If you put a rub of hand soap on the fine grade wet and dry paper, you will find it then wets a lot better and gives a more even finish. I was told this trick by a friend, who had done the full apprenticeship at Mulliner- Park Ward, the Rolls Royce coachbuilders.
Just a hint seen from other smiths who work on small pieces, weld a piece of rebar to the fat end so you have something to handle and no fuck around with tongs which seem to slow you down, you can always cut of the rebar at a later time.
Yet you at least admit that your making mistakes, and explaining to me best of your knowledge where you went wrong. Better yet you have the beach balls to make it live on forever in video archives somewhere in the future. You're intentions were to give Cuz something to last several lifetimes over is what counts to him, and those of us that appreciate the effort, and time you took on his behalf, as well as for our entertainment. I think you accomplished more than you realize, because hopefully you motivated someone else to step up to the hammer and anvil, and make some memories of themselves as well as whomever is on the receiving end of they're efforts. Funny I'm retarded sheet metal work of over 40 years, and as much as I enjoy fabricating most anything from metal of all types, I've never actually tried my hand at the dark arts of Black Smith, are of the Farrier either one. I don't consider heating up a piece of steel and bending it over, are making a alternator bracket offset to bring pulleys into better alignment so as it doesn't throw the belt constantly due to misalignment. So I tip my hard hat to you for your efforts Sir. Now try forge welding two spikes together to achieve the desired thickness you want next time. Good friend that left us couple years back, was apprentice trained farrier, and some 50 years experience had the power hammer and all the tools of both trades, and even though I watched him work his craft at many things that he needed, are someone else did. Yet I never asked to take my hand any of it, and he always made a point of explaining everything as he went about what ever chore he was doing. I kick my selves everytime I think of something like that, and the times I look across the pasture towards his ole place. Hindsight is something I always tried to eliminate throughout my career, but be dam if I didn't drop the ball there big time.
If you put a rub of hand soap on the fine grade wet and dry paper, you will find it then wets a lot better and gives a more even finish. I was told this trick by a friend, who had done the full apprenticeship at Mulliner- Park Ward, the Rolls Royce coachbuilders.
Thank you!
Just a hint seen from other smiths who work on small pieces, weld a piece of rebar to the fat end so you have something to handle and no fuck around with tongs which seem to slow you down, you can always cut of the rebar at a later time.
When are you working on the hit and miss engine again?
The next video I upload will be back to working on the engines.
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Yet you at least admit that your making mistakes, and explaining to me best of your knowledge where you went wrong.
Better yet you have the beach balls to make it live on forever in video archives somewhere in the future.
You're intentions were to give Cuz something to last several lifetimes over is what counts to him, and those of us that appreciate the effort, and time you took on his behalf, as well as for our entertainment.
I think you accomplished more than you realize, because hopefully you motivated someone else to step up to the hammer and anvil, and make some memories of themselves as well as whomever is on the receiving end of they're efforts.
Funny I'm retarded sheet metal work of over 40 years, and as much as I enjoy fabricating most anything from metal of all types, I've never actually tried my hand at the dark arts of Black Smith, are of the Farrier either one.
I don't consider heating up a piece of steel and bending it over, are making a alternator bracket offset to bring pulleys into better alignment so as it doesn't throw the belt constantly due to misalignment.
So I tip my hard hat to you for your efforts Sir.
Now try forge welding two spikes together to achieve the desired thickness you want next time.
Good friend that left us couple years back, was apprentice trained farrier, and some 50 years experience had the power hammer and all the tools of both trades, and even though I watched him work his craft at many things that he needed, are someone else did.
Yet I never asked to take my hand any of it, and he always made a point of explaining everything as he went about what ever chore he was doing.
I kick my selves everytime I think of something like that, and the times I look across the pasture towards his ole place.
Hindsight is something I always tried to eliminate throughout my career, but be dam if I didn't drop the ball there big time.
Thank you for sharing that! I hope I am able to inspire someone. Everyone starts out not knowing squat. Some people tend to forget that.
I -think- *am sure* I've seen worse results in Forged in Fire
looks a bit burnt
The last heat I did burnt it.