Nohone

I will be visiting Bandy Blacksmith in Escondido this Saturday. Very good, Mr. Turley.

Ended up being sold for $202, plus $123 shipping. $325 altogether. I had a feeling I could find a better one more worth the value.

Yes sir I have. I apologize for not giving enough information in my first post. I am a member of CBA, and I have researched just about every blacksmithing class within a 2 hour distance from where I live. Adam's forge, while no doubt a great to deal to some, would not be very great for me considering the far drive and the cost. Right now I am set to attend Saturday classes at two blacksmithing guilds within an hour drive of my area. Like I said though, they're saturday only classes. I am trying to find an instructor that would be willing to teach me the craft more than once a week. Learning every saturday would not be so bad if I had a smithy to practice on during the week, but unfortunately I do not, though I am in the process of looking for blacksmithing tools. I suppose I could just ask around at the blacksmith guilds I am set to attend lol, I would probably get better leads, but I didn't see any harm in posting here in the mean time.

Any blacksmith in southern california willing to train people, like myself, in their craft?

Sounds good to me.

Well I know I can figure out how to make one if I needed to, but I'd rather not make one if I do not need to. Do you think the fire pit won't work very well? Hmm...I guess the only way to know for sure is to try it out lol.

What do you guys think of this anvil being sold for $130? It is 95lb, with a broken side horn. No really visible marks or chips.

Ah I knew you knew something I didn't! Thank you for that tid bit. It gets to be about anywhere from 90 - 110 degrees around here. The thing is is I am pretty clueless as to how to make my own forge. I have seen a couple homemade forges on youtube, but I am not skilled enough to know how it was made without some step-by-step instructions or something. I took another picture showing a little bit inside the fire pit. Underneath the tarp is filled with spiders and other nasties, so I only bothered to open it up a little. Those red blocks are called volcanic rock or something, I cannot remember, but I think it will work very well with keeping in heat. But I wanted to get some feedback from more people. Think it'll work?

Well you might be happy to know that I actually do not have a wife, so that will not be an issue. I am not sure what my location has to do with whether or not my fire pit can heat steel, but you must know something I do not know! I live in southern california. Here is a picture of this fire pit I speak of.

Hello, In my backyard I actually have a brickwall fire pit about a foot from the ground that runs on a gas line installed in the ground. It's a bit large to be heating some pieces of steel stock, but as far as heat and work quality goes, do you guys think I will have any problems?