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In my opinion blacksmithing is a type of fabrication...really fabrication is just the prep and alteration of metal...doesn't matter what tools you use..."old school" blacksmiths only used the primitive tools they had because its all they had at their disposal. I guarantee they would use grinders and welders if they could have back in the day.

yeah that would be cool...I live in Columbia aswell....I'll try to make it to the meeting...sounds like a blast

Check this out.
http://bamsite.org

Mid Missouri anyone? just got started but I'm very interested.

thanks for the advice guys..I'll probably try Phil's suggestion first and if the sink doesn't work out I'll try to find a break drum...the sink is just laying there do I might as well put it to some use!

Thanks again

yeah I was planning on cutting slots in the sides...but using clay to raise it up is a good idea...should I just buy clay from some hobby shop? I don't really feel like making/digging it up.

Hey guys first time poster and very new to this hobby...I had a question about my forge.

I'm using a stainless steel sink as my forge as I'm sure you have all seen before but my question was, should I put a layer of clay or some other substance in the base of the forge to prevent it from getting too hot? I know once stainless is heated too much the carbon separates if I'm correct and makes it non-stainless again...correct me if I'm wrong....

anyways back to the subject...

if I do use clay, is there a special type I should use?

Thanks for the help...sorry if this question has been asked a billion times...but i haven't posted here yet and I thought I'd take the opportunity