old world anvils bulgarian style showed up yesterday. Can you forge me a SCRAM-jet (super-sonic, RAM-jet)? Thanks It is very quick, simple, easy to use and it really holds the work well.Ĭan any of you forge 10 inch sq steel into any thing you want They put their work under this staple and then they put a length of wood under the work at an angle and tighten it with another smaller block. The bench has a large steel staple at one end. I will send some pics to Jock and if he would like he can post them.
Another intersting thingin our visit was there bench that they use as a vise for cutting and sharpening steel. It is a lot like walking a few hundred years back in time. This gentleman make his living from blacksmithing and his son works across the street and has an apprentice. We watched as they made a couple angle iron knives and a grill. The amazing thing to me was that this man used the same techniques to draw and point a steel rod as modern smiths in the west use.
Phillip and I have just been to the local Blacksmith here in our city. Perhaps it has more to do with experience, talent, and imagination rather than a perfectly ground hammer. I've also seen them pick up and use any old hammer and produce good work on the spot. Both their main hammers show significant wear and some mushrooming on one side. I've looked at the hammers of two long term blacksmiths that I know. Maybe we worry too much about our hammers anyway. It gives a slightly softer face but my hammers show no sign of being too soft, even for hitting chisels. He hardened in the usual fashion but instead of tempering by colour he used a small fine file and kept running it over the face of the hammer until it just started to bite. With hammer heads it all seems to happen a bit quick. I find watching the colour run works well with chisels and longer thin tools. Hard work but it packs down very well and is extremely hard wearing. I put it down in layers, damping it down with a hose and then rolling it with a heavy hand roller. The particles range from sand size to about 3mm diameter. The fines left from the crushing of blue metal. Remember, most of this is "Artist Blacksmithing" with emphasis on the ART. Take perspective drawing, then life drawing or whatever else is available that interests you. If this type of artistic forging interests you then an art course or two may help break that mental block. The books by the late Dona Meilach and the Italian Giuseppe Ciscato are fantastic inspiration. There are many books there that have hundreds of examples of fine work in them. New Things To Do: David, Besides our iForge demos which are step by step simple projects try our Book Review page.
#297 pound hay budden anvil archive
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