WELDING

Today I bought myself a a 160A arc welding machine, I'm very excitted to start welding. I would really like to be able to make some tools and jigs to help me with my smithing.

Anatomy of smitthing tongs

                                                 This is the basic anatomy of black smith tongs

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                            These are some pictures of my first attempt at forging some blacksmith tongs

Flower ring

This is an 18ct whit gold ring the center stone will be a diamond and all around the outside will be set with emeralds

Lawnmower blade

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Lawn mower Blade knives!

While forging my tongs I decided to work on these knives at the same time so I can get the most out of my forge while it was hot. I am planning to make "mini" japanese style chef knives.
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Making my Fist pair of tongs

After a short time of "back and forth", I decided to make my own black smiths tongs. I went to the scrap yard and bought some round bar and started hammering away. They not any specific type of tongs but they look like bolt head tongs but have a universal tong bit. This is a process picture, I still need to take the finished pictures
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"Eternity" ring

The first job packet for today, I must upgrade my cameras this year
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Ready steady Go!

I'm Back and hitting the road running, its my first Back at work after a long holiday. I thoroughly cleaned my work and I can't wait to get smithing again.
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