civilwarblacksmith

I need to get a belt lacer to redo the leather belts on my forge blowers. Both demo forges run off of belts.

I usually have CNC punch machine dies follow me on occasions. The become too short from repeated sharpening. I get them and take them to iron-n-the hat for use as fly press tooling or for use in hydraulic presses for punches.

The tree looks great. We had a group at our hammer in 3 yrs ago called the Ironmasters. They were out out Rockville, MD. at the time. 7 or 8 guys from the former Russian states that seemed to be really coriographed(?) when they worked together. They forged a tree about 7ft tall and you couldn't tell it was put together. I'll see if I can get a picture. Great Job.

Boxes, crates, and buckets. unsorted and unorganized. I was real happy when I finally used up a bucket of scrap. Now it can be refilled.

Crocodile Dundee

Hey Jayco, Here is my new cooking apparatus for re-enactments. You wanted one that you could use for family cook outs. This one also breaks down flat for easy storage. It is an 1860 period field cook stove. about 35H x 35L x 20W not counting shelf. Made this for the wife. Fire was the number 1 killer of women in the 1800 and before, due to the flowing dresses and hoop skirts getting too close and into the fire. Kinda the first BBQ grill.

Frosty, The grate with the pan can be used with or without simply by not putting the pan on. Without the pan it looks just like the first picture, except it has small 3/8 id. piping on the side for the pan's 3/8 roundbar to slide into.

Paint for that time depending if it was made in a field or shop is not untraditional. Though the paint they had did not come from a spray can, it was more like house paint. As far a fire grate, I will paint them if it is for a customer. It looks alot nicer and gives the apperance of more time and care being put into its' being made. Use krylon high heat paint. The campfire will never reach the temp to burn it off and does not affect the safety of cooking. After the continual use of the grate in the fire will help protect the grate.

It's the same shade as the rest of it. So it's probably just coal if it was used at all. Personally with the size of the bowl it just seems like a redundant part of the forge. You can fit an awful lot of coal in that bowl.

No problem Chris. Just remember if you make one like the second is for extreme circumstances for re-enactors. It was an area where they could have open fire but not on the ground.

english wheel

grindstone

Barbie & Ken

Very Nice. It really adds to the attractiveness of the wall.

Wish I only paid $55.00 for it. Would have been nice to have the blower also.

Straight Line

Looks Great, Happy Forging

What is the year for the catalog?

treadle hammer

Got it. Thanks.

An anvil face that has been patinaed and smoothed from years of use is fine for me as long as there is no dents and dings in it. My anvil have seen over 100 years of history and use, and I like the look. It hasn't hindered the forging operation at all.

Hey Steve, Your saying the round part of the forge is the front and the trough goes to the rear on this one? The fire pot will fit either way to bring the blower from right or left.

I picked this cast forge a few months ago to be my shop forge. It has a trough on the front. Has anyone ever seen one like it and what is the trough for? I can't see it being for coal as the bowl is big enough it could hold 50lb of coal in it. I had mentioned it being for water as a slack tub for small items and they mentioned that it should be rusted if it was for water. The water made more sense to me.