necessary work. Will still take heavy sedation and some anchor chain to get me to stay still... Should be a lil easier staying still for a professional then some doc there that night that's willing to give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navasky Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 A friend gave this to me yesterday. 20" x 20" x 2", 225 lbs. It appears to be mild and the rebound is a bit disappointing but I'm planning to make a Brazeal style anvil/swage blockish thing out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 handy thing to have in the shop; makes a good upsetting plate on the floor or a weight for a workbench that has a post vise on it and is moving a bit---also allows you to place hot metal on a workbench with it under it---as long as it's not high C being placed on it as it might contact quench it (I use a slab of soapstone for the high C stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Nice friend you have there. Have you tried the rebound on it's edge? Good score. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 While out in the woods cutting firewood (trying to get a jump on next year since it's already in the upper 70s here lately) when I had to stop for a minute. While takin my break I was looking around at some of the surrounding tree stand when I see somethin rusty out of the corner of my eye. Upon further inspection it's an old made in USA Nicholson file. It's a good one too at about 14 inches long and about 1 1/4 inches wide and about 1/4 thick. It's too far gone to use as a file but I might use it for somethin one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navasky Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 14 hours ago, Frosty said: Have you tried the rebound on it's edge? Yeah that's where I tested it, it bounces a ball bearing about 30% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Michael: San Mai ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I was thinking bits for hatchets, tomahawks, or whatever it actually turns out to be. I might try San Mai again. I have a small piece of wrought someone gave me a little while back that might look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Today I was able to bring home an old header that had a piece of 1/4" thick 5"x12'6" plate. I already have plans for a few feet of it and the rest is probably gonna hang out for a while. I also had a fellow that I've done some remodeling work give me a few pieces of white tail spikes and a cape off of another deer he was gonna mount (until the freezer quit and stuff started to thaw). I didn't take a picture of the steel plate cause we all know what that looks like and I didn't get one of the cape because I didn't think anyone wanted to see that right now (I didn't much wanna see it either cause it was crawling already lol). When I finish (hopefully successfully) turning the hide to leather I might show so pictures if anyone wants to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdaleh Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Jackalope antlers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 The disreputable red hat has two pointers on it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 31 minutes ago, tdaleh said: Jackalope antlers Which ones are you saying looks like jackalope? Last I heard we don't have any mythical creatures here in Alabama but I wouldn't be surprised to find out I was wrong. 24 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: The disreputable red hat has two pointers on it now! I don't get the reference but I did tell my wife that a set of those sets would be good for a cool helmet for our two year old. She just rolled her eyes at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 For several decades now the way folk have met up with me at Quad-State and other conferences was by my wearing a "disreputable red hat". Well my old one finally failed the wife test---"You wear that out in public and you won't be wearing it back in the house, I'm changing the locks!" So I got another one and am slowly breaking it in. The old one had spike buck antler points on it so I figured the new one should be a 2 pointer... The other way to recognize me at Quad-State is that on Friday I try to wear lederhosen and an aloha shirt in remembrance of Paw Paw Wilson who recognized the get up as being mentioned in Glory Road by Heinlein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Last one looks good for a jackalope. Thomas.... ugh.... the visuals .... ugh lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Send me your address and I'll send you a pair. But you have to post a picture when you get done. I haven't figured out yet just how much use I can get from them anyway. I was hoping they'd be large enough for handle material but they're a little on the skinny side. I will try to use as much as I can though so that I can tell him I didn't throw it away or waste it just in case he has some bigger antler to get rid of at a later date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Picked up some various pieces and parts at the local scrap yard a few weeks ago and put them together to make a punch/drift block thing. Just took a little welding and some drilling for the holes, had a friend at a machine shop drill holes from 1/4" to 1" in 1/8" increments, the plate is approximately 2" thick. The post is 6" x 6" x 3/16" and the base plate already had the center cut out so I can drift all the way through material and tilt it over to retrieve the tool. Not perfect, but for about $20 it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Michael Cochran said: I was hoping they'd be large enough for handle material but they're a little on the skinny side. I will try to use as much as I can though so that I can tell him I didn't throw it away or waste it just in case he has some bigger antler to get rid of at a later date. Paring knife handles? Send me a pair; I'd be happy to give it a try. 1 hour ago, 01tundra said: Picked up some various pieces and parts at the local scrap yard a few weeks ago and put them together to make a punch/drift block thing. Just took a little welding and some drilling for the holes, had a friend at a machine shop drill holes from 1/4" to 1" in 1/8" increments, the plate is approximately 2" thick. The post is 6" x 6" x 3/16" and the base plate already had the center cut out so I can drift all the way through material and tilt it over to retrieve the tool. Not perfect, but for about $20 it works. Nice! What's the height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 8 minutes ago, JHCC said: Paring knife handles? Send me a pair; I'd be happy to give it a try. That's an idea I didn't think of. I thought about trying a pen knife and a whittling knife. I could always use another paring knife so that'll probably happen before the ideas I had. Which ones were you thinkin about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Michael Cochran said: That's an idea I didn't think of. I thought about trying a pen knife and a whittling knife. I could always use another paring knife so that'll probably happen before the ideas I had. Which ones were you thinkin about? Whatever you like; I'm not looking a gift deer in the antlers. I'll send you a chunk of curly applewood in exchange, if you like. I'll PM you my address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 If you prefer you can just find me in regular clothes on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday. I'm middle aged, bearded, over my optimum weight and will be wearing bluejeans---no problem finding me in the crowd! For the smaller spike antlers I like to make threading hooks for spinning wheels from them, I twist up a doubled over piece of nickle silver wire, bend the looped end over and insert the other end in the cut off fat end of the spike in a drilled hole with a bit of epox, cross drill the horn nearer the tip for a thong and I've never had any come back from a spinning conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Sounds like there's plenty of use in these little spikes after all. i still think seeing a guy walking around in a red hat with deer spikes would be something to see lol. Is it safe to assume you're talking about a red fedora and not a ball cap or a cowboy hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 no not safe: not a fedora, cowboy, ball cap, top hat,.....Closest would be an old hillbilly's totally worn out hat, no blocking recognizable; the original on had a tail as well thanks to Don Yors...(found a plastic dinosaur tail in the gravel at the fleamarket and told me that since I had horns I needed a tail...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 4 hours ago, JHCC said: Paring knife handles? Send me a pair; I'd be happy to give it a try. Nice! What's the height? I can't remeber the exact measurment off hand, but it's basically at the same height as my anvil, somewhere in the 30" range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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