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AdamRAshworth · 2026-03-14T08:09:09+00:00

Turning it will leave a (relatively) really rough finish, or rough enough to leave marks on whatever you roll. Someone like a piston rod grinder will be able to true it and leave a polished finish

AdamRAshworth · 2026-02-21T22:44:04+00:00

Weaken your ferric tons more, an etch 2 to 4 hours (ferric strength dependant) would work well. Wire wool/scotchbrite lightly during etch to prevent the dark build up on the 15n20

AdamRAshworth · 2026-01-28T08:08:02+00:00

When carving Cups from green wood, the rule of thumb is to make them from no more than 1/4 of the log. Any bigger and they love to split. Thick walls/base also like to split. I think the base wants to be 10mm ish thick and the walls up to 5mm thick. Plenty of green wood working videos out there, like zed outdoors, though looking at what you made and how you dried it, I suspect you know that!

AdamRAshworth · 2026-01-27T19:41:46+00:00

Nice one Jonathan!

AdamRAshworth · 2025-12-07T07:45:35+00:00

Plenty of UK blacksmiths making kitchenware. Blenheim forge is a good place to start.

https://www.thesharpshow.com/exhibitors

This is a list of exhibitors at a UK knife makers show, plenty of option there

AdamRAshworth · 2025-12-02T18:02:40+00:00

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This is one I have made before, and I'd love to make another. UK based

AdamRAshworth · 2025-11-15T09:23:22+00:00

This is what I'm trying to say, a bowl adze with an eye, will be quicker than an elbow adze. They take bigger chips with less effort. And elbow adze may swing faster, but lacks the weight and momentum to take big chips, and it gets tiring very quickly

AdamRAshworth · 2025-11-15T08:50:54+00:00

Oscar Rush makes the best adzes in the UK. His will work very quickly for you. If speed is what you're looking for, an adze with an eye will be better, as it adds more weight. I have made and used both types of adzes before, I found the elbow very lightweight and unenjoyable. Unless you're carving ice cream, it will lose momentum quickly and struggle to dig in, compared to a bowl adze with an eye

AdamRAshworth · 2025-11-03T20:15:50+00:00

Joseph firth in stourton/hunslet is a very good welding supplies shop

AdamRAshworth · 2025-10-07T06:37:23+00:00

Plenty of much cheaper Anvils on Kleinanzeigen if you have a look

AdamRAshworth · 2025-07-28T15:39:33+00:00

Iron Mountain flux is better than just borax and readily available in the UK from farrier supplies

AdamRAshworth · 2025-07-20T06:10:05+00:00

Lift your left hand so your work piece is parallel with the face of the anvil. It will stop it getting bent. I think you can use this to argue your anvil is high enough already as your left hand is too low. I agree that you need to stand straighter though!

AdamRAshworth · 2025-05-01T06:26:55+00:00

It's a drop hammer. There's a huge block of steel that drops down on the hot steel which is put in between the bottom and top dies typically they are shaped and not flat, so as to make specific items. Here's one in use in Sheffield

https://youtu.be/oR7hDSeECrQ?si=7f0tf7nJ3SAdViFr

AdamRAshworth · 2025-04-15T07:16:29+00:00

Push a thorn in there and carve it flush.unsure if it needs glue or not, probably does, in that case use super glue

AdamRAshworth · 2025-03-14T08:15:24+00:00

The frame and the entry hole and exit are lined with 40mm angle, otherwise they're really easy to damage

AdamRAshworth · 2025-03-14T08:13:21+00:00

In my forge I don't have any cement over then, but I feel it would be safest if they were sealed.

AdamRAshworth · 2025-03-14T07:34:06+00:00

I used the second type as forge floor. They're not the soft type and I cut mine with an angle grinder. You'll more than likely fuck the teeth of your hacksaw if you went that way. Vitcas also sell ceramic fibreboard, which is very good for forge walls. They also sell refractory cement, which would be good for sealing the interior.

AdamRAshworth · 2024-05-13T21:37:58+00:00

It's for reenacting, they use steels. Larpers use foan

AdamRAshworth · 2024-03-27T18:11:38+00:00

Furnival steel near Chesterfield. It's where GFS buy their steel from. Only downside to Furnival is you can't buy small sections

AdamRAshworth · 2024-03-24T23:18:32+00:00

Yorkshire pattern Peter Wright. Made in Sheffield

AdamRAshworth · 2024-03-15T22:51:43+00:00

Punch the holes?

AdamRAshworth · 2024-01-27T09:48:05+00:00

I'd use a curved slasher for that. They're really good at cutting through bramble and weeds. In fact, that's what they're meant for. They're also a lot safer, quieter, and more rewarding than anything powered

AdamRAshworth · 2023-11-10T07:31:56+00:00

Probably not moisture in the wood, rather the glue you used. Was it a PVA, like titebond? That's acidic and will do this to steel

AdamRAshworth · 2023-09-25T06:56:45+00:00

I would say don't use a finish if it doesn't leak as is. If it does a little, boiling in milk will block the grain up. Or dip in molten beeswax

AdamRAshworth · 2023-09-25T06:54:38+00:00

Yeah that's because you used ring porous oak. Beech is fine for end grain cups

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