Blacksmithing, General Discussion

8,205 topics in this forum

1. It followed me home 1 2 3 4 429

   By Glenn, April 6, 2005
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   • Stash
   • Tuesday at 03:44 PM

3. Blacksmithing gems and pearls 1 2 3 4 45

   By Glenn, December 1, 2013
   • 1,115 replies
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   • Glenn
   • March 26

4. Show me your blacksmith pets 1 2 3 4 27

   By Glenn, July 12, 2016
   • 650 replies
   • 61,911 views
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   • Les L
   • February 24

5. Common Basic Mistakes That Beginners Should Avoid 1 2 3 4

   By JHCC, December 18, 2018
   • 95 replies
   • 18,371 views
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   • Irondragon Forge & Clay
   • February 6

6. Advice to newbies from a newbie 1 2 3 4

   By Jack-O-Lantern, July 16, 2014
   • 89 replies
   • 35,901 views
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   • Irondragon Forge & Clay
   • January 19

7. Blacksmith Sayings Proverbs 1 2

   By Borntoolate, March 21, 2011
   • 38 replies
   • 21,543 views
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   • bluerooster
   • December 31, 2019

8. READ THIS FIRST

   By JHCC, January 25, 2018
   • 4 replies
   • 27,055 views
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   • mje hotmetal
   • November 4, 2019

9. the handy rail spike 1 2 3 4 7

   By ausfire, October 30, 2015   

   • rail spike
   • 173 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • October 30, 2019

10. Why won’t my welds stick?

    By Sploing, 6 hours ago
    • 6 replies
    • 89 views
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    • rockstar.esq
    • 21 minutes ago

11. How do you develop a useful scrap pile ?

    By Glenn, 4 hours ago
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    • 70 views
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    • BillyBones
    • 33 minutes ago

12. What did you do in the shop today? 1 2 3 4 481

    By littleblacksmith, January 21, 2017
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    • Frazer
    • 17 hours ago

13. Please help identify this material

    By TruebloodLowery, Tuesday at 08:23 PM
    • 8 replies
    • 191 views
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    • John B
    • Yesterday at 04:02 PM

14. anvil vs tools

    By masonred, March 27
    • 10 replies
    • 302 views
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    • masonred
    • Tuesday at 05:30 PM

15. Junkyard list

    By Sam Falzone, September 14, 2015   

    • junkyard
    • car steel
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      Tagged with:

      • junkyard
      • car steel
      • steel types
    • 6 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • Monday at 01:52 PM

16. Is my hammer control ok?

    By Awrksmokey, March 25
    • 7 replies
    • 249 views
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    • Awrksmokey
    • March 26

17. Stainless?

    By DangerZone, February 25
    • 14 replies
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    • arftist
    • March 24

18. 100 animal heads 1 2 3

    By Shabumi, January 17
    • 54 replies
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    • Shabumi
    • March 23

19. Spring steel and 5160

    By lyuv, February 13
    • 12 replies
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    • bluerooster
    • March 22

20. What is this? 1 2

    By Graywall, February 28
    • 25 replies
    • 809 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 19

21. Show me your Bottle Openers! 1 2 3 4 69

    By Arbalist, April 23, 2009
    • 1,704 replies
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    • Frosty
    • March 18

22. Polygon Finial (hexagonal) video.

    By jlpservicesinc, March 15
    • 3 replies
    • 141 views
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    • CrazyGoatLady
    • March 16

23. Portable kit

    By GuardedDig2, February 19
    • 22 replies
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    • GuardedDig2
    • March 14

24. How to Forge Rectangular Blacksmiths Diamond 1 2

    By jlpservicesinc, February 27
    • 42 replies
    • 995 views
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    • jlpservicesinc
    • March 13

25. Butt welded washer, why a gap is needed on a shaft weld

    By jlpservicesinc, March 12
    • 6 replies
    • 293 views
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    • jlpservicesinc
    • March 13

26. Iron City History?

    By Rich Dvoracek, February 7, 2009
    • 15 replies
    • 10,700 views
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    • Irondragon Forge & Clay
    • March 10