Kenon Rain. 5 Posted March 28, 2016 Not really a what i do today post, but ive been thinking about how im going to do it all day while at work. Building a grinder tomorrow pics to follow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troels Saabye 22 Posted March 29, 2016 prepared some Wood fore curing Thuya,maple and oak. Furthermore I couldn´t resist splitting some firewood with my new limbing axe ^^ alot more pleasurable than my 8 Pound splitting maul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 455 Posted March 30, 2016 I did nothing in my shop today because I had to work late Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenon Rain. 5 Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Made this 35$ in scrap and old parts I've had kicking around. Works well besides a tracking issue which I'll take care of tomorrow hopefully. Edited March 30, 2016 by Kenon Rain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenon Rain. 5 Posted March 30, 2016 What the hell, I can't get that to flip right ha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 783 Posted March 30, 2016 Well that big Bowie I heat treated on Sunday took a small warp in the quench and then it really went off during the tempering I tried to straighten it out, but no deals. So.......I normalized it again and brought it back straight. Now I'll harden it and temper all over again. I guess I will never know what that Hamon would have looked like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austin_Lyles 116 Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Damn Joshua! Well good luck and wishing a straight quench. Kevin, that thing looks awesome! And for $35?? Really breaking the bank on that one. Edited March 30, 2016 by Austin_Lyles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenon Rain. 5 Posted March 30, 2016 One of those projects that just fell together 2hp motor running it, just needs a platen and the tracking fixed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Tracey 28 Posted March 30, 2016 I picked up a post anvil from Old World Anvils, very awesome people by the way. So I obviously needed to build a stand for it. The anvil is 4x4x9.75 and about 45-ish lbs. The "slot" is 25 inches high and the top of the stand is 30 inches high. Comfortable for my 5'8 height. I was even able to use it a little bit today and it worked pretty well. I was initially concerned that it'd be very rocky but it was fairly stable despite its light weight. All in all, it was neat little non-blade project. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Price 22 Posted March 30, 2016 Chopped up some bedframe rail to make a firebrick base on which to run Jeff Pringle's atomic marshmallow crucible-cooker this weekend. Welding it all up tonight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 455 Posted March 31, 2016 Jeff Pringle's atomic marshmallow crucible-cooker? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Price 22 Posted March 31, 2016 Jeff Pringle's atomic marshmallow crucible-cooker? Check the Fire & Brimstone thread (Events) in a couple days, you'll see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 1,496 Posted April 6, 2016 Not today's work, but the results of the last several weekends: 15 rough-forged hawk heads fresh out of the vinegar and arranged on the anvil to dry. Kinda artsy, huh? And yes, the bottom four in the top photo have been profile ground. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 517 Posted April 6, 2016 Looks like the spine of some creature from the sagas That is an impressive amount of work sitting on that anvil! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel James 90 Posted April 6, 2016 Alan that looks like the manliest set of hinges for a barn door or something Ive EVER seen! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Sheffield 3 Posted April 9, 2016 Alan, I would hang that on my wall as art! It speaks to me and its aesthetics are very pleaseing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerald Boggs 117 Posted April 9, 2016 Not today's work, but the results of the last several weekends: 15 rough-forged hawk heads fresh out of the vinegar and arranged on the anvil to dry. Kinda artsy, huh? And yes, the bottom four in the top photo have been profile ground. Nice work, as always :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 1,496 Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks, guys. I like that hinge idea! As of just now all fifteen are profiled and rough ground to 36 grit. I stopped because my back is unhappy with all that grinding. Tomorrow I'm doing a hawk demo (since it's fresh in my mind!) at my local guild meeting (Bristol Forge at Rocky Mount) and I don't want to be too sore to forge! If you're in driving distance to Johnson City, TN it's at Rocky Mount state historic site at 1:30 pm, come n the back gate and drive up to the barn the wrong way past the do not enter sign. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John N 43 Posted April 9, 2016 Owen, did you get the cute little alldays that was on facebook for fifteen hundred from the north ? If its that one I really had to sit on my hands not to shout aye when it was posted ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 783 Posted April 10, 2016 Profiled and finished grinding to 320 those two O-1 knives I heat treated with that 1095 Bowie. Couldn't work on the Bowie while Liz was forging and making stuff, because I have to video it for the WIP series. Well, maybe tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 783 Posted April 11, 2016 Can you guess? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 517 Posted April 11, 2016 Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, I know! You swept up! Just teasing. I had a similar pile of soggy sandpaper this weekend as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 783 Posted April 11, 2016 Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, I know! You swept up! Just teasing. I had a similar pile of soggy sandpaper this weekend as well OK, I was laughing out loud. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel James 90 Posted April 11, 2016 Mr. Joshua States has delved into Origami?! there are a lot of paper scraps there I hear stabilizing your paper first makes top notch origami owls! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austin_Lyles 116 Posted April 16, 2016 Today I worked on a san-mai blade. A lot more activity in the steel then I would have thought, after heat treat. Pretty cool! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
