yesteryearforge

poco # 3 here
get it from around here ( central virgina ) or west virginia
no problems yet / i hope not to have any problems because the last that I bought was a little over 9000 lbs

Dennis
There are lots of those type books in the centaur forge catalog , so you could have multiple choices
If you dont have a catalog you can probally go online and request one
Mike

Welcome Jerry
Enjoy the site
Mike

Peyton
Ill be there / wouldnt miss it / hope to be on time too.

Good job Peyton
hope to see a lot more members here.

My slack tubs are stainless steel
the water is slack or a more accurate word is stale, not stagnet but stale as slack water quenches much better than fresh water as the oxygen in fresh water runs away from the heat much faster than stale water.

I have one of those
every blacksmith should have certain things even if they will never use them
1---- a traveller
2---- a flatter
3----- giant snip/shears
4------ an anvil/vise combo
5------ cone mandrel
ok I admit I actually do use the cone mandrel

A coal burning forge is no more of an open fire than a fire in your fireplace in a house / and its a whole lot safer unless your shop is carpeted and your forge has curtains on it.

Welcome Keykeeper
You will find a lot of hunter - gatherers here
All kindered spirits

Thomas
you're right it is a full blown all consuming uncureable disease.
Like collecting knives, guns, etc.

Fredlyfx

I seem to have a genetic defect that wont allow me to sell them
I currently have 17 anvils ranging from 25lbs thru 560lbs.
Cant seem to pass up any that go for a reasonable price.

A very wise man once said
I dont hunt to kill
I hunt to have hunted.
The enjoyment of any persuit is the preperation.
At least half of the enjoyment derived from camping is the preperation of getting ready to camp
The shopping/purchasing the equipment , clothes , food, planning the route or trail learning to read a compass cook over an open fire etc.

I use a 560 vaughn brooks in the shop and a 200lb for demos
plus 14 other anvils
Anvils are like life insurance [ you can never have too much ]

I Believe it is
eastern school of farrier science
owned and operated by danny ward

ive got a 209lb soderfors thats one of the best anvils that ive got / i think you made a good score with that one

Welcome Crackers , we have quite a few of your fellow aussies here / hope you enjoy the site and visit often

Stryder
I build my stands like a three sided box with the opening towards where I stand.
You would be suprised at how much more comfortable it is to stand at an anvil when you can put your leading foot slightly under the anvil.
just as a square stump allows you to stand closer to the anvil than a round stump an opening in the back allows you to stand even closer. the result is less strain on your back and legs as you dont have to be reaching over to hit.
an added benifit is a stand made this way from heavy plate almost allways deadens the ring from your anvil. the photo of primtechsmiths is a 260 competitor like yours

What do you call your place that you do your work in?

workshop

shop

blacksmith shop

smitty

forge


Just curious as I have always refered to mine as THE FORGE. Yes I do have a forge in the forge just as I may have a smith in the smitty but probally dont have a smitty in the smitty .
Feel free to chime in.

fredlyfx
Thats an outstanding rendition of a feather, very good job

here are three champion 400 blowers of three different sizes
8 "------ 12" ------ 16 "
all three have the same gear box arrangement but different blower housings.
I have right many 400 blowers but just got the 16 " so I changed out one of the 12" ones.
thought this may be of some interest to anyone contemplating purchasing a champion 400 blower

Heres mine
The big one is kinda cool to have but too heavy to use very much unless you have 2 or 3 apprentices to help move it about

My ex son in law asked me if I would like a fly press so I said how much , he said free , so I said yes, / This is what he brought me
Its not a flypress but a 50 ton screw press
The stain is from over oiling

can't seem to post a photo

Leah
Quite often the bond between a father and a daughter is very strong, perhaps stronger than that of a father and a son, It seems as that may have been the case with you and your dad.
My condolences
Mike Tanner

assuming this is 16 gauge wall thickness drill a 1/2 " hole and run a 1/2 square file through it [ it will only take a few strokes per hole as your are only cutting the corners ] when the file goes all the way thru you are at 1/2 ".
haven't done it on tubing but it worked well on 3/8 flat bar so should work even easier on thin wall tubing.

How about showing us your swage block rack / stand / holder or whatever you prefer to call it