DSEL74
21st Sep 2016, 12:02 AM
Tried to get some work done in the smithy today and for the first two hrs couldn't get the forge real hot even with the blower up full. For the life of me had no clue what was wrong. Had been cleaned and a fresh fire built. Later I realised the ash dump had jammed open. Closed it and off she went.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/69df0acdcf50ffc283399aea24d1e1c9.jpg
Made a little candle stand, new design I came up with.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/5cd86d5f1a230fa063076b71cc8f5094.jpg
A friend told me he thought my big toasting forks were very heavy and he'd get a tired arm. So I came up with a rest, the fork is self supporting by canterleaving.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/8fee356b5ef36c3043c3b3bf85cc5a28.jpg
You could also hang a billy off the eye of that poker, although I haven't tested it, I think the stand if stuck firmly in the ground should hold it.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/46f94e4371ca82da00759f282851b418.jpg
So the Missus can call me out of the depths of the shed for dinner.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/cc1a8e85a0ae0815ae6cafbe688dcb46.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/4655e5f81282b5d4f8a180ecd1f9bd20.jpg
Still have to make the hanger bracket and find some leather thonging.
Well the above conclude the successes now to the failure.
I decided to have a go at doing a Treble Cleft music note. It was only after I had finished I realised that I had put the vertical to the front instead of the back and in effect created a mirror image. Doh!
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/92a22569d243df34f03aedbfcf104e34.jpg
Will attempt to make a few jigs tomorrow and hopefully put them to use at the hammer in on the weekend.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/69df0acdcf50ffc283399aea24d1e1c9.jpg
Made a little candle stand, new design I came up with.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/5cd86d5f1a230fa063076b71cc8f5094.jpg
A friend told me he thought my big toasting forks were very heavy and he'd get a tired arm. So I came up with a rest, the fork is self supporting by canterleaving.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/8fee356b5ef36c3043c3b3bf85cc5a28.jpg
You could also hang a billy off the eye of that poker, although I haven't tested it, I think the stand if stuck firmly in the ground should hold it.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/46f94e4371ca82da00759f282851b418.jpg
So the Missus can call me out of the depths of the shed for dinner.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/cc1a8e85a0ae0815ae6cafbe688dcb46.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/4655e5f81282b5d4f8a180ecd1f9bd20.jpg
Still have to make the hanger bracket and find some leather thonging.
Well the above conclude the successes now to the failure.
I decided to have a go at doing a Treble Cleft music note. It was only after I had finished I realised that I had put the vertical to the front instead of the back and in effect created a mirror image. Doh!
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160920/92a22569d243df34f03aedbfcf104e34.jpg
Will attempt to make a few jigs tomorrow and hopefully put them to use at the hammer in on the weekend.