Hello,
I have been wanting to get into blacksmithing for several years now and I FINALLY have the resources to get started! I got the VHS and book of Alan Rogers from http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/tv/forge/ and watch his show every Friday on RFD TV (Direct TV channel 379) and also Alex Bealer's book. I also have Jack Andrews book, "The New Edge of the Anvil" on order also. Most everything else I have learned online reading blacksmith websites.
I live in Commerce Texas, just north of Greenville Texas. My wife is going to school and graduates in May. I graduated in '99 (BS in Computer Science) and went to work as a computer programmer. Did that until becomming disabled in Oct 2001. I love working with metal and have worked at jobs where I welded a lot, stick and MIG, steel, brass and aluminum.
Right now I have a small collection of hammers and a growing junk pile. I found a local recycling place that has LOTs of good stuff for only 15 cents a pound. I've got an anvil comming by UPS next week and a welder on Monday.
Thanks!
John Catron
