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I think I found its twin, dimensions and all. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHARP-102-lb-ENGLISH-BLACKSMITH-ANVIL-Forge-Iron-NO-RESERVE-/110948528116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d50c2ff4

Without a fully equiped shop and experience, starting out making swords is like doing surgery with nothing. Start with simple projects to get a feel for working with metal in general. In about a year youll be lucky to have all the tools needed for making a sword. Unless you just want to make sharpened steel bars, some people like to call those swords.

Ya I was thinking about that too Frosty, how awesome it would be to have that whole shop able to run off a water wheel.

Click the Stuido tab and you can see the engine room, he as a couple old oilfield engines.

I used the style from Sam S's tong tutorial for these, no power hammer though, ouch.. They work great though, now I can forge out some old ball peins into other tools.

I love everything about that sword, the pattern, the colors and texture of the hilt/handle. perfect!

hahaha, death wish :)

What is the length of the bar you started with, you listed just the width and height. Very awesome, heirloom quality I say!

Nice looking knife you got there, gj

Woke up with my usual routine, check email, check bank account, check this site, ect. Well, in my email I have 4 payment receipt confirmations for $20 a piece to some Garena Online Private Limited, that turns out to be some asian based video game type store. The charges were only placed a few hours before I saw them, so I called paypal and they stopped them but the money is still going to go from my bank account to my paypal account and I will just have to transfer it back when it does or be charged for a stop payment from the bank. Paypal said the thief had my password to the account, so I changed it. This is the 2nd time(1st was a few years ago) Ive been able to stop fraud while the charges were still pending. Make sure you have email alerts set up on any paypal type site so you know when there are purchases and check your bank account every day, morning and night at least.

Welding would be the only thing, I wouldn't worry about it though, should give you enough use till you find something better. Putting hardy holes in them can be a pain without tools, it would be easier to just build a wood stand for it and mount a stake plate or something similar to the top of the wood stand.

Awesome job Waldgeist, I recognize your shop from the picture of the wilkinson anvil, looks like you upgraded to a Nimba? It may be smaller but that sure doesn't mean it isn't useful and well planned.

Stumbled across this guys page when I was looking up Hackney Hammers, very awesome setup. http://sandersoniron.com/old/JoelWeb%20Page%203-studio-machines.htm

Awesome thanks! I like the ant knife on page 15 and the bearded viking guys at the end.

blast from the past

Did you leave room for this one Dillon? http://www.petersonmachinery.com/inventory/?category=Drop+Hammers&detail=2589

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_rod

It looks a little rough from the picture... $1 a pound would be my first offer for sure. If it has a nice ring still and the face can be cleaned up it might be worth more, fishers have thick faces usually, gives a little room for mild repairs.

Just pray they have not seen any of the MatchlessAntiques anvils sell... 6-800 would be a good deal. Cant wait to see some pictures.

I like Daves idea, simple and effective.

Some pictures of printing the first board, my brother decided to make the first one himself just in case there is anything that needed changed after we get it all running. It will eliminate the messy white breadboard with all the wires sticking out of it and allow us to package it all nice inside a case so that it doesn't just look like its some garage project. If you look close you'll see the name for the induction forge and my brothers company on one of the boards, when pronouncing it, the 2 stands for squared, its part of an equation that makes this whole thing work. This step in build is over my head for sure :)

Also, it looks like the dies are set at a 45deg, Ive seen others that are strait from front to back. Is that adjustable or is it something different with the hammer models they made?

Do you have it running yet? Or still worried about it pushing through your floor? :)

$50 from my brothers, wifes, half-brother, lol, it was his granfathers and has just sat in storage for years, AC-225-s

Very nice start! We want to see pictures of your anvil too :)