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R.Lepage

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  1. Not to concerned about the anvil at this point, it was a free piece of RR track, gonna be heading to a local scrap yard today to look for a big flat chunk of steel.
  2. I'm up in northwestern Ontario and I have a few buddies that are interested now that I've started! Should be nice having someone swing a large hammer while I direct!
  3. Well yesterday I got my homemade ghetto forge up and running! It's a very simple brake drum forge. I have to say it worked much better then I expected! I have to give thanks to IFI for the wealth of information on here, I wouldn't be close to where I am without you all. Also I can't stress it enough, to all my fellow newbies... You can read all the information and watch all the YouTube videos you want but there is no book or video that will explain how exciting and fun it is to learn first hand infront of your own forge! So far I have learnt; 1. It is much easier to bend then flatten metal. 2. It is easy to forget to stock the fire (I found throwing a good size handful of charcoal as your taking the stock out seems to keep it going well) 3. I now know what you all meant by "fire flies" I wasn't expecting that! 4. Blacksmithing is super fun (and a great stress relief!) That's all for now, can't wait to get back on the anvil!
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