Turning a new leaf...hehehe

feeds@yuku.com (renegade) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:43:27 GMT

Here are some steak turners I was asked to make for a professor at a local university..JD

Railroad Clip Cracked, BIG-TIME!

feeds@yuku.com (Robar) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:24:39 GMT

Okay, I brought one of those funny "E" clips to red heat and started straightening. Once straight I noticed lateral cracks that looked like delamination of layers. I took it to the grinder and ground the edges a bit to see if they went all the way through. Finding they didn't I ground the edges until I couldn't see the lines then through it back into the forge bringing it to nearly yellow and started trying to shape a knife handle, before it was completed it started cracking...

Railroad ties to charcoal?

feeds@yuku.com (Robar) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:08 GMT

I have access to half rotted railroad ties free for the taking. I look at all this wood and wonder if there is any reason these can not be made into charcoal. Anyone know of a reason these wouldn't work? Thank you all for your valued knowledge and opinions.

Robert

knob

feeds@yuku.com (forginhill) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:04:04 GMT

My wife asked me to make her some little drawer knobs. Here's my first. Lots of designs to explore with these.

Book recommendation

feeds@yuku.com (The Dad One) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:15:05 GMT

My local Borders has several copies of this book, and a couple days ago I spent some time thumbing through one of them. I was fairly impressed with what I saw. This is in the same vein as Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop and The Complete Modern Blacksmith: there's lots of info on improvised tools and use f recycling to keep costs down while still making very functional tools. I plan to pick up a copy when I get a chance.

A blacksmith owns a beetle

feeds@yuku.com (AndyinNC) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:09:15 GMT

http://www.vrbanus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31

drum/djembe rings

feeds@yuku.com (panbreaux) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:27:57 GMT

i have an odd size drum frame that i need to make a bottom ring for and was wondering what would be the best way to forge the ends together? i'm sure drawing it out is where to start, but not sure what way would be the best for making a smooth solid connection. i've repaired some african ones that twisted both drawn ends around the opposite end, but found it to be a bit lose and flexed too much.

that was years back before i found this place and started learning about what...

underground charcoal retort

feeds@yuku.com (AboMatt) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:23 GMT

i finally got around to finishing the build on my new Underground Biomass Gasification Biochar Retort Furnace over the weekend. and the 1st run resulted in some good results. I do most of my forging with propane these days just because it's easier and until now making charcoal was too much of a pain (so much smoke i could hang hams and slabs of bacon in the trees). i only use my charcoal forge for large scrolls and things that wont fit in the propane forge. so, this is...

neat YouTube channel

feeds@yuku.com (The Dad One) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:17:37 GMT

I've linked to some of this guy's videos before, and it just occurred to me that a lot of his videos will interest the typical PPer. So rather than link to them individually, I'll just tell you to go check out his whole channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/vanwags

making charcoal

feeds@yuku.com (Slidrugtanni) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:59:58 GMT

Hey all,

I've been into living history and experimental archaeology for a few years now, though for the larger part it's been more of theory than practice for the experimental archaeology part. I'm a viking/iron age re-enactor and this summer I've been working as a guide and workhorse at a local reconstructed viking farmstead. One day I built a simple oven from some rocks I found and put a flat stone over it and coveret it with turf. My intent was to make bread in...

Something different..

feeds@yuku.com (renegade) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:57:29 GMT

Here is a BBQ Fork..and a new anvil tool I made this week.to replace some stolen tools...JD

Problems with colors and heat treatment

feeds@yuku.com (VikingJohn) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:04:54 GMT

I mentioned in another post that I was colorblind and have trouble with heat treatment. I have trouble distinguishing between a lot of similar colors, especially when they are only shades apart. I figured I'd never learn how to heat treat metal properly and when I was in gunsmithing school I had a terrible time with it. I searched yesterday and found something called tempilstiks. These seem like they would really help and I wanted to ask if anyone had tried these and how well they worked...

uses for wrecked/unuseable car

feeds@yuku.com (longshot38) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:13:23 GMT

im a member of several other boards, some of which deal with "what if" and things like peak oil and such. this is not a thread on if these things will or could happen but rather a game of what if. so here is the scenario; modern life as we know it is over. there are thousands of cars and trucks that wont run anymore. what could resourceful paleo blacksmiths make from such bounty. what tools, equipment etc could we use to create a...

steak flippers

feeds@yuku.com (ryecon) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:21:11 GMT

heres a few steak flippers me and lawren and steel banger made this weekend

Dowsing rods

feeds@yuku.com (jamiemackie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:36:27 GMT

Forged these for my Mum.
6mm steel rod, tapering to the tips (which you cant really see in the pics for some reason), flattened handles to help you feel them move.
Im not going to explain dowsing as its not fully understood by anyone, one thing I will say is dont knock it till youve tried it, i dont even know how popular it is in states, but its paleo!
Heres a wiki link to dowsing info