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New beginnings

Posted by leighwill, 19 December 2010 · 13 views

Well last friday was my last day at my job as a construction tutor, wish i could say i was moving into a career in Blacksmithing but unfortunately i'm not. I am going to be in the same type of job but as a vocational technician not a tutor, less responsibilty for about £700 pound less wage and i finish earlier so more time work at my forge.
But i'm...

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Family Tree

Posted by leighwill, 18 November 2010 · 8 views

I found out some really interesting news today, yesterday my old man was doing our family tee and it turns out my great grandfather on my mothers side was a smith and my great great grandad on my fathers side was also a smith.

And it turns out my distant family from my great great grandfather have still got most of his old tools which they said i can...

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Here comes the cold.

Posted by leighwill, 10 November 2010 · 7 views

Well today was the day i had to make some changes to the way i work, i usually forge in the open air with a tarp for cover in case of rain, but today the dreaded first frost decended on me and my forge.

so weather is getting really cold and although the forge kept me warm, the heat was soon drained from the pieces i was working, so a quick phone call to...

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New forge form liberated steel

Posted by leighwill, 04 September 2010 · 6 views

Today i decided to upgrade my forge from a fire brick nightmare, i used all scrap bits of steel that were just lying round the yard and some not so scrap bits, (sorry dad).
I used some 5mm x 100mm plate for the base and 50mm x 50mm angle for the sides, i also managed to liberate an old compressor from a skip cut one end off end welded it the base to make...

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