[TheForge] RE: making a living

Sun Jul 21 12:56:01 2002

Sorry, no pics.

Maybe I can convince Deb to let me use the digital and make up an opener or
two. I don't know if I'll have time this weekend but will try to make some
next weekend.

Another variation I forgot to mention is bending the tail in a helix for a
corkscrew. The only drawback for the corkscrew option is you need to use
something other than mild steel or it won't hold up.

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "lama" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: making a living

> Jerry, thia sounds cool, do you have some pictures?
> dave m
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: making a living
>
>
> > Not too much to fess to Mike, they're pretty basic.
> >
> > I start with about 4" of 1/2" sq. draw all but about 1" to about 3/8"
sq.
> > draw a round taper and scroll (to hang) on the end opposite the 1/2"
> (head)
> > end. How you set the tail scroll is important to how it looks hanging on
a
> > hook or sitting on the table top. Then I give the 3/8" sq. center
section
> a
> > twist of one sort or another, cable being my favorite a pineapple twist
> > would be nice too. Then I forge a dragon's head in the 1/2" end, the
same
> or
> > similar to the one in The Art of Blacksmithing, Iron Menagerie, etc. I
> make
> > the head a bit narrower side to side as it makes a better bottle opener.
> > Using a hacksaw, I cut the lower jaw about 2/3-3/4 the length of the
head,
> > to where the jaw's hinge point looks like it should go, heat and open
the
> > jaw, then forge a little hook to the end of the lower jaw. It'll take a
> > little tinkering to figure out just how far to open and just how much
hook
> > to put in the lower jaw to make a good opener.
> >
> > You can put a lot of variation in them . . . Heck, an almost unlimited
> > amount of variation. <grin> Some I've done are: various twists, various
> > curves in the body, straight body of course, various cross sections in
the
> > tail, bodies thicker than the head, really long bodies, short bodies and
> of
> > course much variation in the head. There's also no reason to stick with
a
> > dragon's head, horses from horse shoes are popular, goats move well and
> I've
> > been toying with making a cabinet mounted frog bottle opener. There's
also
> > no size limit except for practicality, no reason not to make them from
> > pocket to floor sized.
> >
> > That's about all there is to it.
> >
> > Frosty
> > ------------------------
> > If it ain't forged
> > it ain't real.
> > Wrought iron is.
> > The FrostWorks
> >
> > Meadow Lakes, AK.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Linn" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 5:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: making a living
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Id like to hear more about these.... fess up ;^)
> > >
> > >
> > > mike
> > >
> > > At 11:32 AM 7/19/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >The other hot mover was dragon
> > > >head bottle openers @ $20 a pop. <grin>
> > > >
> >
> >
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