Brian Carlson

Ivy crawling up a trellis(sp?) would look neat. Smithed or real.

I wonder if there would be any benefit to quenching in a combination of oil and water? Since oil floats on top of water. Maybe you could combine the benefits of each.

Do you use untreated or treated lumber or whatever you have?

Is that a race car engine or a forge?

In part 2, at around 4:23. One of the smiths is sighting down the metal, while another holds something rectangular and white while kneeling down.

Whats the second smith holding and whats its purpose?

Thanks,
Brian

I used the exact same thing as part of my "complete forge set up for under US$25" and it worked a treat.

Went out this weekend and walked about a quarter mile of newely redone railroad tracks near my wifes parents home.

Came back with around 50 railroad spikes and a piece of railcar coupling that might do as an substitute for a proper anvil. Its definitely heavier that 50 lbs, but beyond that its hard to tell. I'll have to put it on a bathroom scale and see how heavy it is.

Anyone know what those couplings are made of? Seems to reason the strain of then railcars bucking back and forth would harden it pretty good. Other than figuring out how to mount the bottom to something it may work. If nothing else it's one heck of a door stop.

I'm currently saving money to take a course at John C. Campbell Folk School and we'll be moving out of the apartment and into a house around August. Until then I'm gonna be scrounging and looking for tools, and having fun reading the posts on this forum.