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Just getting started
This is a discussion on Just getting started within the Introduce Yourself forums, part of the General Discussions category; By just getting started I mean that I'm still in the planning stage. I've started gathering parts for my first ...
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11-25-2008, 10:49 PM
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 Just getting started
By just getting started I mean that I'm still in the planning stage. I've started gathering parts for my first forge and hope to have it completed soon. Having never hammered iron, I have a lot to learn. I hope to one day turn out some respectable fish gigs. I have easy access to a salvage yard so material shouldn't be a problem. I don't know where to find coal close, so I plan to use hardwood charcoal. I have an unlimited supply of dry oak. In these pages I plan to a lot of reading and learning, and maybe I won't ask too many stupid questions. Anyhow,I just wanted to say "Hey" to all.
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11-25-2008, 11:44 PM
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Welcome to IFI, grab a tall beverage and pack a lunch and sit back... if you start looking around you could be here a while... James
__________________ “He who allows his day to pass by without practicing love, generosity, mercy and praising God is like a blacksmith's bellows: he breathes but does not live.” |
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11-26-2008, 01:15 AM
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Welcome to IFI. As well as that beverage don't forget to pack some food, you will be here a while 
__________________ Rob Browne Small forge, a few tools and an anvil. Lots of scrap iron. Two enthusiastic sons. |
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11-26-2008, 07:08 PM
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Welcome aboard. Fish gigs eh? Been a LONG time since I made a fish gig but I still have the scar on my right palm from sticking myself with the barb. I was walking along the sidewalk treating my newly made fish spear like a walking stick, sharp end up, and I missed the edge of the curb with the butt end. It slid through my hand and barbed me good. Oh the memories. <sigh> Frosty
__________________ Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read. "Groucho Marx" |
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