My advances in blacksmithig

[milius2]

Hi there folk! I just wanted to show you my latest piece from the forge. And It's not a firesteel this time! I've been doing progress...

It's a firewood storage item, sorry I don't know what's it could be called in English? Maybe you could help?

It takes about as much as you'd pick up in one go, surely a handy thing to have as you don't need to spoil that fancy shirt

Wooden handle treated with linseed oil.

Have had a lot of fun making it as well as tears Took me ages, but well it's all worth it in the end... isn't it?

Cheers, Andy.

P.S. Sorry for the absence, for the most part of the winter I have just been a silent lurker....

 

[TomBartlett]

Wow, that's brilliant. Not only does it look great, it sounds like it's going to see some practical use too. Well done mate.

 

[mrcharly]

Excellent stuff.

Are the pieces forge welded or arc welded together?

 

[monkey boy]

thats very good work there, you have a tallent sir 

 

[Dreadhead]

fantastic thats a great piece of work, especially love the twists and spirals

 

[John Fenna]

Loverly stuff!
Very good looking and practical too - you must be very proud of that work!

 

[Baggy]

Excellent work, that would look great next to a fireplace.

 

[milius2]

mrcharlie, I used different methods on this piece, I try to use as little arc as possible, but without it some ideas are just not possible. In this case most of the pieces inlock with each other and no welding is even required, but some are welded to hold firm.

Thanks all for kind comments

 

[the interceptor boy]

you got the skills, you could make a smaller one and a similar tripod for base camp camping to your own taste, very nice need, maybe one for your parents as above. cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[Whittler Kev]

Nice one dude

 

[bikebum1975]

Damn nice work that thing is purdy

 

[grey-array]

That looks wonderful, really something to be proud off, top job there ^^
Looks like its gonna make a home feel a lot more like home

 

[milius2]

This piece is not staying at my place, need to sell it and get some coal more projects on the way, thanks for kind words, now I'm more confident and can try flogging it on evil-bay.

Cheers Kev, you're one of those who inspired me to try blacksmith craft

 

[milius2]

OK, a few more projects that I've now finished. Hope you like, maybe a few ideas for yourself?


A small gate.

A bike stand for 2 bikes. A local bookstore ordered this one.

This, believe it not, is a coat hanger I had the horn for a few months and no clue how to properly fit it... then came up with this:

Cheers, Andy.

 

[HillBill]

Very nice.

 

[sasquatch]

Nice one, looks like the beginning of a great way to get deeper and deeper into smithing. That's great when your hobby starts to make some money, I can see why people are paying for it when you have ideas like that!

 

[dwardo]

Stunning work there.

 

[grey-array]

Damn that is something to be Proud of, and when I say proud i mean... Proud.
I Love the gate, its marvelous, and I really like the way you joined the two materials, getting them to work with each other. love it
And love the little classic medieval looking crossbar section on the bottom too. a Beaut.
Also really like the coat hanger and the bike stand, keep up being awesome
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[milius2]

Damn that is something to be Proud of, and when I say proud i mean... Proud.
I Love the gate, its marvelous, and I really like the way you joined the two materials, getting them to work with each other. love it
And love the little classic medieval looking crossbar section on the bottom too. a Beaut.
Also really like the coat hanger and the bike stand, keep up being awesome
Yours sincerely Ruud

Cheers man! you did noticed all the details
Thanks all!

 

[milius2]

OK, nothing bushcrafty, but I like this piece a lot:

The CREEPY CRAWLERS pen tray

Andy