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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #45 on: February 23, 2016, 08:27:19 AM »
This is a craft, so I guess it's the right place to put this.

My brother and I finally built a forge! [+1 to life goals completion] It's made of some leftover bricks from when we had our patio redone, and for an anvil we use a slice out of a steel beam mounted on a tree stump.



That's awfully exciting, and I do like the chimney design  ;)
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #46 on: February 23, 2016, 09:10:52 AM »
Luth, what are you using for a bellows? I've seen everything from an actual bellows to a vacuum cleaner jiggered to run in reverse used. My sister used a hair dryer for her microforge when she was making tiny fine stuff, and there's a silversmith/goldsmith/bellfounder who uses a bellows that works a bit like one of those treadle sewing machines. It looks good! Main thing is to manage the coal bed and the airflow so you don't get hot and cold spots.
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #47 on: February 23, 2016, 10:32:45 AM »
That most definitely is a craft! Looks good, what are you planning on making?

Don't have much of a plan for that yet but we did take an old piece of piping and try hammering on it! We have basically no experience with forging except some cold forging last year, so we're just getting some practice. I made a little hook thing and the bit of piping kinda turned into a spear.

Luth, what are you using for a bellows? I've seen everything from an actual bellows to a vacuum cleaner jiggered to run in reverse used. My sister used a hair dryer for her microforge when she was making tiny fine stuff, and there's a silversmith/goldsmith/bellfounder who uses a bellows that works a bit like one of those treadle sewing machines. It looks good! Main thing is to manage the coal bed and the airflow so you don't get hot and cold spots.

You guessed it; a vacuum running in reverse. It is a little too powerful, and too concentrated on the coals so it did end up with only one hot spot and the rest barely burning. We're planning on building some system to split the air before it goes in, which would also make it less powerful because at the moment there's so much force all the coals are blown around, and away from the hot spot. :-\
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #48 on: February 23, 2016, 10:51:36 AM »
You may have the airstream too close to the coals? If moving it further back is not an option, try placing a metal grid or grating where it will break up the airstream. I take it you are burning charcoal? What kind? Smiths in the old days used to modify the heat output of their fire by several methods: changing the depth and shape of their firebox, making the actual bed of coals deeper or shallower, adding wood to the coals (preferred woods were hawthorn, oak, ash (NOT rowan or mountain ash wood, but the actual ash tree, Fraxinus, the one with the little rotor-looking seeds called ash keys.). Hawthorn burns very hot, oak and ash cooler but even and long-lasting. Make sure the wood is dry.

Really the only way to work out what works for your forge is to experiment. Have fun!
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #49 on: February 29, 2016, 04:55:10 PM »
What? No, of course I didn't do another dragon papercut. <_< >_>

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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #50 on: March 01, 2016, 04:46:11 AM »
What? No, of course I didn't do another dragon papercut. <_< >_>


That's great!  :)
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #51 on: March 01, 2016, 07:17:40 AM »
What? No, of course I didn't do another dragon papercut. <_< >_>



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Holy, how did you even-
It looks awesome. < 3
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #52 on: March 01, 2016, 03:15:31 PM »
What? No, of course I didn't do another dragon papercut. <_< >_>


Beautiful dragon, and very impressive papercut! (Imagines all the little teeny tiny paper bits that soo easily goes rtchh and is even more impressed).

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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #53 on: March 01, 2016, 05:31:34 PM »
Ana, what alovely dragon!
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #54 on: March 01, 2016, 05:35:59 PM »
Oh, arts&crafts ^v^!!!

Ana, those dragons are awesome!!!

I do embroideries of various stuff, mainly insects

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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #55 on: March 01, 2016, 06:20:42 PM »
Ana, this is so precise and impressive !

I do embroideries of various stuff, mainly insects

That's very nice :) Embroidery is on my list of things-I-would-like-to-learn-someday.
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #56 on: March 01, 2016, 06:28:37 PM »
Thank you for the compliments, everyone! And tip to anyone cutting things precisely: get a sharp knife! I did this with a new blade, and it made a world of difference compared to my old, dull one!



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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #57 on: March 01, 2016, 07:02:15 PM »

Cuuuute! It's asking for someone to come pat its face, right?  ;)



That's lovely, I really admire your mixing of colours in it.
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #58 on: March 01, 2016, 09:26:18 PM »
Antillanka, that's just so lovely! Another insect enthusiast here.
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« Reply #59 on: March 01, 2016, 09:31:54 PM »
Antillanka, that's just so lovely! Another insect enthusiast here.

Wohoo! Insects for life :D !
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