These 7 are the first of 198 hand forged pieces I am making. Odds are, these will be tossed out due to poor craftmenship. I am hoping I will be much better at making these when I am done.
I worked on some of my Settlers of Catan pieces tonight
Today's lunch was Tuna Melt
I tried working on the gas forge tonight
Broke lots of things and didn't get a forge that worked very well. Just not enough heat.
I did run the rocket mass forge even though it's burnt out inside. Going to make a mess to clean up later in the ducts but I got the garage up to 57 again tonight. T-Shirt warm!
I pounded a bit of 1 inch square stock down to 3/4 inches to use in the hardy (square) hole of my new (used) anvil. This will be the post to hold the new face for the anvil.
Once I switched to coal and turned the air on, I got the metal much hotter, and it was so much better to work with. I am still learning – just reinforcing the basics at this point.
2011-12-03
2011-12-03
The post gets welded on like this. I am just checking square and double checking. I only really get one chance to weld it down.
