Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Sometimes making the tool better helps prevent the problem entirely. ~ JHCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I still believe a forge weld is mostly magic. ~ anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I remember one SOFA meeting 20+ years ago where a smith demonstrated a slack tub weld. Heated two pieces of steel to welding temp and threw them in the murky depths of his slack tub. Then he reached in and fished around and brought them out perfectly forge welded together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Thomas, Good grief what was in that water? I bet the EPA would like to take a test sample or too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I call sleight of hand on slack tub welding. Great trick, though. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I can think of a legit way to do it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Remember "murky"? He had a forge welded set hidden in the bottom; of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 "chasing two hares, you will not catch one". ~ alexandr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 This is from Frosty, and it is very true: "folk learn faster and remember more if they're entertained by the lesson, make them laugh and they never forget." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Required tweakage is to be expected. Frosty the Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 As opposed to optimal tweaking? Or the the obsessive tweaking we find to be nessisary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 What's the difference Charles? It's not really obsessive tweaking if it isn't tweaked to destruction. Is it? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 You can tell the quality of a Blacksmith by the quality of his scrap pile! Anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Others You can tell the quality of the blacksmith by the quantity of their scrap pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 "None of that's "scrap"; that's all good stuff!" Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Y’all don’t be lookin at my scrap pile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 A real blacksmith doesn't have a "scrap" pile, s/he has a research reference section to document previous experiments and provide future resources. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Alright y’all don’t be lookin at my research reference section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Good Morning, A friend of mine says "I don't bother looking in Neil's "Bish" (RuBish), when he puts it in that pile, there is nothing left worth lookin for" LOL Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 A bullet can go almost anywhere; but a steel (weapon) is bound to end up somewhere. Dorthey Sayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 "Do not repair what is not broken." coworker of natkova The blacksmith version is, "If it ain't broke we'll fix it till it is." Frosty "And then redesign it to make it better." Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Everything is a masterpiece in my head... just doesn't usually translate to the real world quite as well... - Wandering_Rogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 May the sparks of his forge light the fires in others. Thom - Student of Thomas - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Well said Thom, Thomas’s posts have always given me the courage to light my forge and correct my mistakes, with the wisdom he supplied or given me the courage to try a new project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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