don't tread on me

Running at 20psi my 20 lb. tanks last 2-4 hours.

That is beter than my first setup. Is that blower very loud?

It looks nice, but that is defacing government property.

My forge doesn't have flares, but my burners have alwase got red-orange heat when in use.

Try rail road spikes I have been forging with them sence I started blacksmithing and have never had one crack. And there the perfect size for making the jaws.

The wood Will Not Insolate the anvil the bolt should traval right through to the ground. It might leave a small bern mark where it enters and exits. The Drewed is right about the stump it would probly bet blown to bits. I am an Electrical Apprentice and my Dad is a Electrical Contractor.

If that anvil is the right hight for you your head is going through the leanto roof.

This is a knife I am doing for a friend. The blade is a stainless steel that I don't know kind it is, the handle is leather from an old saddle, and a deer antler for the end. The steel is some kind of air hardening steel, I heated it up in my gas forge and let it cool for two days, it had no effect on the hardness or tuffness. I would like your thoughts and critisisum. But not of my spelling.

I got it to spark I just had to use more RPM's and it is non magnetic.

I have a peice of staneless steel that wouln't spark, what tipe of staneless steel could it be?

This is like my 10 or 11 knife and it is a loot better than my first one and my last one. The first two are of this one and the threed is of my last one.

Make sure your ash dump is closed. If it is open all your air will be going out there, the path of least resistance.

Looks good, I like the setup.

Go to My link and contact them and have them send a catalog to your E-mail they have a loot of stuff.

Take a hammer with you and test the ring and rebound on it first.

Could you send me a design for both of them? My E-mail is on my profile page.

Looks good to me, wunder what it will do with an edge.

sorry but that is as small as I can get. And look at all the detail you can see.

This knife is made from a chunk of sucker rod. The handles are black walnut. The blade broke off the first time right at the weld but I rewelded it and know it is good, but it isn't perfectly strate.

Congratulations, in 12 years he can swing a sledge for you.

School or a triphammer.

A heavy hunting sword would be used for wolves or wild boar, where the light one would be more of a saramony sword. I mean you wouldn't want your sword to brack whele you were fighting a wolf would you.

I think it looks like a Roman spear point.

This is kind of what I had in mind for my shed.



Just something to keep me out of the weather.

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Ive noticed lately there has been a lot of discussion about anvil,block and blacksmithing tool prices in general..I thought I might offer an observation and opinion in general..Tell us what you think about it..
Well Im a scrounger myself..I hate to pay a lot for anything if I dont have too, but I will if I want it bad enough..I figure I can either buy it and have it or not buy it and complain about the price and not have it..I have combed the eastern half of Kentucky over the years..I have come up with three anvils worth buying and a few hand tools..No swage blocks, no cones..I come across a vise every now and again. Maybe one a year I have a nice 4" columbian so Im holding out for a 5" or 6" vise..Just to give you an idea of how rare smithing items are around here..If you want it, you'll have to pay for it..
Collecting has really come on strong the last decade or so..Collectors are willing to pay more than a smith is most of the time. Thats just the way it is..Smiths in general are a stingy lot.
Smiths are also use to paying out of date prices for old tools no one uses anymore. Since the collectors market has come on strong there are folks out there willing to pay good money for this stuff. Then there are a new generation of smiths out there coming in that will pay it too.. The collectors market isnt going away and last I checked not many manufacturers are making Anvils, swage blocks,hand cranked blowers and floor cones any more.. So folks Id say if you want it, you'd just as well pay it and have it because no ammount of us griping is gonna change anything..These prices increases arnt goig away and I dont think smithing tools are going to get any cheaper..I dont like paying high prices anymore than the rest of you but Ive come to the conclusion that Id hate to go thru life wanting because Im too cheap to spend that extra few bucks for something I want..
A few extra bucks, Im talking about spending $1000 bucks for a 5" post vise