Made my first ever DIY Hand Forged MidEvil Long Twisted Spoon Tutorial Demonstration [How to Forge a Spoon] as a present and it was a lot of fun. Used a propane burner and pounding block to hand made this big spoon.Once forging was complete I coated it in linseed oil.
In my "DIY Forging a Door Pull and Drawer Handle From Old Hardened Steel Tool [Blacksmith Forged Door Pull]" I show how I hand forge some cool textured vintage looking door pulls/handles. I heated up the full length of some old tool steel and bent it around to my desired shape then flatten out the ends for a decorative look. I chose to drill the holes in each side. I coated this one with rustoleum spray paint but immediately regretted it as I should have just done my normal treatment to it with wither WD-40, linseed oil, or some bee's wax. Fun project and thought this was. a great repurposing of some old rusty tool steel that hasn't been used in over 20 years.
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Join me on this take-apart. At first, I attempted to take this apart in a surgical fashion. I was successful for the most part but ran into a few roadblocks and busted some plastics in the process but not for a lack of trying. If I had to take another one of these apart, I'd watch this video and see that there are some strategically placed hidden Phillips head screws. I learned a lot from this teardown. There were some salvageable parts discovered as I tore this down. I was really surprised how thin a laptop computer "monitor" or screen is. Modern technology is amazing...AND this sucker is considered outdated!! wow. Either way, I'm sure it's like most modern products (from China), not built to last. I have yet to own a computer as good as an Apple. Anyway this was fun to take apart and check out the guts even if I have no idea what the hell they do.
I made this video "DIY Welding Project: How to Weld an Ornamental Iron Folding Easel for Painting or Picture Display" for fun for my daughter's painting display. You can really make some cool decorative easels using different pieces of decorative metal. These are fun to make. I've made and sold many of them in the past. This one was just a basic model and wanted to keep it simple. Easy welding project and they last forever. Easy to fold up and store when not in use as well.
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Check out my Scrap Metal Welding Art Project: Wild West Cowboy. The boots were made from old shoe savers and the legs of course from a large horseshoe. The body came from some old wrought iron fence pickets from a fence I helped a neighbor up the street tear down in exchange for the metal and a sweet gate (which I refurbished and sold). The spurs were made from car gears. The cowboy hat I made from an old shoe saver as well. The guns were little mini railroad spikes someone gave me. The rope and lasso I made from old chainsaw chain by welding each link together.
Get rid of that old outdated oven range hood. See the steps on how to do it by watching my DIY Electrical Kitchen Range Hood Removal tutorial. The old oven range hood was a Nutone brand oven range hood. It really needed to be upgraded. Removing the old one and installing the new one was a lot easier than I would have thought. This style is not vented. Meaning, there is no sheet metal ducting going to the outside of the house. This style of range hood just blows it back into the kitchen. Some models have filters on them.
The first step is to shut the power off at the breaker. Ensure the power is off with a good voltage tester as well. Here is a link to a video I made on a good voltage tester used for this purpose: https://youtu.be/F1eoiFjvAO4. After you've verified that the power is off to the range hood, it's time to unscrew the lightbulb that in there and bust out your cordless drill to unscrew the electrical box screw to expose wiring. Couldn't hurt to verify again that the power is off just before touching any wires. Disconnect any the wires coming from the main power. Now unscrew the securing screws from the bottom of the overhead cabinets. Take note of the wiring and colors of wires. Most of them will be white to white, black to black, and then the ground. Now it's time to install the new one.
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Thanks for checking out my DIY blog here. Well the first thing you have to do is figure out how to get the the mower safely off the ground without having it fall on you. The best way is to use a lift of some kind but definitely if nothing else, use some jack stands for safety. Once off the ground you'll need two wrenches so you can apply counter torque to the bolt and nut holding the blade on.
Loosen the long bolt and nut that holds it in place and this will allow the blade to come free. Once you get the blade off, secure it to a saw horse and bust out your grinder. Every good DIY technician has a hand held grinder. Then put your handiwork to the test and hone a new edge on that mower blade.
After you sharpen your blade, reinstall it, and get cut your lawn for the first time, you will be so happy as it's just like cutting the grass with a brand new mower. You will also take extra precautions not to hit rocks, dirt, sticks, plastic bottles, kids toys, and baseballs just to see what they look like chopped up.
If you are tired of pushing a mower around the yard, save yourself a bunch of time and have a little fun by buying one of these mowers below on amazon. Or hell, upgrade to a new one.
This was a very fun welding fabrication project. Although I had a couple fire pits this one fit really well onto the back patio for use making smaller fires. My neighbor, who is an automotive mechanic, gave me an old empty coolant container. Knowing I was a welder who liked to tinker and weld junk metal together, he always brings me interesting parts to make stuff from.
I made sure it was empty by drilling a hole into the top first just to be sure there wasn't anything left in it. Using an electric corded angle grinder I cut the top off the container. There was a weld seam around it that I used as a guide or cut line. I had some 1/4" wide flatbar laying around that I bent into a circle matching the same diameter as the tank. The flatbar was very soft so I was able to bend it by hand and weld the end together. Using the same size flatcar, I cut 4 riser pieces approximately 6" long and ground the mil scale off the ends to shiny metal. This makes a better surface to weld. I then welded those risers to the bottom larger portion of the container. I then welded the circular flatbar piece to the 4 risers. This portion is in an effort to create somewhat of an access or viewing window to the flames that will live inside the tank as well as create a seat for the top lid to set upon. I had some wire mesh laying around to it seemed natural to cut out a section and wire tie it to the viewing window (access) portion of the fire pit. I would have like to weld it in place but it's too thin so I decided to use metal wire instead. I drilled holes to for which to run the wire through and secure it in place.
For the legs, I had some rebar laying around so it seemed like a good idea to use these to bring it off the ground a bit. While welding these it's important to focus your heat on the rebar as the tank wall is very thin. If you sit on the tank wall too long or apply too much heat to it, you'll blow right through the wall. I tacked them all in place first and didn't get in a hurry thereby keeping them cool before proceeding to weld more.
I had some other bent round stock laying around so it seemed like a good use for some handles to move the thing with. I cut and welded those on in the same fashion as the legs.
I went and purchased a can of high heat paint for the local hardware store and applied a couple coats. I was very happy with the results. The guitar playing is me just messing around as these videos are an excuse for me to play and use it for theme music.
The first thing I did was get them all cleaned up removing the tacks and rust from each one of them. Then I lined them up in the triangular shape that I wanted them in. I kept the it flat on the bench while I tack welded each one using my Lincoln Pro MIG 140 welding machine using inner shield wire.
