Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:36:10 +0000 admin@iforgeiron.com (I Forge Iron) IP.Blog 60 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-273-graduation/ http://cloverdalefarm.ca/forge), run by Matt Jenkins.

I had only used my homemade propane forge before, so after using a coal forge for a few hours, there were 2 main thoughts going through my head: "Man, this fire sure gets the metal hot quick and localized!"...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-273-graduation/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-242-hot-hot-hot/
Yesterday I fired up my forge for the first time after adding another inch of insulation and upgrading the blower to a shopvac.

After about an hour of practising some basics for hammer control (drawing out, tapers and curves mostly), I decided to put the regulator up to 10 PSI. I had two workpieces, one in the fire and one...]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-242-hot-hot-hot/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-235-first-real-entry/
Since all I had as tools were a piece of rail track and some random hammers, I got lazy and haven't done much since finishing my blown propane forge (build pics and description to come). But Saturday, I got a breakthrough!

I went to a farm auction on Saturday morning, and although the two anvils' prices...]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-235-first-real-entry/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/15/entry-77-blacksmiths-log-stardate-24032010/
I just read tomcellwheel’s thread <http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/16041-a-hopeful-future-blacksmith/> and I realized keeping a journal would be an EXTREMELY useful thing to do. So here it is!

I’ll be documenting the builds of my propane forge, my anvil and stand, my tool rack and eventually my projects.

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