joshua.M

looks extremely old to me, pre-hardie hole means REALLY old as far as i know

i think this has become one of my life goals.... thanks for sharing

i think the reason is that the top tool handles are very prone to being struck, and it make alot more of a headache to drill out the eye than it is to just knock it out

josh

Stuart that anvil is obviously defective, if you pay shipping to me i will make sure it is disposed of properly

josh

i have a mini fridge, radio, about 4 box fans to circulate air, a baseball bat and punching bag (creative moments aswell), and last but not least..... LUNCH!

so someone at this end needs to volunteer to host and contact Mick Smith... simple as that

Guys I wasn't looking for pity in this post! I wanted to hear your stories.... You're all making me feel bad lol

ya, im kinda sketchy around compressed gasses, especially flammable ones, and i've never worked on one of them

PLug it in and turn it on, then put steel in it LOL

i think it needs a new regulator, the one on it is pretty corroded, i am getting it checked out by my farrier who runs the same brand (1 size upp from mine) before i light it up

Looks like your got a good deal on all that stuff Josh, not a bad deal at all. :P

ya, now i need to figure out how to run a gas forge :P

sorry, they all uploaded sideways

and their crappy iphone pics

finally get to post here!!!! YAY!!!!! I heard of an old blacksmith shop through some people in town using the TPAAT the abandoned shop was wayyy out of town here and went for a little trip to see it, drove in the lane way and there was a house so i went and knocked.... they had sold the contents of the shop (sad me) until the elderly gave me the name of an older guy who bought lots of the stuff, so after lots of cold calls and wrong numbers searching through the phone book, i found him!.... he parted it all out.... :( BUT! he had some other stuff for sale because he was just retiring, so i got:

75lb "Canadian" farriers anvil

2 burner N.C tool forge with all lines and new lining

10 pairs of tongs

12 hammers

5 rasps (3 given to dad for horses)

tons of misc farrier clippers, dividers,hoof stands and hoof knives for dad

8 misc files

15 horseshoes (new, perfect for hearts)

hardie for anvil

swivel base vice with hardie post welded on

home made shoe vice (great for filing bevels)

small bench vice

aluminum farrier tool box (given to dad)

tong/tool stand

hand crank grinder

lead ladle

500 horseshoe nails

COST: $200

it is a very happy day

Josh

i don't use anything for a mask. just get used to it

i once wore a mask like that while working because my parents were concerned about coal dust, it lit on fire from the heat of my forge... not a good idea

I am in eastern Ontario, I think that if a new guild were to be started it should be a sub-guild of the OABA, I know from conversations with the president of OABA Mic Smith that if we want to move some events east, it is as simple as saying "i have space to hold a meeting/demo/class" and then work with the board to organize it. I would not be interested in joining as I believe it would be cause for a whole lot of unnecessary drama and politics. 

Josh

Having a soft hammer is bad because it is much easier to just buy a softer hammer than to risk ruining your main hammer.

Ps I'm 16, i was 12 when I started :p

if you re going to soften it (i wouldn't recommend it) i would find a crappy ballpein hammer and heat it to non-magnetic in my forge then put it in a bucket of wood ash overnight, that would leave you with a softer hammer and your nicer hammer. Read up on "annealing" and "normalizing" steels

Josh

When I took my class with Brian we wore welding gloves on our tong hands for a good bit of the work because you need to hold the drift and to forge the cheeks on the head (drift is used like a swage/mandrel) and to reset the hammer you flip the drift so it is struck side down and slam it on the anvil, causing scale to drop on your hand.... you only forget the glove for one reset.... trust me.

Joah

personally i like to make my tongs from 2.5" round.... nice and flexible that way ;) 

my parents kept telling me to behave or i'd get presents

i got some new cleats and receivers gloves for football this fall aswell as some underarmour and clothes.

For blacksmithing related things i got 4 feet of 1 7/8" 1045 and 2 feet of 2.5" 1045

forge weld???

hey! i'm in Ontario too, i would suggest that you buy a crappy cast iron anvil to learn on, there is no sense in using a family heirloom to practice your hammer control on, save it for when you don't need to worry (too much) about missing the steel.

Regards

Josh

Thats the goal!!!

thats funny you sead that cuz i split wood all day today , im an old farm boy i know all about that , still out of shape though....

Hahaha well i'm a young farm boy and do the same, but i was still making mistakes.... I was just putting it out there for everyone who reads this