Independent Component

Literal:
A. I, Avery Brinkley, Affirm that i completed my independent component  which represents 30 hours of work.
B. I had two major souses for this project. First was my mentor Caroline and 2nd was: PROPERTIES IDENTIFICATION AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METAL form the Machinist Hand book.
C. Updated  Hours log.
D. My purpose was to try and create something that was useful and I could sell and make money off of. I ended up making a steak flipper. after many hours of experimentation and examples i decided to try and make one and am very impressed by how it came out. I have showed it to most of the teachers but it is a Square rod with a handle and scroll work on one end, then multiple  twists in the middle, then finally I forges a hook on the other end that enables you to scoop under the stake and flip it. Very happy with it and impressed at the quality.

Interpretative:

I have spent quite a lot of time on this project. it represents how far I have come by showing two different kind of tapers, scroll work, two different twists, and Shows that i can effectively use soft hammer like a leather mallet and know appropriate techniques for straightening metal after twists.

Applied:

In Blacksmithing their are a lot of different ways to do different things but their is no right way. By making the steak flipper I did a variety of steps that and needed for both the foundation of your skills and used techniques that can be polished and forged into new ones. Twisting was an especially difficult yet fun way to make things and I was taught different ways to do each type of twist I used. All of the Steps I used when making this can be used and applied on many different projects not just the steak flipper. Tapering both round and square, scroll work in the handle, and the twists are all things that can be used on almost every project and this one taught me how to do each of them or polished my skill with using them.