October 30, 200817 yr Hey All, My name is Daniel I live in Maleny, a small town in the sunshine coast hinterland an hour or so's drive north of Brisbane. Great to meet a few other black-handed Aussies.
October 30, 200817 yr Hi guys My name is Beth, I live near Dubbo in central west NSW. I see there's quite a few of us here. We'll start a takeover here soon if we try hard enough!
October 30, 200817 yr Author G'Day Beth / Arpspasm , welcome to the site ( gonna ave ta mind me p's & q's now ) GREAT ta ave youse both on board Dale Russell
October 30, 200817 yr Dale Nice to see you again so soon. The arm is healing well, just hope moonie has calmed down after that little blip in my forging diary. I understand Damo has registered also on IFI. Been set on being a smith for 33 years now after a school excursion to Old Sydney Town in primary school. Actually been a time served card carrying metalbasher for 28 years now. Long live Aus
October 30, 200817 yr Author G'Day forgemaster( aka ) Phil ,first of all welcome to the site Yeah , but i think he'll bring it up again next time you 2 get together Phil & Damo ( Master & the Apprentice ) where at MOONY'S " Get HAMMERED " , without these to VERY CRAZY bloke's we probably still wouldn't ave MOONY'S 7 ctw Massey hammer installed ( More on that when i post photos of " Get HAMMERED " ) Dale Russell
October 30, 200817 yr The gallery has a Hammered at Moonys folder for all the photos from that event.
November 1, 200817 yr Author 125 photos of MOONY'S now in gallery ,, & Yes Phil you & Damo where in em too ... Dale Russell P.S Phil , you got a website youse can bung up so the rest of us AUSSIE'S can look at ?
November 11, 200817 yr ok my name is michael from toowomba. i am a boilermaker wanna be blacksmith. trying to incorporate it into my very small buisness. who know what is going to happen next year in 2009. i have gone in way over my head in making this work. don't know much but what i do know is that i love building things with steel and have seen alot of really cool stuff made by blacksmiths and i want in. i wanna learn:
November 11, 200817 yr Welcome to the forum Michael. PLease add your location to your profile so everyone can see where you are from - especially as there are a couple of members here who are not far from you, & may be able to offer some help. :)
November 11, 200817 yr Welcome Michael! Where abouts have you set up shop, I'd like to drop in soon. Good luck. makoz
November 22, 200817 yr Author Calling all AUSSIE'S, i know theres more of youse out , bung youse name up soin' we's know youse is here Dale Russell
December 4, 200817 yr Author G'Day ta all the AUSSIE'S lurkin' out there in cyberland , bung youse name up here soin' we's know youse is around , who knows 1 of us mite be just around the cnr for youse Dale Russell
December 7, 200817 yr G'day all. Good to see there are a lot of Ausies on this forum. My name is Barry, originally from Holland but for the last 3 years I've been living in Adelaide SA. Last week me and my wife did a course in blade smithing at the Tharwa village and as I suspected we liked the blacksmithing side of it, a lot, early next year we are definitely going back there to do the blacksmith course and the Damascus steel course. Mean while I almost have a working forge. I only have a bit of a problem finding a steel supplier and a Anvil of some sorts. My aim for the next 5 years or so is to have a nice little "part/full time" blacksmith workshop in the main street of some historical SA village making whatever and maybe give a workshop here and there. But first both me and my wife want to learn a lot most of it in the old fashion way of "Trial and error". cheers Edited December 7, 200817 yr by bezza
January 1, 200917 yr Author Well it's a new year , & time ta bring this back inta new posts , come on all youse AUSSIE 'S, we's need ta hear from you , i know youse is out there Dale Russell P.S .. Happy New Year Every 1
January 1, 200917 yr Author G'Day Phil M , go to your profile , fill out the section on where you are mate , you never know , there mite be another AUSSIE smith just around the cnr from you Good to see another AUSSIE online too bloke Drop inta the chat from time ta time , between 6.00 - 8.00 pm OZ time a few of us take it over Dale Russell
January 13, 200917 yr Author G'Day all you new AUSSIE'S joinin' the site . Don't forget ta bung youse name up in here & ta tell us a little about youseself too Dale Russell
January 13, 200917 yr Hey all, Joined the other day, small backyard smithy right now. Gas forge, Flypress and anvil amidst a model engineering workshop. The blacksmithing has taken over from the models right now, find more solace in moving hot steel than making chips. Originally from Perth but now living and working in Newcastle. Hope to keep it that way too as the beaches and proximity to everything are great. Monster.
January 19, 200917 yr g'day folks,Ian here from Innisfail Nth Qld (bout a hr Sth of Cairns).I have worked in steel fabrication/engineerin workshops n sheds most of me life,I broke me spine in me 20's n now at 43 its startin to bite me,so I'm retrainin to become a social worker in disablities. I like muckin around wif mild steel.......have just learnt how to draw a scroll(info from this site),so gonna knock up a few jigs n have lash at makin a small lampshade
January 21, 200917 yr G'day all name is Bully, live in Melbourne Victoria, have been collecting metal work over many a years and finally thought its time to play with it on a different level. Met up with Dale Russell from Wesburn Vic last week and had a ball, top bloke who knows his stuff and showed me some basics of blacksmithing (showed my 2 boys also, age 7 and 10) Am in the process of putting a forge together as we speak just gotta work out as to where ie exsisting shed, outside or build a new shed??? Anyway all the best to all catch you around the site cheers.
February 5, 200917 yr Hi, My Name is Craig, Its good to see some aussies on the site, only new at the game but want to learn more. Live in a small town in WA and a small farm out of town that I am setting up a museum on
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