ironsmith

I second POP knife supply, I went by his place and he treated me right. and is very knowledgeable on his merchandise...

Great ! i look forward to hearing back on the report! I sure hope it's good! I burned up all i had and borrowed more last week for my class with brian!

it's a stepping hammer from a lineman, The hole slipped over the bent end of the spike and the handle length provided leverage to thread the screw into the pole.

looks like a place i got some from before, it was heater coal and fist size chunks, cracks and pops alot and dirty , but gets hot... once again not sure if its the same place, its been 5 years or so ago.... as for stalite coal, I got some the other day for my class with Brian, it's full of clinker and smokes a lot, but is better than no coal at all! and you can weld with it, also burns real fast! Regards, Jody

COOL!

Hey guys , I just had a class with Brian and Lyle, here at my house, and i just wanted to let you guys know that these guys the best at what they do! and they are house trained too!!! I did not know the scope of experience Brian had and At first i was looking for some hand hammer experience and some basic techniques, but then Brian saw my Tire hammer we changed direction at once! Brian is a problem solver and can gear a class to what you need. he worked his butt off making tooling for my hammer and showing me the similarities of powerhammer work with hand hammering... I highly recommend him coming over to your shop to help with improving processes and inefficiencies in forging. Lyle is awesome! he showed me and another person how to do some rings and helped us with making brian's style of horse head. he also made some tools for me as well!, Just ask and he will do his best to help you out! the cable knife i got from him is superb! and i look forward to making some myself. If you haven't checked out his Picasa site for pics you need to! he has amassed a very detailed collection of pictures for forging. They are on the road now going back to MS. and i am sorry to see them go, wish there was more time to learn from them both! Ironsmith

here is the link to the one i built it works really well, and i am extremely happy with it.. Link removed at request of owner

here is the link, also they have changed it up since i have last been there. fyi... http://www.abana.org/store/ABANAStore.shtml

That's pretty darn cool! gonna have to try it! i got some 5/8's H13, wonder if it would do well?

Wow, Small world, thanks for the info man.... wish that show would have done better I think it was one of the few reality shows worth watching in my book. the web link didn't work for me but this one did > http://www.bigironart.com/

hey guys, I am trying to find an episode of build or bust (episode 3) where a blacksmith built a really interesting motorcycle. I can't find an online retailer with a release, does anyone have any suggestions on where i can find it? it originally aired on Speed TV back in 2005... Thanks for any suggestions.

I have a friend who uses that type of hose for handles on tools for the power hammer / treadle hammer. rubber hose could work as well , basically just find some thats a tight fit for the bar thats welded on to the tool for a handle. I don't have any pictures. hope the discription helps. :)

a friend of mine silver soldered his on until he invested in a spot welder from Harbor frieght , it gives him a good bond and he can run the colors from the weld out without any problems...

my personal opinion, but i don't think they are necessary and don 't use them. as far as i know they do make them burn a little more efficiently, but if you are tuned up ok , what's the point?

ok , made this one up in two saturdays, one to make the stand , one to do the hammer rack, still need to add feet to the base and some bracing to the legs. base legs are what i had laying around, the anvil base is the backs of a set of forklift blades, 2 inch think! took an hour to make each cut on my harbor freight band saw (poor blade) .

ptree, best of luck with your troubles on your hands, i couldn't imagine getting shot in a hand you just got out of a cast! mind telling us the story how it happened?

i am one of those cursed with confused handedness, sometimes i will pick up a hammer with my right hand , sometimes with my left, funny thing is i am left hand dominant and cant hit worth spit with my right hand, but i will still start smithing with my right untill i realize what i am doing... :0)

hey any chance we can see that video you were talking about blackwaterforge?

I get what you are saying there Ted, I would like to eventually sink a 6x6 into the floor and mount directly to it, but i am not sure how long we are going to be in this house, so i didn't want to go to all the trouble right now (Lazy ) and i am comfortable with mounting to the floor for now. Timothy I do appreciate the honesty and opinions! just as Ted said :)

pun intended? LOL

thanks for the heads up! i use mapp at work... will spread the word tomorrow

double posted :)

hehe, I was going to mention that i tacked the old girl down until i could go get some bolts to permantly mount it to the stand, I need to borrow a hammer drill to drill the holes in my shop floor to fasten it to the floor, at the moment i am thinking red heads but there are other types of fasteners i might look at as well. the only thing i think is an issue like you mentioned is how small the base is. It might behoove me to add some plate to the bottom to spread the stress out on the floor, but I think I am goin to bolt it down as is and see if it is good enough. I can always add a plate later. Thanks for the comment! just took another look at the picture, and you cant see that the "post" is an I beam with a plate on the bottom. there are 2 holes (one on each side) of the plate for fasteners. ;)

here is a picture of a vise stand I built today. I didn't start out with a plan but i think i came out ok...

HEHE< That is an interesting story! Thanks for posting it, the only story i got about tracking down anvils is where ever i work i ask if anyone has an anvil. I ran across a temp employee who had a 110 lbs Arm and Hammer anvil in great shape for 50 bucks. it's now my favorite anvil. (couldn't give him the money fast enough LOL)