Place reccomened to get not to pricy stamps made custom

$120 instead of $410 for same stamp was example given

Need something to cover the hole in yout forge and keep coal out and let air in?

Cast Iron Sink Strainer

http://www.amazon.com/Sioux-Chief-846-S3PK-5-Inch-Strainer/dp/B004678IR0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1434166199&sr=8-2&keywords=Cast+Iron+Strainer

(They come in different diameters)


it's way better than the 20g one i got at home depot for mine.

Cool eazy trick for better looking forged roses

First I followed this tutorial on how to make roses.

I like the way he textured these rose better then other tutorials, more work but a much better result

Instead of peening over the tip, i welded each petal rose ring on with just a tiny tack

 

Then when it was time to tweak each petal as it was put on the rose,

Get a pair of these

 

and a pair of these

Get ones the that are not plated

http://jewelrytutorialhq.com/.../howtousewireloopingplier...

jewelry pliers, cheap on amazon...

they are awesome for putting more tweaks, curls and textures on the edges of the petals

look especially at the edges of the flowers... super trivial with the top set of pliers

  These are the exact ones I bought.. They are small, but are perfect for getting in there and tweaking things
First pair
Second pair

If you only get one, get the second pair where one is a cone and the other is hollow, i started out using both pairs, but by the end I was doing 80% of the tweaking with them

I only used the first pair for rolling the edges

this is the torch i used wtih mapp gass, make you r own decision and reasearch on the safety of this torch, all I can say is it's what I used. I like it because the button turns the torch on and off with one hand.

 

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019CQL60/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Videos on how to make this style of forged Rose

Mark Aspery Vid#1

Vid #2