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Thanks, I'll ask them. As for the eye protection, that's one of my first concerns (saftey in general). I got safety glasses already. And, just for curiosity, those welders helmet work well against IR, right?

Ah, OK. I was inicially planning on doing so, but when people started talking about the fumes I was in doubt. Thanks. I'll look for it, I'll probably have to find an e-book version if I can (generally american books aren't shipped to Brazil). I'll check it out the day I make it, if it's too strong I'll make a gate, thanks.

I was planning on getting a hair dryer if I cannot find a vacuum, Anyways, there's this local charcoal company in a city nearby that has great charcoal. I plan on using that. As for the strength, you sure a hair dryer, even on low, can be too strong? Oh, better stay away from that then, what are you using now instead? Also, when I'm scavaging for metals, are there any specific metal parts that are galvanized or have zinc?

Fume masks, something like this:

I looks around, unfortunately, they only have locations far from mine (a few hundred km some are a thousand or more), I will be travelling by one or two soon so I'll try to talk to them, thanks. Thanks, some of my family members have a lot of junk laid around, I'm gonna try to find an old vacuum. Thanks for all the help Phil. I don't think the fumes will be much of a problem though, I plan on using a mask, not sure if it'll help much. And again ,thanks to everyone for the help.

Thanks so much. Just a few more questions more questions, on the part I put in bold, shall I put sandpaper on the flat face of the hammer or use the sandpaper or on the forged piece of metal? On the video I was watching on the subject, the guy also had a precision drill, do you think I could do the same type of cuts with a normal hand drill? And lastly, just out of curiosity, but, if i go to the scrap yard and get a nicely sized piece of rusted metal and removed the rust and cleaned the outside part, do you think I will be able to make something out of that?

Well, I'm going to be building an open shed (no walls) with a forge inside of it, the shed shall be made of wood supports and the top shall be a either a resistant drywall-like cover (forgot the name in english) or a roof tiles. I was planning on going to the scrap yard, finding some metal parts for the forge and buy some plumbing tubes and a decent hair dryer, I'm probably gonna make it around 5x3m, I'll have to measure at the area. Is this setup OK? Anyways, being that my supplies are limited due to the high price in my country, I'd like to know what I can use for an anvil. Also, other than tongs, gloves and glasses, what shall I need? Oh, and last thing, can I use a normal construction hammer or is there a specific hammer and can I use those smoth files instead of a grinder? p.s. I'll be trying to make small daggers.