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If you think of a question, search the site and maybe it has been covered and you can read up on it first before posting. This will give you a better insight into the answers. I am a new member here, and can tell you that just reading the many topics here will give you a lot of answers to your questions. The people on this site are also very helpfull in their postings as well. Good luck in your new hobby!!!

Fantastic work. Must have take many hours to complete the set. Thanks for sharing.

Great work. Would have liked to be watching while you made them. I could have learn a thing or two. Great hammer control. Oh yea, make mine a 150kg, that should do it ;)

Making tools and using them, for me that's one of the fun parts of smithing. To say "I made it" is great. Good job. If you're like me, after your done you start looking at how to do it better next time.

Here's a pic of one anvil stand I made and how I secured it. Under the anvil I welded a metal strip across the stand, bored a hole for the bolt to pass through. Also between the anvil and the stand I have rubber mat to deaden the ring.

It was a good exercise in figuring out how to work with my power hammer, how to hold my work and move it under the ram to get what I want.

I figured out how to post pic to a thread, so here is a pic of what my touchmark is.

Thanks Sam. I stumbled on it once, but couldn't find it. Appreciate the help.

Ok, I got the pic loaded this time. I'm not as computer savy as some!!

This is my first Hawk. It was from a ballpeen hammer in which the ballpeen head had been modified for farrier work, so the other end is not as big as it should be, but the blade turned out fairly well. Although no power hammer was abused in making this, my new Krusty did lend a hand in making it :D

I retired from the Army Reserve as a SGM, so I had a stamp with my rank made, this is my mark.

Great job. I too like the "unfinished" look in somethings. Some knives I do, I don't buff and polish out. I thinki it give the work it's own personality!!

Great lookin work. I will guarentee I will not abuse but will use my power hammer to make one. I know it is a lot of "arm strong" work!!

Haven't really noticed any problems. But with this one it is only light work as the head is not very heavy. Splitting kindling to start a fire is not big work.

While in Idaho I worked as a guide and hunted all the time. When I moved to Denmark I needed to find something to do with my time as hunting over here is not hunting for me. Being a farrier, having the anvil, gas forge it was a natural progression to blacksmithing as a hobby. I later found a coal forge, built different tongs and started doing pieces out of old shoes. I like making knives so that brought me to build the power hammer. You guys know how addicting this stuff can be!!

Just posted(double) of an axehead I made yesterday. I like to make these and give away to people. They are from my old farrier files. I bend it over, leaving about 1" overhang. Hammerweld, then bend the overhang over and hammer weld it giving the blade more bulk, plus when sharpening I don't sharpen the weld. Great for the small stuff.

Charcoal was used for year here in Denmark by the Vikings. Go to any of the Viking villages and you will see smithing done with charcoal. It is a matter of fire management and "learning" charcoal.

Good job. One thing for sure, there will never be another "first leaf", so keep it or a pic to show where you came from and how far you have gone. Nothing like pounding iron into a shape!!

Glad to have you here. I am from Idaho, grew up in SW, later moved to Salmon where I worked. Forging is great. Have fun, and glad you're here.

Great thread as I am looking at making a new pad for my machine. I was trying to think how to secure it down, but now have great ideas thanks to the posters of this thread.

Great advice. Now that I have build one, there are a few small things I would do different. I was a little worried about the belt wear and may do something about it later, but right now I will enjoy it as is. I did today get it bolted down to the floor and that helped a bit. I am still going to redo the floor under it this spring.

It's amazing what one can find while driving around. I am a farrier over here. One day at a customer's place behind the shed I saw a portable forge - complete. I ask the lady what she was doing with it. She said her husband was going to haul it to the scrapyard. I ask if I could have it. She said yea, so I got a complete portable coal forge, with working blower for free!! Will be interesting to see how the outcome if for you.

Maddog, That's exactly the game plan. I understand great minds think alike!! Anderson, I have no idea to your questions, but guess I will find out.