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olydemon
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Location: Olympia, Warshington. Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 Posts: 12506
Real Name: Oly Damon
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:21 pm |
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PMB
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Joined: Wed Mar 6, 2013 Posts: 12018
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AWESOME! I love your work sir.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:27 pm |
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survivor
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Location: Kent Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013 Posts: 1653
Real Name: Andy
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Wow ! Very cool
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:31 pm |
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cmica
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Location: I-5 /512 Joined: Thu Dec 8, 2011 Posts: 15212
Real Name: chris
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nice work DEMON!! seems like you and ironworker need to do a nice competition for fun
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L_O_G
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2011 Posts: 13485
Real Name: JP
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Wow those are sweet
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PMB
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Joined: Wed Mar 6, 2013 Posts: 12018
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olydemon wrote: Getting a forge going was the hardest part. Part of that was deciding gas vs coal, and also where I wanted to set up a work area, and then just building it. I plan on building a new forge this winter... be prepared for a brain picking session. Olydemon wrote: I scored a deal on a beat up anvil from the internet and my bosses also gave me a small steel anvil. <snip> Eventually I want to cash in the retirement to get a real anvil, but they are expensive and most people with used ones want too much. The anvil scarcity was my biggest pet peeve about hobby blacksmithing... Freaking insane how these rusty abused beat to hell chunks of scrap iron morphed into collectable icons from Mount Olympus, forged on by Hephaestus himself! Zeuss almighty, to take an ancient diety's name in vain. olydemon wrote: Here are some photos. Still pretty much a novice, but I'm improving. You're modest. These look awesome. Remember the door handle that I welded up from a railroad spike? Think how much better (and better looking) your mystery chunk of twisted steel is than that. DemonicBlacksmithing wrote: Forge shot.... Heating something...... Some more stuff in the heat... Yeah, gimme some of that. I still like the idea of forging with coal, but have to admit that new technology is superior.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:10 pm |
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WaJim
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Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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You have 75 days till Christmas....thinking a PIF bottle opener with wagu logo raffle? Or you could build us all one. Very Nice work. Have you tried sand cast bronze/brass yet? I'm sure you watched the video of the BP rifle build by the Colonial smith that was posted a few months ago in Gen Firearm Discussion. That freaken amazes me.
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21147
Real Name: Vick Lagina
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The twisty wrought-iron vampire slayer is pretty cool.
I could see a pair of them made into andirons.
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sportsdad60
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Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8578
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Absolutely a very cool hobby! Thanks for sharing!
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Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:55 am |
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Rix86
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Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5837
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Bought the wife a forge a couple years ago. I've tinkered with it a little. No idea what I'm doing. I need instruction.
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Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:04 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 51917
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Rix86 wrote: Bought the wife a forge a couple years ago. ^ I can honestly say that I've never heard anyone utter that sentence before. Damon, that's some pretty amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing with us.
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Rix86
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Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5837
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She liked the idea. I needed a present for her. Bingo.
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Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:47 am |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28149
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Yes. Very cool!!
On my bucket list!!
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olydemon
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Location: Olympia, Warshington. Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 Posts: 12506
Real Name: Oly Damon
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MadPick wrote: Rix86 wrote: Bought the wife a forge a couple years ago. ^ I can honestly say that I've never heard anyone utter that sentence before. Damon, that's some pretty amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing with us. You should be thanking PMB for suggesting I post.....
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olydemon
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Location: Olympia, Warshington. Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 Posts: 12506
Real Name: Oly Damon
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Worked on a few things this weekend. First, like a baboon with a welding torch, I made my first bending Jig. I also dressed up a cheap china made 3lb sledge hammer to have a rounding face. Full gallery here: https://imgur.com/a/G1z5qThen yesterday I made an attempt to make a cube twist, ended up looking more like a pile of bricks from a collapsed wall. Rest of gallery here:https://imgur.com/a/4EgBo
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