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cbl4823 I would be interested in posting the photos and any associated text on IForgeIron, much as a sample of each anvil style, type, or brand. Contact me.

BP0131 Coal, Coke, and Rocks BP0051 Good Coal

How do you folks keep keep welding spatter from sticking to your welding tables? After it sticks, what is the best way to remove it?

Please keep the answers on site so other folks can read and benefit from the knowledge presented.

Please keep the answers on site so other folks can read and benefit from the knowledge presented.

When the air to the forge slows down, it is time to dig out the clinker. There was another piece about half this side in the forge also. Just dig it out, remove most of the junk and ash and rebuild the fire. Takes only a couple of minutes.

Someone junked the tractor and I got the tires. Don't know that these will work for a tire hammer, but they followed me home.

cbl4823 Go to the top of the forum page and click on user cp click on edit profile Go to the bottom of the page, enter your location, and save. We would like to know where in the world your located.

The thread Larrynjr is referring to is Show me your anvil

Not Judy, but another lady.

The Harvey Girls was on one of the high number channels late at night. I would have completely missed it had it not been for the anvil in the scene.

Gobae Go to the top of the forum page and click user cp click on edit profile go to the bottom of the page, enter your location and save. We would like to know where in the world you are located.

Anyone remember the blacksmith scene in the movie The Harvey Girls (1946) with Judy Garlin, John Hodiak? The movie is about a mail order bride that stops in a frontier gambler's town to work as a waitress. The hammer the girl uses in the blacksmith shop looks to be about a 6 pound cross peen. Take notice of the hot horse shoe that smokes and bends under the hammer blows. Look at the red hot horse show just before she thrown it into the slack tub and then notice the sizzle and steam ad it hits the water.

IForgeIron > Blueprints BP0238 Simple Side Blast 55 Forge The coffee can and the fan are a little bigger (grin) IForgeIron > Blueprints BP0133 55 Forge A simple to build bottom blast forge Either forge is quick to build. This will allow you to play in the fire while you locate the perfect forge.

From the IForgeIron archives, Charcoal and lye

Kalevra, Thank you for your input. Welcome to IForgeIron.

Let me simplify my question. Say a piece of angle iron is welded in 4 places across a 8 foot length. Grind or cut out weldment to separate the piece of angle iron from the parent structure. Is this recovered piece of angle iron as sound a piece of metal as a new piece of angle iron? Can you expect them to both to support the same load? (the difference being the areas of weld and grinding). Same concept for flat bar, sq bar or any other shape. It would seem recovered metal would be less structurally sound due to some stock removal, and the heat affected zones at the welds. Cutting these zones out would seem to provide good sound metal as the zones were removed. It would also seem that if you planned ahead in such a way that the old weld would fall in such a place as the new weld would go, weld over weld, there would be little loss of structural strength. I am just asking the question in order to make a proper decision of new vs used materials when building a project where structural quality and integrity is a concern.

Someone please explain the difference between penetration and fusion in welding. Many times I hear "good penetration" but not so often the term fusion of the welded metals.

What I had in mind was dis-assembling and reusing the structural members, such as angle iron, flat bar, beams etc. Would the neat affected zone from welding and cutting out the weld create a substantial weakness to where that area or section should be down graded to a non-structural use?

Cutting or grinding the head off a rivet releases the rivet. Same with a bolt. The question came up as many times there are things (fabrications, equipment, etc) that have materials that can, if disassembled, can be used elsewhere. There is no current project in mind. I just wanted to start a discussion so when the need arose, we (collectively) had some idea of what could be done.

Can you grind out the welds in order to separate pieces of metal so they (the pieces) can be disassembled and reused in other projects? Does the metal once it is welded (and the welds ground out) loose any strength in that area making it weak? Should this metal be used for less critical applications? What method do you suggest for removing the larger welds? Can they be cut or gouged with an ox/ac torch and then cleaned up with a grinder?

I was in touch with Hofi and found that there is a opening in the beginning class in free-form power hammer forging. Contact Ed Mack Center for Metal Arts for details. Tell them you heard about it on IForgeIron. Power Hammer Forging with Uri Hofi: May 5-7, 2008 Two and a half day class in free-form power hammer forging—an intensive program of theory, demonstrations and hands-on time at the power hammer. Learn how to use Hofi’s signature dies and tooling at the power hammer for efficient and effective forging. You will leave with many new ideas and elements to use in your own work. This class begins at 8 AM on Monday May 5, and ends at noon on Wednesday, May 7.

Several young folks have joined IForgeIron and have impressed folks with their thirst of knowledge, desire to learn, and then their drive to take it to the fire and turn theory into application. Jodie Robinson was 10 years old when he presented Blueprint BP0507 Spork. Whitesmith was blacksmithing at age 6, ask to work at a forge on a regular basis at age 7, already has 3 wholesale accounts for his work at age 8, and presented his first demo at 9 years old. (Thomas, I had to check as it has been a while.) Both Jodie and Whitesmith are still interested in blacksmithing. YungSmith14 The best way to be taken seriously is to be serious about blacksmithing. Read all you can on the subject, takes notes, and learn how things are done. Go to IForgeIron.com Getting started, and Lessons in metalworking > Blacksmithing. Then go to IForgeIron Blueprint BP0238 Simple Side Blast 55 Forge , build a simple forge, and get some metal hot. Pay more attention to safety and technique than what you actually produce. Once you have the safety and technique, make say 25 of each item, making each batter than the last one. Compare the first and last ones looking for the differences. Then read some more, take notes and go back to the fire to see if you can apply what you have read to transform the metal. Keep us informed as to your progress and ask questions. Welcome to IForgeIron.

Gun laws differ so widely that you need to refer to your local government and a good lawyer for advice, not a blacksmithing web site. Let us continue with shop security, but without the use of guns. Thank You

IForgeIron.com > Lessons in Metalworking > Blacksmithing > LB0008 Reference materials and LB0008.0001 Reference Material may have information on weather vanes if you dig deep enough.