Jake James

Welcome to my iron age.

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Small handrail installation in East Sooke with fogartomic.
#formandfunction https://t.co/NdVpmwDDMU

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Flypress shenanigans.
#sohandy https://t.co/iitNe1VzNl

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Heavy stock, heavy tongs. I dont have a crane over the hammer so this saves my arms a ton of strain.
#almostworkingsmart https://t.co/8qDW5urdFD

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With no job crane you need to counter the weight of the object you are forging. Big tongs are good.
#dontstrainyourarms https://t.co/0J34ICNqe0

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Big heavy tongs for big heavy stuff.
#cantilever #imafulcrum # https://t.co/UButFF1Iui

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... and then knock out a pair of better counterweighted tongs.
#saveyourarms #andyourback #idonthaveajibovermyhammer #yet https://t.co/wtlVh3zw76

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Biggish tennons. 1"rounds from 2"square stock. Always fun to do.
#hotandheavy #forged https://t.co/Cd4Q0vEeWX

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For those of you who like that sort of thing...here are the tools used to forge the bamboo.
#tools #thingstomakethings #madethethingstomakethings #madeathingusingthethindstomakethings… https://t.co/OnhPR4bjgs

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"Bamboo" handrail installed.
#organichy #itsnotrealbamboo #handrail https://t.co/Q17T0cqa1S

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... and while I'm on the subject, here is my main rack of power hammer tools. Can't emphasise how much I rely on "lumps on sticks". Given that they get wolloped by a power hammer, I'm not… https://t.co/DSXNfM4u9s

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Perfection. Favourite hand tools all in use.
A little evening forging with fogartomic
#sexytools #imnotanerd #iamanerd #thingstomakethings #alwaysablacksmith https://t.co/Vp9p4e4qka

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Thanks to moni_und_peter_unterwegs for this sculpture now adorning the wall of my forge. Good luck with the rest of your travels.
#journeymen #traditions #donthavetobetraditional… https://t.co/vYj11EkQAE

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A few more of this weekend's throwing axe class. Presented in collaboration with the @Camosun continuing education program. It was a cracking day and everyone successfully made an… https://t.co/xQzGedzm45

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Bassline re-finish. Forged in 2006, moving indoors for his next gig.
#boomtothebass #bassman #jazzhands #nice https://t.co/tA5nn9wsD8

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End of an install for this little railing for @MKushinoDesign. It went in slick, many thanks to fogartomic and moni_und_peter_unterwegs for working some long days.
#railing… https://t.co/nSvoxDNGJI

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A little bit of joinery of joinery detail.
#railing #blacksmiths #weldstoo https://t.co/UmwCY338b3

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This little guy just showed up at the forge. Made way back in 2005 (I think), he's lived an outdoor life but is being moved inside and needs a freshen up.
#bass #standupbass #jazz… https://t.co/zPZdAyyX1m

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@TheCurrentCBC re.The Boy on the Beach. Sculpture designed by myself, forged by a collaborative group of blacksmiths was inspired the the aftermath of that tragic photo. We are trying to raise its profile so as to auction it for refugee support. Hoping we can enlist your help..

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Quite a big one as far as long distance installs go. 4703 miles. Three garden gates getting prepped and ready on the western most tip of England!
#contemporaryblacksmith #garden #gate… https://t.co/MDYANVAMXq

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"Club Med 2018". Figurative sculpture depicting the aftermath of one of the thousands of tragedies befalling the desperate refugees who have been attempting to make the Mediterranean… https://t.co/buxG4TPgjF