Forging Photos from Meetings

The following photos are from the February 2019 Open Forge. The project was to make cutoff hardy tools.

Above are the blanks of 4130 steel for 4 hardy tools.On the lower one the stem of one tool has been drawn out.

Roger King is drawing the stem on the hardy tool using the spare tire power hammer.

A video of the forging can be viewed here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIrJnyZe_8k

The finished forging ready for final cold finishing.

The following photos are from the September 2019 meeting.

Butch Sheely sinking the bowl of a coffee spoon into a block of wood.

Two views of a finished coffee spoon. This one is wrought iron.

A little show and tell by members after the meeting.

Above new smith Aedon forging an S-hook at the July 2021 meeting. Our first meeting in over a year at Kathy Davidson's smithy in Toledo, OH. Aedon's finished hook below. Nice job Aedon.

A new smith tries his hand at the forge during the November 20, 2021 meeting.

The following photos from the 09/16/2023 tong making workshop. Several forging stations were setup and new smiths each made a pair of tongs. Thanks to Mel Hoch for hosting the event at his smithy.