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.
Friday, April 24, 2015
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.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Febuary Blog
Every one always asks me to make them a sword..... It gets old pretty quick. I could just make one real quick fairly easily but I take pride in my work so not happening. I would do it properly and these videos show the steps of forging a real blade and why it takes so mush time. This is a very, very, very nice blade and would not be cheap but I hope you understand the respect for the blade and how time consuming it really is to make a nice blade.
A very cool blade and a very respectable smith hope it gives you guys some perspective.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Answer 2
1. My EQ is: That is the most important factor in efficiently manipulating metal into a desired shape?
2. 1st Answer: The most effective way to manipulate metal is by using a hammer and coal forge.
3. The best way to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is by creating tools to assist in the forging process.
4. My first answer address real world concerns because it tells you the type of tools you need for the best result and can be broadened into all aspects of smithing. My second answer is slightly more specific but relates better to my EQ because it shows the best way to manipulate metal not only by yourself but also how blacksmiths have been doing it for centuries. it shows you how to overcome difficulties in the forging process which is focused entirely around my EQ.
5. "Crucible Tool Steel and Specialty Alloy General Information." Crucible Tool Steel and Specialty Alloy General Information. Crucible Industries, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2014.
6."Heat Treatment of Steel." Hardening. N.p.,N.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014 OR "Heat Treatment of Steel." Tempering. N.p.,N.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2014 Any of these three describe tools that blacksmiths make or process that can be greatly assisted by tools. This sours actually describes a tool that blacksmiths made for a process that is used on a industrial scale : "Heat Treatment of Steel." Casehardening. N.p.,N.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2023
7. The best way to think about my answer is to look at like this: picture something that you want to make, then picture a machine that makes it for you. That is what industry does nowadays which evolved from the simple blacksmith tools that I am making. while I am not making huge machines I am making tools that are a huge help if you imagine yourself as the factory or huge machine.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Independent component 2 approval
1. Because of my new answer which is: The best way to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is by creating tools to assist in the forging process, for my 2nd independent component I will create necessary assistant tools to further my study in forging metal.These include abnormal tools that can only be made by blacksmiths such as: a nail header, anvil helper, spring fuller, adjustable tongs, re sizable tongs, hardy tools, and many, many more. creating these tools will not only give me more experience working with metal but when i use the tools they allow me to work on a project without any assistance thus forcing me to create tools to solve the problems of working alone. If blacksmiths have one trait its ingenuity and these tools are proof of that. So when creating these tools I will fashion them around my own problems as a blacksmith thus increasing my aptitude for that trait.
2. With this topic as my component I can show much more than the 30 hours required by researching different types of tools requires for different projects as well as spending the 30+ hours forging them at the shop every other Saturday.
3. This will help me gain experience solving problems as well as more practice working with metal. It will also show me how blacksmiths functioned long ago with and without apprentices. and how to overcome some of the difficulties crating abnormal pieces.
4. 2nd log posted
2. With this topic as my component I can show much more than the 30 hours required by researching different types of tools requires for different projects as well as spending the 30+ hours forging them at the shop every other Saturday.
3. This will help me gain experience solving problems as well as more practice working with metal. It will also show me how blacksmiths functioned long ago with and without apprentices. and how to overcome some of the difficulties crating abnormal pieces.
4. 2nd log posted
Friday, February 6, 2015
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.
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.
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