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Tennessee Troll
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Reprinted from the Bituminous Bits Vol.
11 No. 4, July-Aug 1995
Clay Spencer - Editor
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© 2000 Alabama Forge Council
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Mike Pleasant and Gary Scasbrick put a wizard on a rail spike and made
the rail spike head into the feet. This neat little guy is the Tennessee Troll. |
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Heat the head of a rail spike and
place it in the hardy hole. Hammer the head flat. |
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Dress the edge down around the
sides of the spike head, with hammer |
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Hotcut the feet. Continue
the cut up the spike an inch or so to make the legs. |
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Put the open cut on the edge of
the anvil and hammer from back to open cut (spreading feet) |
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The feet should look like this
after splitting. Flatten bottom of the feet and make sure he can stand up. |
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Use hot cut to cut three toes on
each foot. Be careful not to cut through foot. Make toenails with a 1/4" round, flat end punch or curved chisel. Make knuckles by cutting small lines with a small, curved chisel. |
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The face is made like a regular
wizard face on square stock. Use a set to push the metal down on each side of the nose and below the nose. Punch eye sockets and and eyeballs. Punch nostils with a sharp center punch. Hot cut lines for the mustache, adding hair lines before the mustache is cut loose. Cut the mustache and curl up. Punch/cut the mouth. |
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Next is the troll cap. Try your own
versions, here are two ideas. For one, the spike can be drawn to a point and then curled to one side. |
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Another way is to make a night
cap. Fuller the spike to a blunt point and leave the fuller marks in. Fold the end over to one side to look like a night cap. |
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Hot cut two grooves all the way around
the head, above the eyes to form the bottom of the cap.
More decoration may be added in the
form of stars (concrete drill) and/or moons, etc.
Originally rewritten from the
Appalachian Area Chapter Newsletter. |