How Many Smiths Have we got on This site????

[Thumper]

I'm up for swappin' tips and such. Been doing smithing about 5 years, started primitive but now mostly ornamental  interior stuff (traditional and Art Nouveau). Any one interested in doing a gallery of pic's for the site here?

[FrankG]

I'm a wanna be .......does that count  I'll take all the tips I can and if I figger any thing out I'll share 

[Pitchy]

Here`s a steak flipper made from a RR spike.

[Pitchy]

Here`s a tool ya can make for putting grooves around a rod, or do  two and ha have a bead.

[FrankG]

Very cool Lenn 

[Roaring Bull]

OK Lenn I know nothing.....howdya do dat?  It's really cool but how's it work?




Thumper I am digging that bull head!

[Razor]

Like FrankG says "I'm a wannabe"
Knifework mostly, but a bit of everything.
All this took place before I could afford a digital camera or computer, so, most everything is history.

[FrankG]

OK Lenn I know nothing.....howdya do dat?  It's really cool but how's it work?




Thumper I am digging that bull head!

Ahhhhh Bull .........Pitchy made the Bull steak flipper 

[Pitchy]

Those flippers are time consuming but turn out neat.
The thing for putting the groove in ya put the rod in and that flat piece slides down on top of it. There`s a round rod on the bottum also. Then you hammer on top as your turning the rod..

[Roaring Bull]

sorry Lenn...........they are really cool......I just can't read.

[Pitchy]

sorry Lenn...........they are really cool......I just can't read.

Were you asking about the flipper?
Ya hook that little curled tail under your steak and flip it over.

[Thumper]

Pitchy, Nice piece, you're no piker, you been doin' this a while! I like your guillotine fuller, I made one that looks like a dinosaur head from the side(I'll do pic's tomorrow), also, my namesake "Thumper, is a Junk Yard Hammer I made after seeing one on the anvil fire site, here's a pic:
http://www.fmtc.com/~tfl1x/Thumper1.JPG
Here's a rifle stand I just did for a reenactor buddy:
http://www.fmtc.com/~tfl1x/GunSt1.jpg
http://www.fmtc.com/~tfl1x/GunSt3.jpg
Wannabe's are where we all start guy's, I'm a pernennial one, I alway's "wannabe" better!!
I never posted HTML's here, so if they don't come up in blue, just copy and paste.....computers are still a great mystery to me.

[Pitchy]

Your smithing a lot more than me, i`m just a armature and play around a little.
That`s a nice stand and hammer, I had a 50 lb. little giant but sold it few years back.

[Roaring Bull]

beautiful stand, Thumper.

[bull frog]

I bet you could get some orders for those gun holders....looked real nice.  The other items were great too.