http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/alt.crafts.blacksmithing-newsgroup-1.htm Practice and process of blacksmithing. en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:43:01 -0400 info@eaglemountstudios.com http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/FUEL-SOLUTIONEARN-MONEY-80146-article3359--5.htm Why PAY TOO MUCH for FUEL Learn how to protect our Environment and Reduce unnecessary spending http://www.fuellegacy.co ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:12:18 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/-66662-article3360--5.htm Get The Funds You Need With This Innovative Online Fund Raiser Business Personal Loans Details: http://ipulink.com/WFIFS/ x2)HcYtmOHqgtRDNhM ..The post does not have any replies yet. 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Read more and discuss here Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:48:14 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Manual-of-Steel-Construction-(1988)-article3323--5.htm Manual of Steel Construction (1988) By The American Institute of Steel Construction Additional information and photos of this book are available on ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:22:46 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Another-Tom-Latanequot-workshop-completed-article3319--5.htm I just returned from a 3 day workshop with Tom Latane. This one was to teach us how to make a key lock for the 15/16th century chest that many of u ..... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:09:21 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Re-verizon-alt-newsgroup-deletion-complaint-addre--article3318--5.htm About newsgroups and Verizon access gmail has newsgroup services. In fact, I lurk on this very group through Google Groups. Sign up for a gmail accoun ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:05:25 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Tool-for-ID-stamp-on-blades-article3314--5.htm Good morning to the group. Thanks to all for the input on etching solutions for my damascus. All is going well. My new question is can anyone prov ..... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:09:53 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Sargent-Blank-Keys-article3307--5.htm I have about 100 pinned Sargent cylinders and cores with keyways such as KA, KB, KC and KE. A group of 50 of these are keyed/pinned but use an undeter ..... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:21:47 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Pure-Iron-source-(rod-or-bar)-needed-(USA)-article3303--5.htm Im looking for a few feet of at least 99.5 pure iron rod or bar, any size from at least 1/4quot square or round, but not over 1/2quot thick. I need i ..... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Fri, 30 May 2008 13:46:51 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Warner-wheel-hubs-article3296--5.htm Hi all. Im scrambling to help a friend finish up a buggy restoration. Were short a quotWarnerquot hub. Does anyone have any information about their ..... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 22 May 2008 16:04:21 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Blacksmith-Day-245-2008-article3295--5.htm Hi All good and important days to be remembered got its day in the calendar. Last year, close to Valentines Day, members of Antracit Blacksmith Porta ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Mon, 19 May 2008 07:08:25 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Etchung-Solutions-for-Damascus-article3287--5.htm Good day folks Im new to this news group and trying to get some information. I have been working a coal fired, hand cranked forge for about 6 year ..... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Mon, 12 May 2008 15:09:27 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Homebrew-Forge-link-article3281--5.htm Several years ago, I ran across on another machine a web site that had directions for building a forge from a used Freon container. Does anyone stil ..... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sat, 10 May 2008 15:19:00 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/BAM-conference-article3275--5.htm I just returned from the BAM (Blacksmith Association of Missouri) conference in Sedalia, MO, about 8 miles east of Kansas City MO. It was a great ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Mon, 05 May 2008 15:13:55 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Call-for-Entries-Attention-Jewelers-Metalsmiths--article3274--5.htm METAL Inclinations An International Juried Digital Exhibition Debuts World Wide on the Internet October 31, 2008 through October 31, 2009 Deadline, J ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:54:43 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Was-skills-for-blacksmithing-Now-Boy-Scouts-and-b--article3272--5.htm The current president of the Guild of Metalsmiths, Rich Herman has made local (eastern Minnesota) Boy Scouts quite aware of blacksmithing. Last ye ..... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:29:37 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/What-it-takes-to-be-a-blacksmith-article3263--5.htm I feel compelled, again, to say sorthing in quotblacksmithingquot. if anyone is interested, I wrote an article, based on this skill set, that disc ..... The post has 8 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:23:22 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Apr-12-test-article3257--5.htm ASDF asdf sdfg ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:03:35 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Upsetting-14-in-dia-rod-article3243--5.htm The only method I can think of is to get a 30quot tall piece of 2quot pipe and fill it with water, so when I heat a piece of 1/4quot dia rod (28 inch ..... The post has 18 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:39:04 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Cutting-OCS-article3238--5.htm This newbie is asking if one messes up the chemistry of automobile leaf springs when they use acetylene to cut them I mean a long cuts to make slen ..... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:02:07 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Cracked-fire-pots-article3223--5.htm Does anyone want to offer thoughts about the relative quality of firepots, one vendor to another That is: do some mfrs (or sellers) firepots cra ..... The post has 11 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:14 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Champion-Forge-Blower-Motor-Rheostat-article3214--5.htm The rheostat was messed up on a Champion Forge blower, so it had two speeds. Off and On. First day at school was not nice, with poor coal and no low ..... The post has 11 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:07:54 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/School-this-Sat-and-Sun-article3202--5.htm I am going to a blacksmith school Sat and Sun in a neighboring town 35 miles away. 6 hours each day. limited to 2 students. Last weekend was another ..... The post has 10 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:48:23 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Any-Volunteer-blacksmith-training-in-under-develop--article3191--5.htm Are any of you involved in teaching basic blacksmithing skills to people at the bottom of the economic ladder in developing areas or countries Pete ..... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:40:00 -0400 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Power-Hammer-of-the-Gods-article3162--5.htm Found this on Toolmonger this morning: http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/04/itsjustcoolmassivepowerhammer/ I get the feeling you can probably hammer out ..... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:30:17 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Showing-off-a-little--bladesmithing-pics-include--article3159--5.htm Hello all, I finally got someone to lend me some photographic expertise to get a couple of pictures snapped of one of my pieces, so I figured Id shar ..... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:49:39 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Sharp-rightangle-bends-article3153--5.htm Ive been seeing a variety of recipes for making a sharp right angle bend. A manual from the turn of the century that has us upset the area to 1.5 ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:49:22 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Congrats-Spaco-article3146--5.htm Gday Pete, I saw your article in the current edition of the Hammers Blow, on the poor mans hydraulic press. Thanks for writing that mate, I look for ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:40:26 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/eBay-Peter-Wright-double-horn-anvil-article3143--5.htm http://snipr.com/DoubleHornAnvil ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:28:27 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Fire-management-in-a-coal-forge-article3136--5.htm Hey, Im a brand spankin new smith whos having a bit of a problem. Ive fired my forge twice now since Ive built it, and it makes me happier than anythi ..... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:22:14 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Recipeavailability-for-Repousse-Pitch-article3128--5.htm I am trying to find information about making Repousse pitch. I have found several quotrecipesquot for making pitch, but, most of them are from the ear ..... The post has 8 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:00:36 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/power-hammer-tooling-article3127--5.htm Gday all, I was reading the Hammers Blow, spring 2007 editing today, the article about power hammer tooling. One tool mentioned and pictured was a q ..... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:25:47 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Lube-grease-for-Champion-hand-crank-article3123--5.htm I have a Champion blower thats in nice shape externally, the gears seem to be in fine shape, but the bearings, especially on the fanshaft are pretty ..... The post has 14 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:32:07 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Building-a-Coal-forge--input-appreciated-article3102--5.htm Hello all As payment for one of the knives I made, Ive got the services of a very talented welder to help me make a new forge from the ground up. ..... The post has 14 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:42:18 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Ebay-Anvil-Worth-it-article3096--5.htm Hello all: Im bidding on this eBay anvil. I was outbid. Im thinking of bidding again. To me, it looks like its in really good condition. Opinions ..... The post has 13 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:11:34 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Where-to-get-14quot-square-mild-steel-article3084--5.htm Many people use 1/4quot square rod for lots of projects like nails, Shooks, kitchen tools, etc., etc. Most would like to use hot rolled mild steel f ..... The post has 11 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:35:03 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Learning-to-be-a-FarrierBlacksmith-in-Louisiana-article3062--5.htm I would like to know if there is anywhere one can learn to become a farrier/blacksmith in Louisiana I like animals and the idea of metal working goin ..The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:56:33 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/TV-Blacksmithing-article3061--5.htm . . . since there seemed to be quite an interest last year when I posted info about this, I repost now. I have no association with either RFD, the sch ..... 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Read more and discuss here Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:02:30 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Pattern-Ideas-article3028--5.htm A Google alert found my inbox this morning with a delicious PDF of all sorts of ironwork ideas: http://www.metalwebnews.org/ftp/wroughtirondrawings.p ..... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:38:38 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/quotHow-to-Set-Up-and-Use-a-Treadle-Hammerquot-video--a--article3024--5.htm Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had any feedback on this video produced by Jere Kirkpatricks Valley Forge and Welding. Is it of good quality Does ..... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:56:17 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/power-hammer-conversion-article3022--5.htm my wife is a blacksmith and we bought her a quotstrikequot hammer from a metal worker who did mostly cold work and specialized in architectural metal ..... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:35:07 -0500 http://www.eaglemountstudios.com/Water-and-coke-article3021--5.htm Ive run across stuff that seems to say that water is helpful in the coking process, but it was a little heavy on the particulars of the chemistry an ..... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:49:36 -0500