hammerkid

It would be a good idea , BUT I have decied to sell it and buy a factory made gas forge. Its for sale in tailgating if any one is interested .
Chris

Philip,
Dont think I`ll be moving it around much LOL. Its a real nice size though.

Hey Y`all,
I searched for a thread about adding a 2nd burner to a gas forge and didnt find nuttin, if you know of one please post the link. Ok my question is can you add a 2nd burner to a gas forge that is already done with 1" of inswol, and 1" of castable Refactory? I have a 20lb propane bottle as my shell , with a fire brick in side the forge it gets hot but slower than I`am pleased with and only gets a meduim sized area hot. I have a modifed side arm burner in it and use anout 10lbs of pressure . It`ll get under 3/4" Hot pretty fast , but am wanting one to get 1.5"sq hot . If any is interested check it out in the tailgating.
Chris

Thanks Frosty, No it didnt come standard , but I marked to 12 inces will mark rest later LOL. I find that REALLY handy .
Chris

Mike, have checked with the Groundskeepers and they say its alright.
Chris

Hey y'all,
Recently my Great Grandpa passed away. I wanted to do something special for his grave because he always liked for me to show him what I was making at the time. So I decied I would forge a shepards hook out of 1/2" sq. The Hook is bent on the dimond. It has a few reverse twists in it. The end that goes in to the ground has 2 pieces of angle iron on opposite sides to keep the wind from blowing it over.
Chris

Here is a picture of my new 286lb. Euroanvil.

Thanks Jeff thats what I figured. I am slowly gather stuff up to build a "Calvery Style" forge. It ll be 24x24 and will breake down.
Chris

Looks and sounds like you had a good event Dave. I agree with frosty we want pictures of the smithy goin LOL
Chris

Do these style of forges have firepots? From the pictures Ive seen they look like they dont and the air pipe comes up to the table and has a grate that covers the pipe.
Chris

Nice lookin forge. what is the hood?

Well to start off with ,my forge hood is a old small water heater tank. My forge is built from droppings. My gas forge is built from a old 20lb. propane bottle. All my punchs and chisels are made from old coil spring. I make a lot of knives out of old files and old horse shoe rasps, and mower blade. my hot cut for my euro anvil was made out f 1 3/4" coild spring, my mouse hole hot cut is made from old truck axle. My shop is built with "scrap" 2x4s from my uncles work which where thrown out as scraps but were extras.
Chris

I have a 286lb. Euro anvil. I havent used it a LOT yet , only got it bout month ago. I have used about 4 others and all of em have all been great anvils and a pleasure to work on. Some people have said they are a bit soft but I havent had any trouble with that , but I dont do ANY COLD work on it.

Side draft has my vote too. I have an overhead, and have used side drafts, no comparison. Side draft wins hands down.

That is REALLY AWESOME! The finish is a interesting finish also.;)

Looks like a nice neat hammer.
Chris

Thanks!

Yeah frosty got to know him quite well. He was a character. He told me about him skipping school and going to the blacksmith`s shop and crank his blower for him, he said the smith would yell at him for going to fast , he had a lot more details in that story but not very appropriate for the site LOL:D.

Chris

Here is one I made form a used lawn mower blade. Has walnut handles.

Here are the pictures of it it finished. Still haven't got to use it , My great Grandpa passed away so that put a damper on my plans.
Chris

That tool box has been from Warren Co. ,Tn Blacksmith meeting to The Big Blu NC Abana meeting. And lots of places in between:D.
Chris

Chris:

Glad it wasn't worse. Tongs that fit are a good thing for sure. How about forging a pair?

There are a number of good products available, some over the counter, that will reduce or prevent scaring. Unless you're thinking a cool scar will help attract the girls of course.

Frosty

Mousehole: Ain`t enough hot steel been pounded out on me?
NEW Euroanvil: BRING IT !!!!:D

Anyone notice the Side note: The McKinley track team was called the Blacksmiths. I thought that was interesting. That is a neat school shop. lol

Well yesterday evening I decided I would fire my forge up. Well got er going real good and it just got coked up good and put a piece of 1/4"x1" in for a door pull for a demo coming up, got it to the anvil and was drawing a taper on one end for a spade, the tongs slipped and the piece of glowing orange steel flew up and hit my face , right under my eye and knocked my glasses and my hat off. I got a 2nd degree burn and will have a big scar. Need less to say I`am fixing to order some tongs to fit 1/4"x1" flat bar.
Chris

The hammer is Finally DONE!!!! I hardened and tempered it Saturday with the help of Jason AKA Ragtag. My uncle made and put a handle in it today. I will get pictures uploaded probably Wednesday. It weighs in at 2.75lbs with the handle , which is what I wanted.
Chris:D;)