Castle Rock Forge

Pretty happy with the uniformity of my six most recent hearts.

Trying something a little different today.

Which orientation do you think looks better?

There is a definite learning curve to the press but, dang. I stretched 3 spikes from 7 inches to 18 inches in about 90 minutes in my first time using the press and learning how to use it.

There's no way I could get one spike to 18 inches in 90 minutes with a hammer.

New tool Friday!
17 ton hydraulic press from .iron.forge
I'm excited to get this running.

I should really buy a tally mark stamp that just has the four verticals and a diagonal. Doing these with .25 and .375 letter "I" stamps is nerve-racking.

Completed folded bowls.

I'll have these on listed in my etsy shop shortly.

This style bowl is really fun to make, I need to break out my plasma table to cut some more bowl blanks.

Forging complete of a 6" folded bowl.

When you're making a folded bowl and the edges line up perfectly. 👨‍🍳 💋

The shiniest one yet! This is another wax melter used for scented waxes and an unscented tea candle underneath.

Flag pole holder aka portable hole. First time making something like this, it turned out serviceable but not without its imperfections. Next one will be better.

Just in time for Christmas(in July)

Icicle ornaments!