beth Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 wow thats some scale! thanks dale great pictures, fascinating. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Deering Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 This might be of interest...http://www.facebook.com/BlacksmithTreeProject#!/BlacksmithTreeProject Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 VERY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Now THATS some good fun! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Check out post 300 on page 15 on this & u'll see more photos Dale Russell p.S , you mite even see my " ugly " head in the pictures too ... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Great show indeed! WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks for posting the link, it's good to see I'm not the ugliest guy beating hot iron. <grin> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Am I too late to send some leaves I would love to contribute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 glad to see it is coming together its been a long road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Gibbo , click on the tree project link , then contact , they " may be " still takin' leaves Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapartoz Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 WOW! what a great project. The scale of the job is inspiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yeah I did dale and they said a couple more wouldn't hurt so sendin it off tomorrow cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 On youse mate :) Tip , make em outta flat bar ( 19 - 25 mm x 3 mm ) , cut both ends on a angle , knock down the point , the fuller the center to form the stem ,, hey presto , 2 leaves outta 1 bit of piece :) ( this is ow Strine showed use ow ta do em ) Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi all , Some updated info about the tree . Hope you all enjoy the vidhttp://www.treeproje...rg.au/news.htmlhttp://www.pozible.c...description/0/0 Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Dale, The update is appreciated thanks for the post mate. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Cheers dale I was wondering how far along they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Hi World Some more Vids of the tree project for you all to look athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DgtYc6zkZI&feature=plcphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jho3HSkrpwA&feature=plcp Enjoy :) Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Dale thanks its great to put a name with the face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Great work Dale, thanks for posting. Is the Bradley a 200 and what is that little air hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 its a massey 1, it seems to hover a bit low to be functional........ imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Beamish Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 The Bradley is a 300 and as for the Massey 1 cwt it did a fine job of forging 2 " 304 stainless steel and finishing off the 3'' 304 branches. The main issues we had with the Branch forging were getting the branches hot in the coke forges and few electrical gremlins. The little Massey is a pretty old version with a horizontal valve mechanism we do have another 1 cwt Massey at the Barn which has a the more familiar vertical valving but it is out for maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Beamish Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 To expand on Dales recent posts (thanks for your efforts Dale) This is an update on the Tree Project in Victoria Australia. Many ABANA members and Smiths around the world donated leaves and gumnuts to be attached to the memorial tree we are building for the 2009 Bushfire victims and their families. We have a website : http://www.treeproject.abavic.org.au/news.html a facebook page http://www.facebook.com/BlacksmithTreeProject and our recently launched Pozible campaign (crowd funding) http://www.pozible.com/index.php/archive/index/4997/description/0/0 We went down the track of crowd funding because we are still short of funds to get the project over the line. This project has just grown and grown from what was to be a small shrub in our minds to a full scale tree 9 metres tall (29’ 6”). Our current progress is this so far, the leaves have been collated and photographed, all branches, twigs and twiglets forged, trunk forged (we’re still short of gumnuts) and we’re still fielding the occasional request for sponsored leaves, which we will continue to do right up to the last moment before completion so as many people as possible can be accommodated. Our aim is to have the tree installed in March 2013 Two videos of the Branch and Trunk forging can be found on our youtube site : http://www.youtube.com/user/AusBlacksmiths/videos?flow=grid&view=0 Plans are afoot for an interactive map of the tree and an smartphone app to enable people to identify their leaves on the tree after it is erected. We still need to assemble and install the tree, roots need to be forged, fence and seating for the garden area made, hence the launch of our pozible campaign for further funding, if you can help in anyway please do. Along the way we became involved with a sister project – The Iron Roses for Norway another fine endeavour where of our worldwide Blacksmithing community has put in to help others. These projects show that we as individuals and collectively can make a difference and help ease suffering of victims of such tragedies and assist in rebuilding affected communities. Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Bruce , thanks for the update . I'll get onto Amanda about knocking up so gumnuts Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgemaster Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I bet Cuddlepie and Snugglepot would know about "getting gumnuts knocked up"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Less than 50 hours to go to make one of the last fundraising goals... - check out the progress-http://www.pozible.com/index.php/archive/index/4997/description/0/0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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