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I Forge Iron is expanding. As a result, we are changing the way we handle login authentication. We ask you check you account so we can fix any problems before the upgrade. Please make sure your login information is current. A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. One reason for this, is I Forge Iron now has a store and we'll be introducing an SSL (encryption). The upgrade, which will be rolled out soon, will allow users to login via email or username. Across multiple sites even. Members stuck as, "Awaiting validation" will be deleted. These are people who signed up, often spammers, but never confirmed their email address. Make sure your email address is corre…

the part of this system that sends out validation Emails isn't working since our last update , so I have been manually approving new members as fast as I can, sorry for the delays but my day job has me working 10 hour days

We are building a memorial for the memory of Glenn Conner. Members are asked to make and send (PM me for address) for final assembly Flowers, Leaves, and even Branches; to be made into a memorial bouquet for Glenn's wife Karen from all of us. I ask you leave stems on the longer side to make it easier for me to do the lay out. I will add to the list here in this post when I receive a package from a member, listing all who helped. Those of you who cant make a flower can make a leaf which will help fill out the design, I wont be able to tell you what it will look like, until after I get the supplies to build it. but I will post photos here. After I get enou…

Finally, most of the old Blueprints are back, and we started a new sub forum for Historic Ironwork If you find any of these posts scattered in other forum sections please use the report tag it so we can relocate it to the new place

We just finished the latest of the updates that took us offline for a few hours. Hopefully this is it for a while. Let us know if anything wonky is going on now thanks IFI Staff

Glenn has passed away. It is a sentence every friend, and especially son, hopes we never have to read. Glenn and I started IForgeIron over the kitchen table in 2001. I still remember we had sweet tea in the old Tupperware glasses. He had exhausted online blacksmithing resources, In his pursuit of knowledge, so he decided to start one. He always had a way find simple solutions to complex problems. Glenn did great things gradually. One step at a time. Over the twenty plus years that followed, he hosted Tuesday chats with Blacksmithing Blueprint releases. He spent hours each day by the forge and the phone answering questions. He made friends like you around …

Twitter is crashing, Reddit is dying, and IForgeIron is still here - we're antiques. Every few years, the internet changes and we ask for your spare change to keep going. It is that time again. Donate Here As always, I've already paid the bills, so we're at no threat of being shut off. But coming up this fall, we have some major decisions to make. $300/yr: Forum Software & Anti-Spam Services $260: A Bunch of dumb fees we pay for other software $100: We get to renew iforgeiron.net/org this time for a bunch of years. In classic fashion, we'll strike out each goal when achieved. The last donation drive two years ago in 2020 carr…

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