Before Cyclone Alfred, I packed up a lot of the blacksmithing area downstairs to avoid various bits and pieces becoming projectiles in the predicted winds. Since it's quite damp today, I figured it was a good time to put everything back in order and forge out a simple starter project to get back in the swing of things.
Thus, this S-Hook came in to being from a cut-off of 10mm reo (rebar).
The front facade of a pioneer blacksmith shop is seen in the Muskoka town of Huntsville, Ontario at Heritage Place. Black and white.
#BuyIntoArt #HeritagePlace #Antique #Blacksmith #Pioneer #History #Huntsville #Ontario #Muskoka
Although the #bridge closure would have been inconvenient, I had a look at what this #forge / #blacksmith makes and its not that large/heavy items (vehicles over 7 500 kg are forbidden from the bridge anyway) - I do wonder if it was a coincidence his business had trade decline and the real reason is even relatively middle class folk are skint, and simply can't afford artisan forged garden ornaments? #Suffolk #roads #transport
A couple small keyracks, Live edge Ash for the larger and a small piece of reclaimed teak from broken furniture. Hooks are forged and twisted Horseshoe nails
#Blacksmith #handmade #forged #metalwork #Craft
A blacksmith swings a hammer against a hot piece of metal on an anvil at Fort William, a former fur trading post in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
#BuyIntoArt #FurTradingPost #FortWilliam #ThunderBay #History #Historic #DiscoverON #blacksmith #Ontario
Back in 2018, I made this very handy mini egg-flip. And for what it was designed to do (flip eggs, move biscuits off trays, etc) it excelled.
However, youngest child has been using it to fry steaks and pressing down on the steak in the process, so the thin shank glued in to a turned wooden handle was a weak point. The wood broke.
Rather than just make another handle with the same problem, I set about fixing the attachment point.
I took some engineering grade stainless bar, and forged down a small part of it and formed a cone, then welded that to the egg-flip shank. The existing wooden handle fits inside beautifully. I'm now waiting for the epoxy holding it in there to set before it can go back in service.
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A fantasy blacksmith forge with a warrior waiting as a blacksmith forges a glowing sword in a dark, atmospheric workshop.
Finally got around to making a mini-pry bar for our new team member at work. These are great for tearing down Dell boxes, prying covers of things, etc.
I was going to fire up the forge this morning. Then I noticed my forge apron had an unhealthy amount of mould growing on it (gotta love leather in wet weather - not!)
So I spent a while cleaning that, then applying a healthy dose of Dubbin.
So, with that plan scuppered, I tackled the thing I had been meaning to do for months - re-line the forges with refractory cement.
The gas forge in particular was well and truly due (some of the fibre insulation was visible). So I covered myself with as much PPE as I could ('cause refractory cement in its powder form is really not good for you), mixed up a heap in a bucket and set about applying it.
Pretty sure I got a good coating on it. Had some leftover, so I cleaned out and lined the coal forge too.
Of course, it's wet outside, so it'll be a week or more before I can light test fires in them.
It wasn’t disgusting outside this morning, so I fired up the forge and knocked out four small key hooks, and prepared a back board for them (now drying).
I need somewhere to put the car keys I don’t need to carry anymore (main car has a key on my phone).
A belated #introduction post, hello and pleased to meet you. I am Ken, (he, him, his except on special occasions), and I currently work at keeping a #university #research #computing center online and computing. Previously, I was the head #developer at the OSU Open Source Lab, (#osuosl, go #foss!), and before that more #development and #sysadmin stuff, ad nauseum.
When not babysitting #computers, I am a #blacksmith, #woodworker, general #maker of things artistic and utilitarian. I do a bit of #writing, a bit of #art, a bit of #kink, and a fair amount of #baking. Also there are #ducks all over the place here, but those are mostly not my fault.
I came to mastodon from the bird site, like so many, and have found the philosophy and practice here so much more to my open source, #anarchist, #anticapitalist, #commumity oriented taste, I think I will stay. Unlike the other place I may actually post occasionally.
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