My first products
May 13, 2008 20:49:49 GMT
Post by Matt993f.o.d on May 13, 2008 20:49:49 GMT
So I have finally made my first completely independantly made products. No teacher. No instructions. Freehand.
I got my forge all set up, the blower attached, all my tools dressed, the safety gear ready and the slack tub filled.
So after a massively long wait, here are my first products. A pair of fire tools. Material is 1/2" mild steel bar stock. Handles are made by a 360 degree twist and are lightly brass burnished. The two hanging hooks are smaller than I would like, but the tools are only going to be hanging up by nails, so it doesnt matter. Also, were I to do them again, I would draw the poker point down with the cross peen, so as to get a longer taper.
But pictures speak louder than my babblings.
My poker
The (perfectly regular, despite the photo) point of the poker
The handle and hook of the poker
Another picture of the handle
The rake
The rake part of the rake
The rake's handle and hook. The twist isnt as even as the one on the poker
By the way, I will get round to knife making someday, but not until I have more experience with general blacksmithing. I see no point at starting at the top of an art. A builder doesnt make a cathedral on his first day.
I am also half way through making my third item. A hot chisel from an old torsion bar. Thats around 7/8" carbon steel (likely to be .6% carbon at most) round stock. It'll be a beast of a chisel. It took me a whole hour to draw down the end, partly because the charcoal I am using won't allow more than a bright orange heat and partly since the steel was so thick. When it is done, I shall post a picture.
I got my forge all set up, the blower attached, all my tools dressed, the safety gear ready and the slack tub filled.
So after a massively long wait, here are my first products. A pair of fire tools. Material is 1/2" mild steel bar stock. Handles are made by a 360 degree twist and are lightly brass burnished. The two hanging hooks are smaller than I would like, but the tools are only going to be hanging up by nails, so it doesnt matter. Also, were I to do them again, I would draw the poker point down with the cross peen, so as to get a longer taper.
But pictures speak louder than my babblings.
My poker
The (perfectly regular, despite the photo) point of the poker
The handle and hook of the poker
Another picture of the handle
The rake
The rake part of the rake
The rake's handle and hook. The twist isnt as even as the one on the poker
By the way, I will get round to knife making someday, but not until I have more experience with general blacksmithing. I see no point at starting at the top of an art. A builder doesnt make a cathedral on his first day.
I am also half way through making my third item. A hot chisel from an old torsion bar. Thats around 7/8" carbon steel (likely to be .6% carbon at most) round stock. It'll be a beast of a chisel. It took me a whole hour to draw down the end, partly because the charcoal I am using won't allow more than a bright orange heat and partly since the steel was so thick. When it is done, I shall post a picture.