Old South Creations

great job!

^{Nice job...that's a great looking forge!}

British weight markings...looks like 2-0-26 = 250 lb

what a cool find! I'm jealous...I've dreamed of making a find like that! That's one of the nicest colonial anvils I've seen. I have 2 very similar to yours and they're "crooked" as well. Don't be afraid to use it...treat her right and you won't hurt it

Nice Fisher!

at the top of the page click on "Forums"...look under "I Forge Iron Forums" and you'll see "Feedback and Support"...click on "Tailgating/Buy/Sell" and you'll be there

Sounds like old electrical cross arm supports, but I've never encounters HC ones.

exactly what I was thinking. I had a bunch of them at one time but they all were mild steel (galvanized of course)

 

For the OCD who want to get fancy with blower handles, I made a few of these out of brass.  With steel sleeve inserts too.  :)

Love the brass handles! Way too fancy for my shop though

I saw one of these vises at a tractor show this summer but didn't know what it was...now I know!

those are great looking hammers...nice job!

great job!

good scores!

nice job...VERY close to the original for doing by memory

wow! very nice work...thanks for sharing

nice work

Hopefully someone will chime in with a good coal source for you but if you can't find coal near you consider using charcoal. I don't know if it's the same in Alabama but here is SC we can buy lump charcoal in places like Wal-Mart & Lowes...just make sure it's real charcoal and not the briquettes. You can also make your own charcoal. A lot of folks also use dried corn as fuel. I don't have any personal experience with corn I understand that it works great. Best of luck to you!


By the way, walking the RR tracks is considered trespassing so I can't condone that BUT I used to do the same thing and had great luck! Amazing how much coal spills from the cars.

interesting...thanks for sharing

Nice score! Congrats!

So customize your first forge to do what you will be starting out doing!  Worry about a bigger forge later.

 

 Great advice.

Concentrate on the basics. Practice, practice, practice

_{that's a good deal with the tools included. I have a couple of Peter Wrights that I use regularly. They're great anvils}

nice shop! looks great!

nice looking shop!

wow, that's a big anvil! good score!

214 lb according to your numbers...should weigh a little less than that since your missing some of the tail. Nice score, even with the damage

I just modified mine...works great! Thanks for the idea!