paul reber

The press in the shop picture is a 55 ton hydraulic with a electric pump.

I posted some pictures of my shop in the show us your shop section of I Forge Iron.

Here are a few photos of our shop,it is still work in the making and newly vented out for use this year.The forge was built by my son and myself,it is 4'x6' with 2 fire pots,one coal and one coke.All hand blowers at this time but I have a electric on standby.We have a total of 10 anvils,The smallest is about 20# and the largest 336#.The cone I bent up at work,It is 3/8 AR plate 14" at the base and 52" tall,Filled with sand and weighs about 350#.We are gearing up to do metal working merit badges for the local boy scouts and possibly some hammer-ins with central Wis. blacksmiths if I can figure out how to get the meetings arranged.I am 44 years old,my wife wont talk about her age and my son is 17

Hi everyone,My name is paul reber and I'm from central Wi.My wife son and myself enjoy smithing for fun.We started building a double pot forage and collecting anvils about two years ago.Finally got the forage vented out the roof and am curantly working out small bugs with the system.We were hoping someday of having some hammer-ins to get local smiths together and teach each other tricks and tips (not ready yet but close).The closest hammer-ins seams to be in burlington,Wi and is where I get my coal from but am looking for someplace closer.As a job goes ,I am a journeyman sheet metal worker.