Please post a picture & description in this thread of anything you are working on this month at the 'Space.
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Good afternoon DMS. I’m a new member as of today 11/1. This is my most current project. 1989 Suburban 350tbi.
Engine is reassembled and vehicle is registered. Working on replacing the headliner, adding USB ports, LED courtesy lights, chicken lights, and updating the sound system. Currently trying to wire the remote start/alarm system. It seems I’ve lost my mojo there.
First time taking anything in printmaking. This was for the block printing class. Did not quite get to the two-colors, but that’s okay. Choices were made and I’m not mad at the choices. Interested in trying again
I’m making this on the multicam for Christmas presents. It’s an open book versus from the Bible and a pictures on one side. If you need a personalized, I could do that too or any language—it’s making out Cherry wood about an 1” thick and a size is 11 x 16, I model it in V Carve12 Pro and tooling path and send it to the machine under MultiCam ,
I made videos, but I don’t know how to put it out here. My name is billy and I’ll have more projects later this
Here’s a cleaver I made (at various steps at Brookhaven College, DMS, and Gaby’s blacksmith shop in Frisco).
It’s got bicycle chain and gears in it, with 1090 steel + 4% Ni powder, and a core of 1084 and 15N20 steel; walnut handle.
Why the “Meat Fight 2025” etching? Meat Fight is a charity (started as a BBQ competition) that helps folks who have Multiple Sclerosis (MS) take on endurance events, including BikeMS bike rides like the MS150. I sourced the chains and gears from folks who ride on the bike team, including at least 3 who ride with MS. And it’s going to auction at the Meat Fight BBQ competition event on Sunday, to raise more funds to help even more folks living with MS.
Edit: big thanks to @raceman1590 for his help at Gaby’s so I could use their press while the DMS press was down!
I had seen this tray online and like you thought it was really cool and said, “I could make that”. When I saw you making it, I was pretty stoked. I like that you even have a holder for your chopsticks.
Great job. Just so you know, I think your glaze is prettier than the online one.
I made this vase in the Organic Vase class, but am VERY happy with how the glaze turned out. It did run a little, but I will grind off the bottom blobs and it should be almost as good as new.
Thank you for sharing this. As a fellow blacksmith, and one who supported the Battleship Texas fund-raising with my blacksmithing and woodworking, I applaud anyone for supporting great causes with their handiwork.
The cleaver is a beautiful example of what a blacksmith can do to raise money.
Thanks to @raceman1590, Nick, for his help, too.
I had a friend when I was in the military who was diagnosed with MS when he was almost ready to retire. It is a debilitating, horrible, awful disease. He went from an active parachute rigger and jumper to a wheelchair bound invalid in a very short time. The disease eventually took him from us.
Thanks for your kind words. I have a family connection to MS, and I’ve been riding in the local DFW-area MS ride the last few years. I’m also making some additional pieces to raffle off as part of my MS ride fundraising for the ride in May.
Here are some photos of my work in progress with the rest of the Damascus billet from the cleaver. I drew it out, made 3 layers with copper/nickel/copper layers in between, and I’m working on a bracelet from part of that.
I heated this in the electric heat-treating oven (to between 1800-1850 °F, being careful to keep it below copper’s melting point of 1983°F), and pressed it out in the hydraulic press. Then ground it on the KMG grinder, and hand-sanded and etched in Ferric chloride, then coffee, at home. (I’ll have to redo the sanding and etching after I’m done bending it into a bracelet)
Another blacksmith I know made ear rings from the prettiest pieces of the Damascus and sold them at a craft fair. They went for something like $50-$75 I think.
Thank you!!! It is 3 coats of Mayco Shipwreck I plan to make some mini versions as well. I’ve also signed up for your class tomorrow, looking forward to seeing you there!
Greetings from the sewing room. I visited the grands this weekend and, of course, Nana always has to have something new and exciting for them to dive into. So: let’s sew up some Christmas stockings! Example (blue tools for Dad) and prep work done at DMS on Babylock Zest. Finish work and seaming done on field trip on Pfaff 907 (non-DMS). Inspiration on Etsy. Free pattern on hellosewing. Good time had by all.
large craft project
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I plan to make some mini versions as well. I’ve also signed up for your class tomorrow, looking forward to seeing you there! 
