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by wheresthefife
Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:45 am
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Experiments in skint blacksmithing
Replies: 49
Views: 23478

Re: Experiments in skint blacksmithing

Would you mind letting us know how you did that? What sort of vessel did you use to melt the metal in? What materials did you make the molds from? Or did you rather heat the metal up until it was maleable and then beat and hammer it into shape? No melting - cast steel would be a terrible knife, and...
by wheresthefife
Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:01 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Experiments in skint blacksmithing
Replies: 49
Views: 23478

Re: Experiments in skint blacksmithing

Amazing . Well done m8 . FYI horse shoe steel is quite soft . I know we go through them every 7-8 weeks depending on work load on the horses . Not sure the hardness of it but a rasp will remove metal. Anyone want a horseshoe or 20 ..... J Ta :-) Yeah it's not ideal - tbh none of the steel I used wa...
by wheresthefife
Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:50 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
Replies: 903
Views: 265677

Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

Christmas means a little free time! Scavenged some old shelves that were going spare to hold stuff - Nice to have it sort of organised and off the floor. Have to date managed to build up about 85(ish) L of water and food for between 2 weeks and a month (depending on how desperate we were to make it ...
by wheresthefife
Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Experiments in skint blacksmithing
Replies: 49
Views: 23478

Re: Experiments in skint blacksmithing

Thanks Deeps! I just used Photobucket, which is full of ads and clunky, but free.
by wheresthefife
Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:03 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Experiments in skint blacksmithing
Replies: 49
Views: 23478

Experiments in skint blacksmithing

Been having a bit of a play this year - trying to make something useful out of bits of rusty scrap, without spending money on equipment etc (because y'know, student). I have hammers etc, and a bench grinder. I used a hole in the ground as a 'forge' and a scrounged bit of I-beam as an anvil. http://i...
by wheresthefife
Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:59 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hi, South Wales newbie here.
Replies: 8
Views: 2580

Re: Hi, South Wales newbie here.

Thanks all!
by wheresthefife
Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:41 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hi, South Wales newbie here.
Replies: 8
Views: 2580

Hi, South Wales newbie here.

Hi. Just a quick obligatory introduction post. I've developed a bit of a desire to prepare recently, for all sorts of reasons - the main one being that it just seems sensible. Starting gently, building up some food/water reserves, which I guess it can never hurt to have. About me: Average guy, but t...