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  1. oakwoodironworks
    My 50lb. Little Giant has some casting pits also. I guess it is just the nature of the casting process. Like the others have said, use auto body filler or JB Weld to fill the pits, sand smooth and paint. Mike
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    The guy selling those anvils runs a business ( although you are not suppose to ), through the GA Market Bulletin selling blacksmith equipment. He always seems to come up with anvils, etc. Also, you won't find any bargains as he always asks top dollar! Mike
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    Great Idea! I am going to have to make me one. Thanks. Mike
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    Thanks for the link. There sure are some great photos to look at. Makes you wish you were able to see it in person.
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    I don't think you would have any problem re-selling them. If you where closer to GA, I would take one off your hands if you didn't like it. Good Luck. Mike
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    The ones that I have seen were on barn doors and doors to log cabins. Gravity holds the pin in place, just like on a modern-type hinge in your home.
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    Mark, Good Idea! I have some jack hammer bits that I've been meaning to use to make hardy tools and this gives me some inspiration. What make of anvil is the one I've seen in you videos that has the 2 hardy holes? I've never seen one with the hardy hole near the face like yours. Keep up the good work. Mike
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    Nice Job!! Really like the way you attached it to your stump.
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    I highly recomend Mark Aspery's book The Skills of a Blacksmith. Mark is an excelent teacher and having his book is almost like having a personal instructor at your side. Good Luck.
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    I saw knifemaker Don Fogg forge a knife at a demo using water on his anvil. He had a bucket of water and a mop-type brush that he used to put the water on his anvil. It looked impressive and seemed to work on his knife blade. He explained that it was a technique used by Japanese sword makers he had studied with.
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    I always tend to lean toward the safe side of things. Been hurt enough. Like one old fella told me one time, you've got to be tough if you are going to be stupid. I wonder how they make the BBQ smokers that I see made out of the 250-500 lb. propane tanks. There seems to be a lot of them here in GA.
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    Real Nice!! When I was a kid, there was an old power line that ran through the woods on my grandmothers farm and there was a pile of the old time insulators (blue and clear) the size of a pickup truck just laying in the woods. Always wondered what happened to them. Seems like todays junk is tomorrows treasure!
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    Mark, What do you do to your metal after you remove it from the vinegar bath. Mike
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    In his book, The Blacksmith's Craft: The Legacy of Francis Whitaker by George Dixon, there is a quote from Francis that says "After twenty years you may think that you are a Master...forty years later you realize that you were just crossing the threshold." As great as Francis was, he made the comment that even in his 90's, he was always learning something new. He was a Master Smith if there ever was one.
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    My goal is to build some sort of shop to forge in. All of my tools are stored in various corners of the shop where I work and every time I want to do something, I have to drag them out and set them up. I work about 20 miles from where I live and it is not the ideal situation. One good thing is that I have enough tools to have a good shop when I do finally get one built
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    There are a couple of videos on YouTube showing the late Tom Clark striking for another smith. He sure was good and always had a lot of energy.
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    The solid track pins make great hammer heads (the sealed and lubricated rails use pins that have a hole in them)
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    What a Great Christmas! I received a leather blacksmith apron ( from Moonshine Leather), a 2.5 lb. hammer (from Jackpine Forge), a pair of kevlar hot mill gloves and some rivets. Also, a good friend of mine gave me a random patterm damascus knife with a stag handle. It dosen't get any better than this! Merry Christmas To All.
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    Real nice strikers! If they could talk, just think of the stories they could tell.
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    I make my char by using an old 100% cotton towel cut up in to 2 in. squares and put them in an old Altoids can that I drilled a small hole in. Build a small fire and put the can in it and leave it until no more smoke comes out of the hole (this process is the same principle as making charcoal) Let it cool and you should have some char cloth ready to use with your flint and steel. Mike
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    If you really want to use coal, you could call Buster Grubbs, who lives northeast of Macon, Ga. He is a member of the Ocmulgee Blacksmith Guild and sells coal as a sideline service to the guild members,etc. The last time I was there, he had about 17 tons on his coal pile. He can be contacted at: Shady Rest Forge Route19, Box 739 7475 Hammock Rd. Macon,GA 31217 478-743-4244 Hope this helps.
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    Terry A very interesting story. I bet it really was something to see the steel mill in full operation. Mike
  23. oakwoodironworks
    There is a good tutorial on Making a Striker for Flint and Steel Fire Making by Buster Grubbs at Ocmulgee Blacksmith Guild :: Home . Go to the site and look under Tutorials/How To's.
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    The best place that I know of in GA. is : Shady Rest Forge-Buster Grubbs Route19, Box 739 7475 Hammock Rd. Macon, GA 31217 478-743-4244 He sells coal in 50lb. bags, 55 gal. drums all the way up to pickup truck loads.
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    I have a friend who tried logs like that and he said that it didn't work. The only way that I have found that works for me is to use a brush that fits my flue and pull it through the flue a couple of times to knock the cresote loose. Messy job! It helps to clean the flue once a year before wood burning season, that way the cresote dosen't build up too bad.
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