Posts in the «blacksmithing» Category
- Convert Ball Peen to Straight Peen Hammer
We were on vacation in Murphy NC. Beautiful place. On one of my early walks with the dog, I saw a wood handle in sticking out from brush at the base of a utility pole. I pulled it out and found an old 24oz ball peen hammer. It was in pretty bad shape with rust […]
- Bottlebrush Unicorn
My son had a project he wanted to make as a gift, so I turn this blog post over to him at this time. I went online to find a good picture of a unicorn. I found this one that was not too complicated to cut on the band saw. I cut a 14 inch […]
- Forged knife
A few years ago, my son went on a school trip to St. Augustine FL. One of the things they visited was a blacksmith shop. He was intrigued, so we entered into adding some ironworking to our shop. Back in March 2019 we decided to make a propane bucket forge and then make a knife. […]
- Australian Pine Live Edge Mirror
On one of our many boating trips to a favorite nearby beach we stumbled upon an Australian Pine rolling in the surf. As it was a hazard to navigation, I pulled it out of the surf and dragged it up on the beach. It was pretty large, roughly 25 feet long. This was back in […]