Francis Trez Cole

I phone has an app for that

Aral there are markers that melt at diffrent temps they range from 100 to 1000 degrees in 10 degree incroments most welding supplyers can get them

Check the classified ads on the abana web sight some times there are bars for sale.

When friends of mine get married I forge a stand of an oak leaf and acorn to hold a flouite sphere. to promote love, open mind, and growth.

I have a beginning video posted on my web sight. Good basic blacksmithing 101

great work and detail.

I use a drill press stand for a table top drill press that I got from sears cut a piece of plate for the top and a piece of 4"x4" with a hole in the side for the leg. works well and if you neef to apply extra force just put your foot on the tube.


I just have it attached with bolts and wing nuts.

I make firepots and I cut them in pieces and use them as clinkerbreakers the work very well.

DennisG Love the homade anvil

Koutetsu Hay I am in Sarasota It looks like an old mousehole forge anvil good stuff. I have an old one that had damage if you clean up the surface's put an aluminium rod in the hardy hole and do fillit welds you should be able to bring it back to life. If its is a mouse hole anvil it is forges and it can be repaired with 7018 rod I did mine 6 years ago and it has held up well. Check out Faba http://www.blacksmithing.org/ we meet once a month great group of people. We have a meeting this saturday in tampa (Armour making). I am right off str 62. If I can be any help let me know

nice rose I use felt to hold the rose oil. my self I like them black (new beginning) not death.

nakedanvil: they are all real square saving up.

I am feeling wrought with all the philsophical imput. Here in florida they do wrought aluminium. Aluminium tube with cast finnials welded to it. talk about the 21 centeury.

my $.02 Wrought is steel that was produced before the use of Bessimer furnace. that is when we got consistency in steel production and were able to build the empire state building.

At my metal store they have some 6" soild rounds scrap diffrent length. Thought I would sleve them in a steel pipe and weld it solid.

King archeticual metals have them all sizes solid and hollow

my portable forge is a BBQ grill make a fire pot out of 1/4" plate if you need plans I can sent you a set. they work great and when you are done working just close the lid

the pic of the scroll is great good way to open a web sight. Love the work

I would thing labor would be the compermize. With many strikers you did not need a power hammer. For my self I am a soiltary blacksmith if I can get a striker for the day that would be great. So with out more power or a second set of hands there is only so much one person can hammer and shape.

brian's referance is a good one

what I see is white marks from soapstone. I would reheat to working temp. to burn it all off the oil and soapstone wire bruch then cool and try again. Myself I would use stright bees wax. only my $.02 nice work we have boy scouts make steak turners for there metal working merritbadge here

I was thinking of using the same thing except I was going to go oversized like the type fpr a 3 point hitch Northern tools sells them. Have seen them used on Baja Racing vehicals. If that isn't a pounding I do not what is that was my logic. Have seen the hammer using a engin block on youtube? think I am going with that design.

those would wake up the neighborhood on a saturday morning

well oil and vinagar don't mix. :oJust kidding:D a Pic would be nice to see what it is doing.

I had a bench model wore it out. then I got a Jet floor modle lot bigger moter better speed ratio that is the most important thing how slow will it go