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not enough outlets thats for sure, Im going to have to add more. Only half the shop is insulated (the back half in the picture, there is also a roll up door on that side) the side that my forge is in is without insulation and I also keep a Co2 alarm right behind me at my hight, so far it has not gone off, so thats good. I also open the big doors when I need more ventilation. Its far from being full yet (just give it a couple years lol), but the previous owner left a bunch of stuff I need to get rid of, and organize what I'm going to keep. here is a picture of the Half without the insulation from when we where moving in (there are doors that separate each half)

My smiting area is far from done but I have my little propane forge up and running so I can forge. It will change a lot when I get my coal forge up and running, just need to build a table and hood. I'm not sure how big the shop is, but it is big

Mine are way big, about 4 foot long and I still don't have a problem controlling the air flow. But I would make them about 3 foot long if I made a new set :-)

Nice guys, love all the sling shot stories. I had a wrist rocket growing up (still have a couple ) used to shoot it out my bedroom window (never said i was a smart kid) ended up braking a window and denting a car, ya umm no more sling shot lol.

I haven't posted here in forever, but I wanted to share. I wanted to make something for my nephews, so I thought it would be cool to forge out some slingshots (even though I have never made one lol). They are going in the mail tomorrow, I hope they like them.

thank you guys

nice one me and the wife are jealous of your bedroom door:) good on ya

oops double post

congrats on the first fire!!! Its great fun and addicting, cant go wrong playing with fire hehe

here is my new one sitting on a temp cinder block stand ill make something more stable latter. its 450# German with no markings and I got it for just a hair over $2 a pound :) here it is with my 90# on top :)

well got her cleaned up put a little paint on her then proceeded to scratch sed paint moving her into the shop lol no biggy but she is there :) happy day got my 90# on top lol looks so small now

i let her go shopping:) lol

update, got her out of my car and in the garage and on the floor. im planing on using some cinder blocks for a temporary stand then ill make a better one:) :)~

thank you guys.. I will post some pics in its new home probably in a couple days or so. DC, It was in Rice lake WI at a farm. ya black frog thats him :) I loved seeing all those anvils, I didnt even get pics of them all just a few of them, are you buying an anvil BF or just visiting?

So I found a an add on craigslist for a 450# German anvil for $975. so I look at my wife and she said go for it :) YEE HAA.. only downside is its 280 miles away. but I drove it anyway. here is some pics of what i see when I get there. he must have had 80-100 anvils there it was so cool, turns out he is a blacksmith of 40 years and has a shop in Columbia and buys the anvils from all over the world. He bought mine in Germany. So mine is around 450# and has no markings on it but he figures its around 100 years old, and it still looks great, has a few nicks here and there but not bad and he was very nice since I drove so far he nocked $50 off so I got it for just a hair over $2 a pound. so here is what you all have been waiting for PICS... in the back of my explorer:)

ya looks good that way also, ill let my mom decide which way she wants to do it

Wow nice job man, but I think the welds are off a little so you'll just have to send it to me and I'll ummm fix it... ya, that's what I'll do but it will take me a looooong time to do ;)

ya I know totally sucked but I figured out what I was doing wrong and fixed it so that's good.. got a couple more pics with better lighting

thank you frost :D

haven't been on in a while been letting my elbow heal, I over did it with a bad swing and killed it. but finally got back out in the shop and made some stuff for my mom. up first is a coat rack that I made. the scrools are not grate but I did make a jig to make them:) then today I made my first dinner bell its a little off but its all good I like it thats it for now but ill be making some more stuff for my family soon :)

i have my 2 burner economy forge from dimondback sitting on a wood bench i made, with some normal bricks under it and behind it when I dont need to put a long piece in it and it works fine haven't burnt up the table at all unless I drop hot steel on it :blink:

don't think the artificial sinew will get cut I jb welded it before i put the holes in for the sinew so there is space.. and if it dose get cut oh well I want to make another one anyway. I didn't put anything on the paracord that way it is still usable if i need to take it off for something, and there is a 2nd lair of paracord underneath with the threads taken out so if I take the top lair off there is still some grip to it.

so I have some coil springs laying around so I thought I would hammer out a knife. I also made a sheath but it was out of thin leather, it will work for now but ill make another one when I get some better leather. But I had a lot of fun making it, left all the hammer marks in it to give it some character. All in all I like it, and learned from it :)

looken good man. I think you should keep the pink just to be different

yes Dave it is, but no worries i fixed it before I put it up