Slave bangle process

Forge and torch holder movie

Yay! I finally was able to make a movie out of the Animation...sort of. My friend Ruan demonstrated for me today the use of windows movie maker. Throw all of that into windows movie maker and "adjust frame speed" as he said then its good to go. I will give clear instruction in more blog posts.

Compound twist bangle

I got into my workshop and this emerged today I saw this method of combining pieces to twist on Pinterest. A slave type bangle or cuff. I will try again tomorrow and see if I can turn out something better.

Dug up out of the back yard

I was peeping over our yard wall into the property next door it was bought and is being cleared away of all trees. When I jumped back down I saw part of this strange looking object emerging. I'm not sure what it is but it looks like a bell.

I know that the area I live in, many years ago was a farm a very BIG farm. I once found riffle shells in the backyard whilst snooping around with my dogs. Who knows what this is?

Progress on the torch holdster

I was playing around on rhino with my basic rhino skills. I was trying to figure out the mechanics of this torch holder I was going to be making. The picture Carlo sent me were a great help, I need more measurements but here is the basic idea on rhino. I learned how to animate it, but I cold record it. The holder Mechanism is the main focus for this project.

There is a need for a tool!

Coffee can forge

Torch holder

Torch holdster

Photo by: Carlo Assumption

At the end of last term I was busy mulling over making a torch holder for the melting area, to hold the torch when the students are forging punches. At the moment it seems a very daunting and scary task to forge punches because the torch is placed flat on the table top and held down with a brick and flaring into the air and heat is lost. I realized this after having forging punches for the AngloPlat, I SHOULD MAKE A TOOL and a little forge! I will be posting updates of my progress on this project.

A nice saying

One of the blacksmiths I follow on Instagram often posts sayings that I enjoy. 

ITS HERE!

My Herbst 3 wheel grinder is finally here, it arrived this morning. Time to clean up and set up. Had to take a picture even if it is in the lounge. 

My first hollow grind- test piece

After setting up my new belt grinder, I could not help myself I had to try it out. So I profiled a piece of mild steel scrap I had and tried my first hollow grind. I think it went very well. Here it is.