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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 21 9:04 am Post subject: |
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the proto billet is looking ok
a few thoughts about makume gane
the commercial sheet stuff is crude, more ratners than faberge
most "trained" or "educated" smiths often have no talent for it, it is art and artisan and magick as well as actually understanding technical metallurgy in a complex composite product that is fit for purpose and workable
for assorted odd reasons i seem to have that skill and knowledge mix
i can sort of follow the knowledge trails but for them to coincide usefully is a bit odd
for half a year i had a future and access to play with the facilities available, some books a basic workshop and an amazed tutor
he said 5 yrs at jeweller school and he always failed, i said get it hot and hit it properly
i have had plenty of blobby failures, making as wire is too tense
billet and make wire makes sense
ps judging temps by colour and knowing which matter, knowing how the metals behave and interact at whatever temp are important. as are the manual skills of playing with hot things( the mistype on that word was amusing) and tools etc
i need a fire proof room, a mechanical/ machine room and a bench room
improvised will do for this, im not sure tt will be happy about my anvil block in the sitting room
"I'm only going to tap at it and it will be cold"
if the shed was metal that would be ideal, wood not so much
tapping in a metal shed might upset folk, at the mo i am using a felling wedge on my lap as an anvil
hey ho, hey ho, improvise we go |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 21 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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i really should get the mini anvil and flat block with a chisel hole out of the shed
the main issues are they are set in a metal drum full of very nice concrete with metal and for indoors i need to pop that on a stand on a solid floor and i am running out of solid floor
wayland with a pub brolly in the yard has little appeal but might be the best option unless the tapping is too much during darkness oh dear
day tap inside might be best, im not sure how the "home worker" might feel about that
the cooker extractor fan is fairly efficient for fumes etc and i have means to improvise a small hearth of soft refractory blocks without murdering the hob
ideal would be play in a box with a one way mirror(or video stream) so i dont see them and the public pay to view to cover premises
me and a chum , who carves new and restoration wood, considered premises
incompatible trades was a real problem that might be solvable, only needing it part time was an issue for both of us, price is daft round here(a garage size space costs more than a floor of a disused and undeveloped w yorks mill)
having to rotate kit due to space issues and having to improvise basics is challenging
not being annoying is even more tricky when improvising or finding a place to use for the job kit
ps the classic eboracum/yorvik/ style of home and workshop has merit, going off to"work" to do crafty arty stuff is far more like a job than life
the hot, toxic and if done badly dangeroos might be best in an out building
pps milling wire is easy, tis the other bits of the process that are not.
i could just buy wire roughly the right shape, nah, this deserves better.
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