ThomasPowers Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Or you get upset when folks think the manufacturer was restricted to using only 1 steel in making something. (I work in a factory and get to hear the sourcing work go on on a regular basis for components and have to modify my validations scripts to match what a build uses....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Or the only validation script you need is, "it works." Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Well we also do "it meets specs" as well as "it works" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 You might be addicted to smithing if you think you need a vice as big as your anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Or if you have given away a vise larger than your anvil! I once was given an old shaper vise that had to be loaded with a forklift. I gave it on to a friend with a lot more shop space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Mac Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 You might be addicted to smithing if you BBQ using a hand crank blower ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klopdav Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 You bought your wife a forge for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Your wife says lets go junk shopping for blacksmith stuff and you come home with another anvil for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 JUNK shopping for blacksmith stuff?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 them two words should never be put in the same sentence, or page. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 If you're paying junk prices for proper tools, that's not such a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Deb calls ALL my tools toys. I've given up on convincing her it's important to future well being of mankind I have these and more Tools. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 My wife Debi refers to all flea markets, yard sales, garage sales etc. as junk shopping. We have found some real jewels while visiting them. I once found a bucket full of tongs with some brand names and a few that needed repairs. There were 15 in all and cost me $10 so ya I love to go "junk shopping". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Here is our latest find. The stump came from a tree we had to cut that was leaning over the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 You might be addicted if... You pull a tendon in your hammering arm elbow and try to finish a project using only the power hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostavela Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Have only fired up your forge 5 times, but already have the itch so bad, that you cuss yourself out because you can't get a good fire going because you forgot to clean the ash out of your air inflow... then forge something waaaaay out of your ability because your wife said she needed a hook for her workshop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiley904 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 If you build a charcoal retort to fuel your forge then realize that if you could use the retort as a forge you could do metal work while simultaneously providing income to support your metal addiction. If you pay extra money to buy scrap/ barrels ect. Untouched! I recently found a guy that sold 55 gallon burn barrels premade 2 for $25 when i went to pick up the barrels the he had not yet worked on he charged me $25 a piece for 2. I paid it but it aggravated me. The guy in my face gouged me then told me he basically gets paid to take them. If you just read all 7 pages of this thread and not 1 thing struck you add odd or over the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 If your wife is watching you from inside the house, forging on the patio in the snow, and says to herself, "That's too cold he better put that back in the fire." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Or... If your brother sees you looking at his new springs for his truck and says "No!" because he realizes that you are thinking of all the things you could make out of them. Gotta love new springs. Not only is it easy peasy to find out the exact alloy even though most are 5160, but also that you don't have to worry at all about existing stress fractures. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 ...act like you're assembling the layers of a billet when you're making your kids sandwiches for school. Or how many "heats" the bacon is going to take to cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Did you use Miracle Whip for flux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 no, just the basic flux of mayo and mustard. But it really makes the layers stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Important to "push" them together to set the weld and not pound them together. I hear you can do canister welds using pita... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I'm a fan of grilled Mokome yummy sandwiches. Ham and cheese being a good start but certainly not a limit. Mokume Yummy doesn't require pressure to bond, I flux with and use mayo as the release agent against the grill. Mirical Whip . . . EWWWWW! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 when your mom (or wife for most of ya'll) says she's going to the store and asks you if you want anything, you reply back with "oh, could you pick up some vegetable oil and borax?" Or you like the smell of burning oil and grease because it reminds you of the scrap yard. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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