Mende

I hear you guys on the TIME thing ... i built my shop one year ago and lit the forge 4 times .. . school . ..and exams .. . Speaking of which . .did I brag about getting in to all the 5 English Universities I applied for? ( I would have preferred America. . but the prices r huge there. ..for england one can get grants from the EU) I'm going 2 Manchester Metropolitan 2 study Advertising and Brand Management so in like 3-4 years time . ..If any of you will be needing help managing your .. brands. ..gimme a call!

Well we are talking about a blacksmith's shop ...and unorthodox one indeed but it's still blacksmithing . .and about the North thing . .I don;t follow ..

What would it be like?. . Sam said he'd go for the Hephasteus volcano type one. . Frosty wants to somehow have waterfalls coal seams and scrapyards in the same place. ..etc. I for one would also go for the huge cave inside the molten core of a volcano. .with the forge consisting of a heat resistant tube heated by a lava stream, carbon steel anvil in an obsidian setting, diamond hammers, ogre slave strikers, goblin engravers and chained politician polishers . .that use wet grinding stones and wet em with their tears. Of course the weather outside would be extremely cold to provide me with a glacier to quench my werk in . . Oh course we shan't forget the nymphs that live only 2 give you massages after a hard day at the lava stream ( forge) . ..among other things .. Plus some children to test the weapons on .. (optional - . .we could bring in more politicians or members of whatever group/race/ethnicity you secretly/openly hate).

Cool werk dude! .. and nice "modern smith" get-up ...black t-shirt and dirty jeanz . .. and i love the shop idea ..so much so that imma start a thread on it:D

Thx a lot guyz . .This is so much fun ..sure as xxxx worth the inhaled smoke and the scandal all the flying sparks caused with my parents ( i used charcoal) .. I blew my nose after i was done and the tissue was black. Dunno why but that gave me a feeling of pride ... and thx for the chisel advice Frosty . .I did notice that a straight leveled edge is a pain 2 work with ..

THX guys ..this means a lot 2 me:D oh and about the ring part . .. I hit it 2 hard and one of the ends split . .so I improvised. ..and twisted everything together. . . Plus.. I only know hot to flatten stuff and dent/cut em on a makeshift hardy( upside down cold chisel).

So I finally fixed my forge and did something . ..It's like the third object i ever forged ( besides a chisel and 2 pronged fork that should serve as a shower holder) so go easy on me..

Ask someone with experience in chain making. There are some videos on youtube. . type "forging chain" and browse the results.

I've used a granite boulder and a strong looking quartz river rock to flatten a steel rod I found while barbecueing once. ..was getting bored so I fanned the coals leftover from the cooking and got the rod red hot and beat it senseless with a rock ..left it 2 cool . .and ground it on another rock ..and made a very primitive knife blade ...2 bad i couldnt dettach it so i left it there. ..

All the aluminum anvils they sell seem 2 be a bit small . . .Do you need a demo anvil you can carry around or s hop anvil?. . .if you want the latter . .get a steel anvil and some ear muffs. . .

Hehehe . .everyone's treating this like it was ure first grl ..which isn;t far off. ..considering the time, pain, money and feeling u put into going this far!)

just learn how everything works ( forge, blower etc) as in the principles and make your own original design based on what material you have or can acquire. ..you could then let us look at it and make suggestions. ...then one you have something that can be used as an anvil.. .and a hammer. .learn 2 make tongs. .chisels. .hardies. .pokers rakes hooks. ..stuff like that ... If you want a real anvil. ..just go at fairs and give people homework . as in give em a beer and ure card and tell em 2 ask around . .if they come up with anything say ull give em a cut of the profit. i came up with my 2 anvils like that . and have leads for 2-3 more.( but no money)

I dunno about you guys but Nimba anvils always annoyed me because of the way they are named .. .as in the TITAN is the smallest .. .we all know what titan means ..also .. the Centurion doesn't even measure or weigh 100 of anything .. As for the Gladiator . .it should switch names with the Titan . Sorry for the pointless rant ..

Anyways .. .Altho I'm not a Blacksmith ..and can barely be called an amateur compared 2 most of u ppl. ...I started about 2 yrs back ..when I decided I could probly forge knives with just hot coals left over from a bonfire and a simple hammer and a RR track section. I started collecting tools and stuff and finally managed to build a good enough brick and earth forge and found a 150 kg anvil hiding in a nearby mountain village. Never could find the time 2 forge a lot tho ..been busy with getting into college and such . .and now I'm leavin for London ..so maybe during summer breaks. .

This is funny!. .To read LotR and only get intrigued by welding . .Too bad there are classes for dragonriding and magic and arcane cures and necromancy ..I'd sure sing up!

I recently came across some Romanian Army chemical kits that are used by soldiers to wash and neutralize toxic stuff from th enemy .. .in case of a chemical attack. The kit consists of 2 small vials, 3 small bottles filled with a sweet smelling pink liquid and several cotton balls. Can anyone please tell me maybe what those chemicals are and if they are toxic to humans or animals? and how to dispose of them safely.

thx. .the metal is just cut ,.no missing parts ... so ill just do as u say.. .

Hey guys. I recently got this very old copper pot. .that is supposed to be a couple of hundreds of years old. .. It's in relatively good shape but it has 2 holes in it like someone punched through with a knife. How could I make it watertight again and still maintain the antique aura that it currently has?

I think you should get a few friends . .or just free up some time . .take it apart. . sand blast it, repaint it . .oil everything up ..and THEN start it up. .You risk damaging it further if you just squirt grease on some rusted parts and plug it in. Plus. .Having it polished and painted will make you feel a lot better about it. .and will make us more jealous.

They look like a non locking vise grip precursor . .

Does anyone know how often these cannons exploded in during use?

I think people should put aside such boundaries and buy what's best .. .be it that it's made by their country or not ... but when the difference is not that big ..one should buy products made by his own country. Last time i said something about China . . it was deleted ..so we better talk about such things in chat ...where you can get things off your chest faster.

They sell induction forges on Blacksmiths Depot as far as I know. .. They look good for blade making altho for big irregular pieces. .a gas forge is best.