Joshua States Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 (edited) Today was metal fabrication day. That means taking big pieces of steel, cutting them into smaller pieces, and then welding them back together again. For some weird reason, the photos keep posting sideways.... Edited September 26 by Joshua States 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary LT Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 @Alan Longmire, this cutting competition will be worth watching and trying. Gary LT "I Never Met A Knife I Didn't Like", (Will Rogers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 10 hours ago, Joshua States said: For some weird reason, the photos keep posting sideways.... And they're not showing up... 1 hour ago, Gary LT said: worth watching and trying Same stuff as last year, except for the cig paper challenge. I bet somebody will manage it, my knife is on the thick side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 On 9/25/2023 at 6:09 AM, Alan Longmire said: And they're not showing up... Let's try that again “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Weaver Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Not all today, but when I have a chance to work from home, I usually spend lunch in the shop, and try to use the focused hour to figure out how to work faster and better at the same time since I'm an amateur and can become immersed in trying things that aren't that practical to follow. These are chisels in various stages. I've been hobby making chisels for a while, but have just this year gone to more hammer and anvil work and less stock removal. There's still a lot of grinding in these, including all of the bevels after heat treatment. the oddball handle on the middle one is just experimenting because there seems to be a greater and greater interest in pre-1900 chisels when the buyer made the handle without ferrules and often octagonally. The style of the chisel and handle together is sort of like lunch with the Wright Brothers and George Washington at the same time, though. some of these are W1 and some are 52100 - moving to round bar from flat stock limits what I can use, and I can't use what I used to really prefer for chisels with forged on bolsters (26c3). W1 is fast becoming the favorite - it forges easier, make a chisel just as good and is easier to get to eye bleeding hardness in a brine quench. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Those look good! And Joshua, I can see the pics now, thank you. What are you building? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 (edited) 4 hours ago, Alan Longmire said: Those look good! And Joshua, I can see the pics now, thank you. What are you building? Stair stringers for the front porch. I could have just cut them from 2x12 lumber and done a conventioanl stair stringer, but I decided to go with steel. I did a small set for the wellhouse and it worked great. 5 hours ago, David Weaver said: These are chisels in various stages. These look really good! Have you checked out these guys? https://www.northmen.com/en/products/woodworking-tools They have some wonderful videos on their YT channel. Here is one of them forging a wood chisel 11 years ago when it was still John Neeman Tools https://youtu.be/64389P8_r78?si=mR_gnzoi-oWx7NH5 Edited September 27 by Joshua States 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Weaver Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 11 hours ago, Joshua States said: They have some wonderful videos on their YT channel. Here is one of them forging a wood chisel 11 years ago when it was still John Neeman Tools https://youtu.be/64389P8_r78?si=mR_gnzoi-oWx7NH5 Oh yeah! I remember Neeman coming along about the same time hatchets and axes were making their way onto hobby woodworking forums. My chisels are good chisels (as working tools), but I'm only just learning to do most of the shaping rough at the anvil starting with round bar and will never be a threat to any good smith. I remember long go that Neeman (not sure the guy's name was actually Neeman) had a falling out and went and made another company (austine or autine or something) and then I lost track and now kind of wonder which one is the real one. For all of the talk about them on hobby woodworking boards, I don't remember anyone showing what they bought, and hobby woodworkers love to buy something, show it, and move on to buying something else. I'd kind of hate to sell things to them and sell things relatively infrequently and only to professional woodworkers who have a specific want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert McCann Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Made some progress on my meat slicer Wakizashi project. A lot of firsts in this project. Some information is a bit difficult to find especially doing something new when you may not even know the right question. I do have a friend thats helping but I don't want to were that out he's busy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Learning new things. 5 Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 55 minutes ago, Eric Estlund said: Learning new things Good things too! That is stellar. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Thank you! Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner Michaux Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Finally got around to starting my blade for KITH. I’ve done a medium sized paring knife. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Finally finished one after a year plus hiatus.... Here's a quick video of part of what's been distracting me. The new forge for our shop is finally functional: plate demo.mp4 6 RIP Bear....be free! as always peace and love billyO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Core lining 2 Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Not in the shop, but I was just working from home when I heard somebody knocking. Went to see what was up. It was this guy: Nikon D7100, 200mm zoom from about 20 feet away, severely cropped. But hey, a young pileated woodpecker in the open! That doesn't happen often, they're usually very skittish. This one let me just walk up and start taking pics. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Chapery 2 Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Actually did go in the shop today. Assembled the KMG articulated tool rest I picked up last weekend. Before: standard rest. After: Articulated rest. Still figuring out how to adjust it for best purposes. The table rotates horizontally and vertically, and the two long arms (there's a short one under the table) can be positioned to put the rest almost anywhere on the platen or wheel. There's a learning curve! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Hendrix Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 WARNING: BEGINNER TRIPE Looks like I overslept and took a three-year nap! I'm enjoying digging through the forum again and looking forward to finishing my first blade. After knocking off all the rust on my tools and my anvil, I had to try and make some new flat bit tongs to hold stock for that charcoal chopper I need to make. Ain't they cute? Around 11 inches long in total. Had to make rivet stock as well. All I had in mild steel was 1/2 by 1/2 inch bar, so...they might be a bit too small. Oops. After having all the fun, I had to get to chopping charcoal. Trying a new source of bagged charcoal. So fun and glamorous. After using a small gas forge to make new fire tools, I've come to the conclusion that I am going to love to hate it. That small charcoal forge of my is just so much fun to use, and the volume is so much less than the propane forge, that charcoal will be my go to heat source for awhile I think. See why I need to finish that charcoal chopper? Don't tell Alan, but I bought some stuff to reignite my smithing fire and one of them was a sub optimal Vevor forge to get me working while I redesigned the charcoal forge. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Manganese Mondays 2 Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 I'll bite, electroplating? Hot bluing? Parkerizing? I see the black, like MnO2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Estlund Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Managese phosphate- ie parkerizing. 2 Eric Estlund WinterCutlery.com IG @wintercutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Ha! I love it. Parkerized rapier hilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Hendrix Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Ain't they cute? 10 and 3/8 inches long, made from 1/2 by 1/2 bar. Sized for the hammered out stock for my charcoal chopper. Now I have to make a chopper. Oh boy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 I have been blessed with four grandsons (fifth on the way in November). I committed to making each of them a "treasure box" on their fifth birthday. I just finished #4 Everything was made from on-hand material. I cut strips from an old steel sign to forge the hardware: I had enough walnut in my stack to make it. I did finger joints. I'm gonna have to try dovetails on the next one. Delivered to its new home. I think it was well received. Already loaded with arrowheads, buckeyes, pocket knives, and such: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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