forging

New Tool for my Apprentice

Rich Waugh — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:46:06 -0600

I now have an apprentice, a young woman of remarkable intelligence and determination. Fearless, too.

my v block

KevinW — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:05:10 -0600

antler chandelier

KevinW — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:29:58 -0500

Delevery time for the big-un.

5' x 7' antler chandelier

Art metal

ewdokimow — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:41:44 -0500

Professionally engaged in artistic metal forging. My site with articles. Intersnyh opinion of colleagues. 'm Designing with forged metal. Made of metal stairs, fences, canopies.

I made a little anvil/stake yesterday for rings - Love it! (photos)

Daverham — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:11:30 -0500

I made this anvil/stake yesterday, from a steel rod and some scrap wood. I've been wanting to forge a rounded contour to rings for design and comfort and it works perfectly!

The block on the right side slides off to allow the ring to slip over the stake. That's my grandpa's mallet, it's very soft. He was a Boeing machinist - I don't know exactly what he did with it, but it's great for massaging silver without marring the surface at all. I've had it in the back of a tool box for years - since he died in 1986 or so, and now I've found a purpose for it. I couldn't be happier.

New Forge Project

Rich Waugh — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:51:42 -0600

Things have been a bit slow on the 'net for several days now so I thought I'd share with you all my latest shop project. The propane forge I've been using for the past five years has just about run its course and I decided to make a new and better one. The old one has been good, but it is a bit on the small side sometimes and isn't as adaptable as I would like. I put a 2" square port in the rear of it, but too often that isn't big enough for what I need to put through it so I'm forced to build up firebricks at the front of the forge and use the exhaust heat to get something up to temperature. Also, this little freon can forge can't accept the middle of a scroll, for instance. Such shapes are best done in a solid fuel forge, but most of the time I don't want to fire up the coal forge just to do one heat. I've been thinking for some months now of a new design for a forge that would solve some of my issues and still not be a huge, gas-guzzling monster that would drive me out of the shop with the dragon's breath and the waste heat. That waste heat is a significant factor in the tropics where I work, believe me!

Help with copper I am new!!!

tankerhoosen — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:57:44 -0500

So I am BRAND NEW to metal smithing, as in just yesterday I pulled out my fathers anvil, got a good hot fire going and played around with some old scrap copper pipe. I was wondering, how do you get copper to fuse to itself when you fold it over? I know with iron they would sprinkle something like borax, but what about copper? (I realize my fire was probably no where near hot enough) Just looking for some advice, I had a blast playing around with it, made a neat cuff thats about 2 inches wide and heavy as hell lol.

My new website!

DesignerMetal — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:58:46 -0500

Hey guys I just got my website up and running. I would love it if yall would go check it out and let me know what you think (HONESTLY what you think, No hurt feelings here). Its nothing fancy but its a start. The address is http://www.designermetalworks.net table 1: Table commisioned by a boat captain. Made using an actual bronze ship's wheel.The base is steel and was painted to match the natural patina.

The Art of Forging

DorothyRecek — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:30:03 -0500

(Article ideal for term papers or other papers)

Forging is a type of metal art by which pieces of metal are shaped through compressive forces. It is one of the oldest form of metal craft (12th century). The smith (the one who forges) uses a heavy hammer and an anvil to shape the metal.

Design Topic 3: Center Element Off-set (optical illusion)

Smyth Boone — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:17:44 -0600

When creating a stair railing that has a center element on the upright balusters, it is critical to have the center element raised slightly above the center-line of the baluster.

Here is an example... the collars in the center of each elongated 'O'(oval-the upright balusters), are the center elements off-set higher than mathematical middle of the 'O'.