Rob Sitze

I use Renaissance wax for everything. But I make it up rather than buy the extortionate ready made stuff. It is a blend of Microsrystalline and Polythene "A" wax , (4:1 I think) and white spirit. It is 90% white spirit. I tend to make it up very runny so that it can be applied quickly by brush. I make up a batch every few years and store it in jam jars. Goes and an awful long way.

 

Alan

I would like to get that recipe.  White spirit is what we call mineral spirits here.

Thanks

I paid $80 for mine and it's missing the mount and spring. It's not as pitted as that one is though.

My new anvil, and the stand I built today.  It's a 112lb calvery from NC Tools.  Still need to make a stand for my gas forge soon.  Sorry for the blurry pictures, taken with my camera phone.

Mike, it's this one. https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=class_detail&class_id=5874

It's costly, but it's our vacation and we figured we would spend that much just visiting some place, and we like it up there. We both really enjoyed the last time we were up there.

You've done far more then I have. Right now I'm just trying to get my wood shop in order. I'm probably going to wait to set anything up until after I attend a class.

I think we have the same friend Robert, Scott? I've bought red oak from him, and have got turning wood also. Great guy.

Thanks, I'll probably wait until spring to start building a forge area. We'll see. So many projects, so little time.

Thanks Mark, right now I'm just trying to figure out where I'm going to start setting up. I'm thinking an outside forge off of my shed, build a couple walls and a roof off of it. I have a friend that has done some farrier work, and has an old forge that he's giving me that needs re-conditioned. My dad has a crank type bellows. I'll probably be anvil shopping soon.

Hello from Sanford, I've never done any blacksmithing but I have done welding and fabricating. I'm signed up to take a blacksmithing class at John C Cambell fold school this fall and just researching what I'll need to get started at home. Mostly I do wood working, especially bowl and hollow form turning, blacksmithing is just something I've always wanted to try.