Hi,
I've been thinking of taking up blacksmithing as a hobby recently and have been looking at some beginner courses. I plan to book one through the UK Blacksmith's guild to make sure I enjoy it before buying equipment but, assuming I do, I'd like to be able to carry on making things at home.
I'll be buying a new house soon in a built up area and I'd guess blacksmithing gets very noisy though, so my main question is how much noise am I likely to make? If I were to buy or make a forge for my back garden would the noise from smithing be a significant disturbance to my neighbours? If it is, can anyone recommend a way of smithing elsewhere?
Thanks
