1. Positive Statement:
I am most proud of the props that I brought. The tools that where at each table showed the variety of tools as well as the depth of my subject. They also showed the things I made and gave a more concrete feel to my project. by bringing things I created the class could understand the amount of time and effort spent on my project even without the presentation. The props where also very useful when completing my activity because they served as examples
2. What assessment
a. AE
b. AE
3. The fact that my mentor as well as the forge was open ever other Saturday made completing the hours required very easy to complete. The more time you spend working on your project the more understanding you become. With this understanding comes clarification and the ability to teach a lesson comes easier and easier. So the amount of time I spent working on my project really prepared me for this presentation.
4. I would change the amount of time spent working on my presentation. I worked on it a lot but with a little more time I could have chosen better portions to cut out because mine was so long most of it had to be left out and the important portions talked about. While i covered the necessary information, it might have been even better if I had talked more about one thing and less on another.
5. While I do not plan on perusing this as a career, I do plan to continue this as a hobby. What this has shown me is that there is merit to the saying: Do what you love to do and it will be easy. I would have never gotten up on a Saturday morning for anything but once i relied how much fun blacksmiths is I don't mind it. So in my future endeavors i plan on perusing a career path that I find enjoyable, not what my test say I should do. This I believe will make my entire career if not the rest of my life better.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Blog 22 Mentorship
Literal:
Hours updated.
Caroline Smith, at the Kellogg Heritage museum.
Address: 3101 West Harvard St. Santa Ana, CA.
Interpretive:
The most important thing I have learned while going to my mentorship is perseverance and dedication. Through my project I have created a multitude of beautiful items. These items take days or weeks to complete and each require perseverance to get through. One of my most memorable experiences and most likely, the best example of this is the spring fuller. I wont go into detail about what it is but what truly shows perseverance is the fact that I had to make the fuller 5 time. I made plenty of other items but if I successfully completed them on the first try I hardly remembered them. Its the many items that I messed up on that I remember the most vividly and thus, learn the most from. The spring fuller is ironically the 5th item I was required to make. The first try I chose the wrong size stock. This means that the diameter of the metal I was working with was too small so I had to start over. My next try I was all but done when I went to pull it out of the fire and only pulled out half. After closer inspection, we found that the metal had a fault in it so when that portion reached extreme heat it simply burned away. The third and fourth attempts failed simply because of my frustration. I ended up melting the same portion away on both of them. But, while I became increasingly frustrated, I never once didn't enjoy it. through my perseverance I succeeded in completing the spring fuller and the rest of the items without ever losing hope. I have then applied this to my every day life. I am not known for giving up, but I can become easily frustrated when having to redo a task. After blacksmithing for so long I have been able to complete task more efficiently and much more reliably because I have built up a tolerance for my frustration. This has proved and will continue to prove a valuable skill both in school and in my everyday life. One more thing that I have found to be very helpful when blacksmithing is how something enjoyable can be worth it. before this project I would have never gotten up happily on a Saturday morning to do anything. But after this project I realize the willingness I have to do things that I enjoy and will forever try to find a job that I genuinely enjoy doing.
Applied:
My projects keep requiring me to create new items and tools. This answers my Essential Question very clearly. My essential question is: what is the most effective way to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape? By persevering though project I have learned how useful the tools I created are. I realize how they can help shape a piece much easier by applying force in a specific direction or simply holding the piece down. The projects require you to do this and the first project show what a great asset this is. So by continuing to apply myself and work I have learned that the better the tools, the better the final product. This is how persevering though each step of my project has crafted my answer.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Exit Interview
1. My essential question is: what is the most most important factor in effectually manipulating metal into a desired shape? My first answer is: a hammer and coal forge. My second answer is: by creating tools to assist in the forging possess. My third and final answer is: By knowing every aspect of the metal.
My best answer is my second. By creating tools to assist in the forging prossess. This is my best answer is for a multitude of reasons. One of the first reasons is slightly philosophical. When every we encounter problems we try and over come them by making tools. This applies to everything not just in blacksmithing. my essential question also inquires about efficacy. By creating tools that are for a specific purpose the prossess of making the item or simply completing that step becomes very quick and very efficient. This is also something they teach in the shop. Before you start a project you must make every tool needed for that project whether it be a new type of hammer, a specific pair of tongs, a fuller, even a scribing tool. otherwise the project will take far longer than it would to make the tool and the piece as well. Some task are so complex that they cannot be completed without a specific tool. This is why this is my second answer is by best.
2. By asking my mentor questions about tools that she made I quickly learned the importance of them. Even though most tools are for a far too specif task. Most tools are only used once before they are thrown in a drawer while other are used until they break beyond repair. Noticing how efficiently my mentor worked at the forge using tools that she herself made, it is not that far a jump to conclude that the tools aid in making the forging process more efficient and much easier.
3. I encountered few problems when trying to find my answers. This one in fact came to me in a epiphany while driving home from mentorship. Most of the answers came in the same way. The only problem I found was wording the answers and with a little help from my mentor quickly solved that problem. So if I did find a problem I solved them simply by asking for assistance.
4. My best two sources.
Dempsy, Jock. "Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)." Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). N.p., 2002. Web. 27 Feb. 2015.
Bush, Darren. "Working Iron: A Primer on Blacksmithing." The Art of Manliness. N.p., 2008. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
My best answer is my second. By creating tools to assist in the forging prossess. This is my best answer is for a multitude of reasons. One of the first reasons is slightly philosophical. When every we encounter problems we try and over come them by making tools. This applies to everything not just in blacksmithing. my essential question also inquires about efficacy. By creating tools that are for a specific purpose the prossess of making the item or simply completing that step becomes very quick and very efficient. This is also something they teach in the shop. Before you start a project you must make every tool needed for that project whether it be a new type of hammer, a specific pair of tongs, a fuller, even a scribing tool. otherwise the project will take far longer than it would to make the tool and the piece as well. Some task are so complex that they cannot be completed without a specific tool. This is why this is my second answer is by best.
2. By asking my mentor questions about tools that she made I quickly learned the importance of them. Even though most tools are for a far too specif task. Most tools are only used once before they are thrown in a drawer while other are used until they break beyond repair. Noticing how efficiently my mentor worked at the forge using tools that she herself made, it is not that far a jump to conclude that the tools aid in making the forging process more efficient and much easier.
3. I encountered few problems when trying to find my answers. This one in fact came to me in a epiphany while driving home from mentorship. Most of the answers came in the same way. The only problem I found was wording the answers and with a little help from my mentor quickly solved that problem. So if I did find a problem I solved them simply by asking for assistance.
4. My best two sources.
Dempsy, Jock. "Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)." Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). N.p., 2002. Web. 27 Feb. 2015.
Bush, Darren. "Working Iron: A Primer on Blacksmithing." The Art of Manliness. N.p., 2008. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
April Monthly post
I have done a lot of Forge welding this month and though I might as well show you guys how its done. Here is a quick video explaining it
He explains all the basic principals and what it does to the metal. He also goes in depth about borax and other wielding assistant materials. Hope you enjoy!
Friday, April 24, 2015
Independent component 2
1a. I, Avery Brinkley, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
1b. Riley, Robert Q. "How to Weld An Overview of Different Welding Styles and Techniquesby Robert Q. Riley." How to Weld: An Overview of Different Welding Styles and Techniques. Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, 10 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.
1c. Log is updated
1d. Over the course of 30 hours I have made a fireplace poker. This poker or fireplace poker represent techniques that I have learned in my previous independent component as well as some thought by my mentor. In my previous independent component I learned how to taper and twisted metal. In other projects I have learned how to taper Metal into a round or square point. What I learned in this project is how to forge weld. Welding is where you melt two pieces of metal together and combine them into one. This is used in construction all the time from making cars, holding up houses, even in the circuit boards of computers. There are two main types of welding: welding that requires solder, and welding that uses the two pieces of metal. what you see mostly in every day life on railings or in computers is welding that uses solder. Just a mixture of metals similar in composition to what the metals that you are welding together are made of. Sauter has a lower melting point then those two metals so when you melt the Sauter onto those two it will then Harding and stick like glue. This is the equivalent of taking two sticks and using wood glue to glue them together. What I did on my fireplace poker was to melt the two pieces of metal together forming a single piece. This is very difficult for a multitude of reasons. Most people think that after metal gets hot it will then melt. This is true but what they don't know is that the melting point of metal is it a very specific temperature. And when melting metal in an atmosphere that contains oxygen the metal will burn. Just how if you light a piece of paper on fire it will burn and turned to ash metal will burn if it gets hot enough. Simply this happens because the carbon in the steel reacts with the oxygen in the air and is ripped out of the steel in a violent reaction resulting in carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide is a gas and wants to expand so when he is formed on the surface of the liquid metal it causes air bubbles and can pop. Bubbles give the metal a very weird shape and if they pop can be formed the metal significantly. What I did for my independent component was make a fireplace poker that required me to do two different types of welds. On the first wild I simply folded the piece of metal back on itself and welded it together. The simplest explanation is As if I folded a piece of paper In half and had them glued together. I did this without Sauter so it was very difficult without burning the metal. The second weld on this piece was very similar to the first wild but I only welded a portion of it together. I bent the metal back on itself and then welded the part that touched first leaving the rest of the metal and over but on welded leaving kind of a loop. I turn this loop into an oval and then tapered The end of it to a point. what I was left with was sort of like an eye shape that I then folded and made it look like a heart. This heart-shaped ended up being the handle and the other side with the first weld was tapered down to a poker. The handle and poker weren't aligned quite right so I use techniques I learned in my previous component to twist the metal so they would align at 90°. Because the stock I was using was round stock not square stock, when I twisted it nothing could be seen from the outside unlike twisted square stock gives nice spirals round stock shows nothing. This independent component required me to learn about borax a material used in welding to keep oxygen away, twisting metal, welding in two different ways, and how to taper both round and squat stock.
1b. Riley, Robert Q. "How to Weld An Overview of Different Welding Styles and Techniquesby Robert Q. Riley." How to Weld: An Overview of Different Welding Styles and Techniques. Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, 10 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.
1c. Log is updated
1d. Over the course of 30 hours I have made a fireplace poker. This poker or fireplace poker represent techniques that I have learned in my previous independent component as well as some thought by my mentor. In my previous independent component I learned how to taper and twisted metal. In other projects I have learned how to taper Metal into a round or square point. What I learned in this project is how to forge weld. Welding is where you melt two pieces of metal together and combine them into one. This is used in construction all the time from making cars, holding up houses, even in the circuit boards of computers. There are two main types of welding: welding that requires solder, and welding that uses the two pieces of metal. what you see mostly in every day life on railings or in computers is welding that uses solder. Just a mixture of metals similar in composition to what the metals that you are welding together are made of. Sauter has a lower melting point then those two metals so when you melt the Sauter onto those two it will then Harding and stick like glue. This is the equivalent of taking two sticks and using wood glue to glue them together. What I did on my fireplace poker was to melt the two pieces of metal together forming a single piece. This is very difficult for a multitude of reasons. Most people think that after metal gets hot it will then melt. This is true but what they don't know is that the melting point of metal is it a very specific temperature. And when melting metal in an atmosphere that contains oxygen the metal will burn. Just how if you light a piece of paper on fire it will burn and turned to ash metal will burn if it gets hot enough. Simply this happens because the carbon in the steel reacts with the oxygen in the air and is ripped out of the steel in a violent reaction resulting in carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide is a gas and wants to expand so when he is formed on the surface of the liquid metal it causes air bubbles and can pop. Bubbles give the metal a very weird shape and if they pop can be formed the metal significantly. What I did for my independent component was make a fireplace poker that required me to do two different types of welds. On the first wild I simply folded the piece of metal back on itself and welded it together. The simplest explanation is As if I folded a piece of paper In half and had them glued together. I did this without Sauter so it was very difficult without burning the metal. The second weld on this piece was very similar to the first wild but I only welded a portion of it together. I bent the metal back on itself and then welded the part that touched first leaving the rest of the metal and over but on welded leaving kind of a loop. I turn this loop into an oval and then tapered The end of it to a point. what I was left with was sort of like an eye shape that I then folded and made it look like a heart. This heart-shaped ended up being the handle and the other side with the first weld was tapered down to a poker. The handle and poker weren't aligned quite right so I use techniques I learned in my previous component to twist the metal so they would align at 90°. Because the stock I was using was round stock not square stock, when I twisted it nothing could be seen from the outside unlike twisted square stock gives nice spirals round stock shows nothing. This independent component required me to learn about borax a material used in welding to keep oxygen away, twisting metal, welding in two different ways, and how to taper both round and squat stock.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Blog 18
Interview 4 Questions
1. What are some of the most memorable items you have made?
2. What are the most diverse range of items you have made?
3. What tools did you use to make these?
4. How many tools have you made?
5. How often do you use those tools?
6. What is the tool that has been the most helpful to you?
7. What are some tools that blacksmith use?
8. Which of those tools can't be found at a store but can only be made at a blacksmith shop?
9. How often do you make tools for projects?
10. What kind of steel do you use mosly for these tools?
11. What tool was the hardest to make?
12. What tool took the longest to make?
13. What project have you had to use the most tools on or make the most tools for?
14. What are all the tools that you know of that can only be made by a smith?
15. What tools do you think are the most important for a black smith to have and why?
16. What was the first tool you made that couldn't be bought at a store and how many times have you used it since.
17. How often do you reuse the tools that you make for a specific project?
18. How often dose a project require you to make or a just a tool.
19. What tool are you most proud of making?
20. Is there a tool that requires anothe tool to make besides the basic ones.
1. What are some of the most memorable items you have made?
2. What are the most diverse range of items you have made?
3. What tools did you use to make these?
4. How many tools have you made?
5. How often do you use those tools?
6. What is the tool that has been the most helpful to you?
7. What are some tools that blacksmith use?
8. Which of those tools can't be found at a store but can only be made at a blacksmith shop?
9. How often do you make tools for projects?
10. What kind of steel do you use mosly for these tools?
11. What tool was the hardest to make?
12. What tool took the longest to make?
13. What project have you had to use the most tools on or make the most tools for?
14. What are all the tools that you know of that can only be made by a smith?
15. What tools do you think are the most important for a black smith to have and why?
16. What was the first tool you made that couldn't be bought at a store and how many times have you used it since.
17. How often do you reuse the tools that you make for a specific project?
18. How often dose a project require you to make or a just a tool.
19. What tool are you most proud of making?
20. Is there a tool that requires anothe tool to make besides the basic ones.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Blog 17: Answer 3
EQ: What is the most important factor in efficiently manipulating metal into a desired shape?
Answer 3: The most important factor to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is how much the smith knows about the metal.
Details: Both my mentor and other members around the shop agree that you can only do certain things with specific metals. Some metals are harder to work with than others while some can only be worked at a very specific temperature. If worked improperly the metal, even while hot, can damage your tools as well as harm the smith.
Sources:
"PROPERTIES, IDENTIFICATION, AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS." PROPERTIES, IDENTIFICATION, AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS GENERAL (n.d.): n. pag. Longwood. Web. 9 Sept. 8.
"Methods Of Marking." Methods Of Marking. N.p., 1924. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
"Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)." Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
This is a good answer because it focuses on things that I have learned from other people through their experience. With this answer in mind I can be more efficient and allow your tools to last longer which is better no matter how you look at it.
Answer 3: The most important factor to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is how much the smith knows about the metal.
Details: Both my mentor and other members around the shop agree that you can only do certain things with specific metals. Some metals are harder to work with than others while some can only be worked at a very specific temperature. If worked improperly the metal, even while hot, can damage your tools as well as harm the smith.
Sources:
"PROPERTIES, IDENTIFICATION, AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS." PROPERTIES, IDENTIFICATION, AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS GENERAL (n.d.): n. pag. Longwood. Web. 9 Sept. 8.
"Methods Of Marking." Methods Of Marking. N.p., 1924. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
"Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)." Anvilfire FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
This is a good answer because it focuses on things that I have learned from other people through their experience. With this answer in mind I can be more efficient and allow your tools to last longer which is better no matter how you look at it.
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