yttrium88 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 So, I was just wondering if anyone else on this forum is does some blacksmithing in real life. I do, about the best I've made is a steel short sword, so I figure I'm level 34 smithing in real life. :D Anyone else do some metal work in real life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Heh, no I haven't, but that sounds pretty interesting. I'd like to try my hand at it sometime :) This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the49ronin Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 i made an iron nail, go me :roll: it was a hands on demonstration at an old military fort and one small kid picked up a glowing red hot nail :-X <the49ronin> O_o methinks ard is acting mighty high and pretty -.- <Ard_Choille> I am pretty <Ard_Choille> fo shizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy5389 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Never had the opportunity to try. Do you use a furnace and all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak722 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I think runesmithie does. He mentioned something about starting one in his backyard I think. But that was months ago so I dont know if he still does. :-k The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose585 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 thats sounds awesome, id really like to try that somehow. hows the weather up there. where the rich people live. currently, in the poor area its -1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 thats sounds awesome, id really like to try that somehow. there's probly sum places in town here where they might let you try, but i wouldn't know :-k http://www.keepingongaming.com/boards -- Sign Up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I think runesmithie does. He mentioned something about starting one in his backyard I think. But that was months ago so I dont know if he still does. :-k Never got around to doing it :P And it wouldn't have been running hot enough to make steel stuff anyways I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oy_the_Great Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Yeah, smithing steel is very difficult. I don't know, but it seems pretty unrealistic that some one can smit steel. Iron, ok, if you know a person who's been doing it for ages. But steel requires a lot of patience and even more heat :lol: I've never done it myself, but where I live there's often events with medieval events, and of course there's a true blacksmith. But I've never seen steel stuff being made. Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Closest thing I got to smithing was seeing a anvil in my uncle's barn. Odd thing is he doesn't smith. :-s "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Closest thing I got to smithing was seeing a anvil in my uncle's barn. Odd thing is he doesn't smith. :-s You never know when a Road Runner might be about. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yttrium88 Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share Posted July 26, 2006 First of all, I do not smelt steel or anything else, I buy steel rod/stock or use scrap. As far as my equipment goes, I have a small forge, which burns coal, not charcoal mind you, but coal. If I pump enough air into it, it gets up to the temperature of molten glass--more than enough to heat up steel. My grandpa bought it for me :D for only $40. As for an anvil to work on, I now have a small 75 lb anvil which is seated on a stump. But I used to use a piece of rail road track, which worked just fine!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Closest thing I got to smithing was seeing a anvil in my uncle's barn. Odd thing is he doesn't smith. :-s Probably for horseshoes then :) I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knives669 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I know a guy who's my age. He makes swords for us. :P He's rather good at it. Alot of people do metalworking around here because the main industry in my little corner of the world is steel production. I know some guys a little older than me who have already found their life's work in metalworking. They get paid about $12 an hour, which isn't bad. I would probably be -900 level smithing though. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 i made an iron nail, go me :roll: it was a hands on demonstration at an old military fort and one small kid picked up a glowing red hot nail :-X lol going to train real life construction with that nail? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linguns Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 It sounds interesing........Only image it: "You can forge a Sword and a Shield", but in Middle Age, the blacksmiths forge Swords and Shields.....It will be fantastic forge some swords and shields........ PD: Someone on this forum had went to a castle???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Closest thing I got to smithing was seeing a anvil in my uncle's barn. Odd thing is he doesn't smith. :-sMetals don't need to be heated in order to work them. We had anvils at my highschool for metal work and we sure as hell didn't have another to smelt things down :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oy_the_Great Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Closest thing I got to smithing was seeing a anvil in my uncle's barn. Odd thing is he doesn't smith. :-s You never know when a Road Runner might be about. meep-meep! Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oy_the_Great Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 First of all, I do not smelt steel or anything else, I buy steel rod/stock or use scrap. As far as my equipment goes, I have a small forge, which burns coal, not charcoal mind you, but coal. If I pump enough air into it, it gets up to the temperature of molten glass--more than enough to heat up steel. My grandpa bought it for me :D for only $40. As for an anvil to work on, I now have a small 75 lb anvil which is seated on a stump. But I used to use a piece of rail road track, which worked just fine!! Oh, can you post some pic perhaps? It'd be cool to see a smit at work :) (don't post anything personal, you can't be recognized here on TIF). Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodyrb Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 well, i made some sort of dagger a while ago... :-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apinagez Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 (don't post anything personal, you can't be recognized here on TIF). Yeah, and then we'll be able to track you, kidnap you and get you to make swords for me. Freely. :twisted: ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvashtype0 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 ive made an iron pipe if that counts "she made me feel alive like when nirvash almost crashed it happened it said her name eureka" renton thurston,eureka seven anime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbfgraphx14 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I saw someone smith before. It was pretty cool. all the guy mage was a metal handle but it was cool. Tbfgraphx14Happy to find I'm not the only one who eats glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryptic Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 When I went to Egypt there was a man selling steel daggers, and I asked if I could make my own. It was pretty sweet. But when I wanted to take it back home by plane, they wouldnt let me take it :oops: But I got it sent to me 3 weeks after I got home. Apparently the guy I bought it from got it some how and sent it to me :? In Khazakstan we say God, Man, Horse, Dog, then Woman, Rat and small cockroach..M.A.D 4 Lyfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oy_the_Great Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 When I went to Egypt there was a man selling steel daggers, and I asked if I could make my own. It was pretty sweet. But when I wanted to take it back home by plane, they wouldnt let me take it :oops: But I got it sent to me 3 weeks after I got home. Apparently the guy I bought it from got it some how and sent it to me :? That's what I love about those countries; people still care for customers sometimes and don't just see them as walking dollar bags. It's the same in Turkey and Morocco, where you can have a ton of fun with the locals by haggling and chatting away the time. Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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