In my shop I have two bandsaws.  The large 7” one hardly ever sees use any more as I no longer take on large projects.  The inexpensive s...

My favorite cone mandrel is an old heavy cast type positioned in my acorn table work area.   However, it has a blunt tip and the smallest ...

In my last post I put an image of a storyboard which I typically make for repetitive projects to illustrate all the steps.  I keep the ins...

I’m finally back to making things.  After the recent coal trip I was cleaning t he bed of the pickup and managed to take a clumsy plung...

I checked the date and it was almost exactly a year ago when I went to the coal mine for a load.  When I’m running low I tell Betty and s...

Well, it’s too hot to forge again and I have been really busy with other things so there hans’t been much to post.  I am about to start as...

Almost every smith will say that from time to time a visitor will announce, “My grandfather was a blacksmith.”  Eventually, that event wi...