Steak flipper

[PitchyPine]

Seen a guy on TV make one of these so i had to give it a try, curled end is used to flip a steak.
One peice hammered from a railroad spike.

 

[blacksmithshoppe]

Nice job! Man, rail road spikes are some tough iron to work with, i'll give you credit.
Jeff

 

[PitchyPine]

Nice job! Man, rail road spikes are some tough iron to work with, i'll give you credit.
Jeff

And i ain`t got no trip hammer either, lots of pounding.
I only mess around with it in the winter, helps to keep warm and good exercise.
I take it you do it for a living?

 

[PitchyPine]

Here`s a pic of my little set-up, i made the double acting bellows hanging above the forge about 20 years ago.

 

[wetpowder]

I seen that show also. Yours looks every bit as good if not better. Very nice work. Like your forge set-up too. :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[PitchyPine]

I seen that show also. Yours looks every bit as good if not better. Very nice work. Like your forge set-up too. :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

Thanks wetpowder, a lot a tinkering to make one, a trip hammer would be nice for drawing out the length. Had a nice one once but sold it because i thought i would never use it. Proves that ya should never sell or throw anything away.
Have made a few crosses too.

And here`s the jig i made for making those beads or grooves in.

And a lizard under a branch.

 

[mckutzy]

so what plate thickness did u use. look like 3/4 or 1". for me, i would of put a piece of spring to bring up the top die after each strike.
gota like some of us blacksmiths "junk" we make. only problem is that it weighs so much. :hatsoff:

 

[PitchyPine]

so what plate thickness did u use. look like 3/4 or 1". for me, i would of put a piece of spring to bring up the top die after each strike.
gota like some of us blacksmiths "junk" we make. only problem is that it weighs so much. :hatsoff:

Half inch, yep we tend to over build things :redface: ya the spring is a good idea. :thumbsup:
Someone posted about a rifle holder, a stake that ya pound in the ground, have ya made any of those.
I would like to make one, put some leaf and vine on it and twists.

 

[mckutzy]

no but a friend has but he aint no smith by a long shot. trying to tell him that forge welding is as easy as it looks. i tell him just beacause he can hit a piece of hot steel with a hammer doesnt make him a blacksmith, not to say im an experti just know a thing or two..... :youcrazy: :rotf:

 

[PitchyPine]

no but a friend has but he aint no smith by a long shot. trying to tell him that forge welding is as easy as it looks. i tell him just beacause he can hit a piece of hot steel with a hammer doesnt make him a blacksmith, not to say im an experti just know a thing or two..... :youcrazy: :rotf:

No blacksmith myself, just tinker, anyone know how tall the rifle stands should be.

 

[PitchyPine]

 

[tom hargrove]

:bow: dang/mrine you sure do some fine smithing. :thumbsup: my rifle stand is about waist high and im 5'10"really like the lizzard. :winking:

 

[PitchyPine]

:bow: dang/mrine you sure do some fine smithing. :thumbsup: my rifle stand is about waist high and im 5'10"really like the lizzard. :winking:

Thanks two-bellys, i do like to make things and really like old stuff.

 

[Halftail]

Hey Pitchy Pine,
I'm no Blacksmith but I sure do like lookin at your work! :applause:

 

[PitchyPine]

Hey Pitchy Pine,
I'm no Blacksmith but I sure do like lookin at your work! :applause:

Why thanks Halftail and happy Thanksgiving

 

[wetpowder]

lizard under a branch
That is beautiful art. :hatsoff:
Just beautiful :v

 

[PitchyPine]

lizard under a branch
That is beautiful art. :hatsoff:
Just beautiful :v

Thanks, i made that for a friend that lives in Georgia, he has bunches of those little green lizards in his yard and they just love them.
They also wanted a wall hanging so i made this for them, it`s all steel.
It`s sitting in front of my garage door in the pic so kinda hard to see, it`s four foot tall by around two feet wide.

 

[PitchyPine]

In the winter i make some ice house fish spears for the locals, this is a harpoon spear, i knurl the handles so they`er not slippery.
Hope you guys don`t mind me showing ya this stuff.

 

[rebel727]

Dammit booooy, you is an arteest. :hatsoff: :thumbsup:

You oughta post some of your work over on our forum. Make ol Bounty and the others drool. Course Bill will see it here but the others won't.
Dam fine work. :bow:

 

[PitchyPine]

You got it bud :thumbsup: