Jeff Lodge

If the material is hard and not able to move it wouldn't be any good for a bellows.

The stand is White Oak. I used a router to cut in the top so the Anvil would sit into the stump. I also tapered the sides of the stump with a chain saw to make the bottom a touch more stable. 170lb HB sits on top with a rubber mat between the anvil and stump to help with the ring.

is this draw in inches or milimeter?

You can see where it says Solid Wrought around the middle number. Like Macbruce says it's a Peter Wright.

Tom,

Thanks for sharing! Great detail on both projects and I look forward to trying them myself.

Well, if you can melt aluminum in a fire pit I can imagine you should be able to melt it in the forge. The problem sounds like your setup is not allowing the heat to be concentrated in the area needed. Why not bury your air supply in the ground and make a pit forge. You'll need a lot of wood or charcoal to build up around the crucible that you should be using to contain the melting aluminum.

Very nice craftsmanship. I would almost be afraid to use if after all the work and beauty that's been put into it!.

Good idea! I might have to borrow that one for my shed once I can get it all laid out.

Thomas,

After seeing this posted I decided to look into the roach killer and found that you can get 5 lbs of it pretty cheap. Less than 20$ from some sites.

Seems JT Eaton has a product that contains at least 99% Boric Acid. I might have go pick some up and give it a try.

Looks good and it's a good place to start with plenty of room for expansion!

Did you just use straps to mount it to the rafters or roof, or is it adjustable up and down?

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Love the detail and work you've put into it.

Babelfish translates to 6 meters long and 80 cm diameter

Tom,

Nice work! I thought Id mention that the link to your website doesn't look to be working not sure if you're aware of care, but wanted to bring it to your attention.

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Without any real dimensions it will be tough to estimate a rough size. it looks like it could be in the range of 90 to 170lbs. I'd contact the seller to see if they can either place it on a scale, or get some dimensions... width of face height of anvil and lenght of face and horn. I have a Hay Budden that's 11 inches tall about a 4" face and is about 28" long and its around 170lbs.

I wonder what ever came of this forge. Yetti are ya still out here?

You wouldn't have gotten it cause I was on this one too. It was sold within hours of the posting. I missed it too :(

Yeah, I am waiting on a piece of rubber to set under the anvil before I lock it down onto the stump. The stump is still pretty green so I think I'll probably at least toss a few coats of linseed oil on there, but I am itching to test drive the new setup :)

Thanks for the tips! I figured I could just go ahead and use as is, but wasn't sure if there was a preferred method people used for tree stumps/chunks of wood before using them.

Here's a pic of what I ended up with.

I just received a nice chunk of wood and squared it off and trimmed up the sides somewhat tapered so the bottom of the stand is slightly larger then the top. My question is do I need to treat the wood with linseed oil, or is there another type of oil or substance I should use to prevent insect and decay issues? \

I'm currently working out of my garage so it's now on concrete, but I plan on moving out to my shed this fall which has dirt/gravel floor. It's generally a dry space so I don't really expect issues with water rotting away at the base.

The wheat looks like a twist similar to the one in this video. Just twist the four separate rods and then forge weld the tip of the wheat onto it. Brush with brass to get the finished color

Try this thread

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/13008-wheatsheaf-twist/page__hl__wheat

Yes, like Vaughn said treasure that friendship and gain all the knowledge you can from this man. He sounds like most blacksmiths I've met so far... willing to share his knowledge with those that are willing to learn. That's one of the most amazing thing I've found about the craft of blacksmithing. If you're willing to learn and are passionate about the craft there are many teachers willing to share their knowledge of the trade!

Nice hawk! If that's from a RR spike you've done well. Much better than some of the other spike hawks I've seen out there.

You could always lower the pipe down into the forge table and cut out the opening and flap like to plan to do on the oil barrel. You could even use the oil barrel as the hood and still use the culvert for the stack.