Monty I shod 2 horses the morning of my wedding then the brother decided to take a short cut on the way to the wedding and we ended up 1 and a half hours late
That's the way to do it, John. Set the standard from the start. An Uncle of mine advised me to take my first pay check after I was married, cash it at the bar, and buy everyone drinks till it was gone. He said if I waited six months to do something like that, she'd throw me out.
lol i Had to cancle the two mules we had scedualed that morning because we were late getting done the day before
Another six ton of scrap halled sence fri but im setting some time aside this am smitty should have something to post this afternoon even if its just a paper weight
Couldent make up my mind wether to make a sculpter a shoe or a knife .pretty sure i couldent compeat in the shoe department case hardened for four houres so it wouldent be useless. I see what you mean about taking pics.harder then the forging
Was fun guys maybe try agen when we get to mo . Lerend a little on this one, theres two failed attemts in my scrap pile first one i folded a saw blade into and got a cold shut at the tang but its a nice enough pice of demaskis that i think i will weld a tang on it and finnish it later .second one i tryed pritcheling my fullering and being fullered bolth sides it was so thin it split next to the nail holes mostly i lerned that im rilly out of practis and that the deeper nest and new blower are going to take some getting useto.thanks for the challege smitty . All good entrys guys but if i was judging i think i would go with chris
I'm going for 11:59 PM January 31, 2015. If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get nothin' done at all.
I have been away the last two weekends, booked the forge for today but see I was a day late, so didn't bother.
Mistakes can be cooler then the end product .hit it with acid and think I can repair the cold shut View attachment 5448
Darn, I thought it was the end of the month, too. I even re-lined my forge this morning so I could make a super-duper piece. I'll post my disqualified one I made already when I get the kid to show me how. At least I have the afternoon off now.
How about another tool making contest ? Something specific like tongs ,hoof knives ,hammers or pritchals .much easier to judge if everyone makes the same thing