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Hi thanks, I always thought that coal should create less smoke, guess I was wrong. Anyway, what about my idea to fit the forge into a small shipping container? Will it fit? If so, I'll be able to work there even at winter and it will be mobile in case we decide to move somewhere else. Thanks

Thanks for the answers, I plan to use coal as fuel, the neighbours are nice, but, not sure I want to find until when :D Anyway, I want to start small, first of all just to get familiar myself with blacksmithing, later maybe try to make knives, candle stands and some other small stuff, nothing larger than that for now (for now, I probably mean for the first year or so) I eventually want to try to go into reconstruction. I believe I have time till then though.

Hey, I live in Israel, central district

Hey guys! I'm reading blacksmithing forums for a while now. I think I know how to start. The problem is that I'm not sure I have the place/space needed. Me and my wife we're living in a small village, renting a 50 sq. meters house with about 30 sq. meters front yard (only dirt, no grass with one tree in the middle). We have neighbors (we share one wall in sort of a duplex house). In front of our house we have mainly fields with different crops. Is it even reasonable to start thinking about building some sort of a blacksmith there? Do I even have enough space for everything needed? How much noise blacksmithing will produce? (I afraid the neighbours may not like the hammer) :D And let's say I will try to find another place to rent, how large should it be? Must it be stone built or wood/metal is ok? I even thought about purchasing a shipping container and cut windows to create small forge.. Could it work? Sorry if these are silly questions :wacko: , but, I'm pretty lost. I have never been in a blacksmith before and I can only imagine how it should look like from the inside. Any ideas you may have are very welcome! Thanks a lot, Danny Cheers