devon blacksmith

any reason that thay have to be leather? most of my flat belts are canvas with brass clips and are painted with a tar to keep them tight.

Hi add me to the list plus a couple of the lads

Be very carefull makeing any lifting gear (eyes hooks etc) in the UK neads to be tested by a goverment office and a test certificate given before any insurance company would cover the liability, most liabilaty insurance will not cover design I would look into this before sending anything incuding designs

Hi I forge 316 stainless and find that if i buff up the work after it does not rust ,I have been told that using a steel hammer I am leaving steel on the top surface of the stainless,uther than that I find it about the same to forge as a high carbon steel.

never had a steel face. It's too old to have had one? how old is that ,when did the old smiths start edging tool, knives, swords ,I thought that it was in the iron age that the adding of hard edeges started,200 to 100 BC Iron period In Europe, birth of the steel. The techniques used to produce steel could be based on iron selection or on carburization. The fire welding technique is used to produce iron weapons with a steel cutting edge. Damascus - History http://damascus.free.fr/f_damas/hist.htm

A hair dryer or a vacuum cleaner,are things I have heard of.

Hi the size of the fire can also affect a weld to small a fire and the steel can oxidize ,the rebar could also have a small range of heat that it will weld at .

I use a lead block and ball pien

How do you tell the age of an anvil?

The type of work we take on varieys,At the moment we have five large (12' by 6') wrought iron windows dating from 1717 ,four large gates two at 15' by 9' two at 6' by 4' that were made in Nurenburg at about 1810 and and a pair of victorean gates from a church that we are restoring,also at the moment we are makeing new railing,handrails,a fire hood and curtain poles and lots of small forged pieces galleries and shows,we work in wrought iron,steel,stainles steel,brass,copper,bronze and lead,the work shop is 3000sq ft we have lots of forging equipment as well as lathes and milling equipment etc etc we do have trainees from time to time we offer work experience and have volunteers.


There is only a small amount of are work on the web site
the link to my web site is Devon Blacksmiths Meadow Forge

Hi I am looking for a fulltime smith to join my team here in Devon UK anybody intrested ?

The hammer in the first video is a model b with the moving head,
I have three of these hammers in daily use over 100cwt per strike 120+ hits per min very usefull hammers
The most dangerous part of any workshop is the operator not the tools but I admit thay are a bit wild to look at.

We use sand to line the bottom of our forges untill the dust builds up

On the noise front 4" of sand can stop 100 decibels of sound so a sand bag wall would help stop a lot of noise.

Hi John N would you have a 2cwt massey or similar or parts to build a drop hammer?

Hi John already have 2 blacker b`s but whot sort of money are you talking?

Thanks mat I shall try that next time.

Hi before I had a lathe I used the piller drill and angle grinder to make my masters after I ground them I finished them in the drill with a file

Hi matt87 I use a 2"x2"x2" block of mild steel in the no water tue

Hi I am in Devon UK

Hi HWooldridge you aked if any British chaps have experience with the non-watercooled models, I have both types the water cooled has needed welding once and that was when I moved my workshop I think It must have had a hard trip the other burns away about every 2 to 3 months (both of these are in constant use)

Hi all I am looking for power hammers something like a 2cwt massey,a drop hammer and a spring hammer.anyone have anything ?

Hi just to let you know that this happens to all the blackers and they are normaly welded, I have two both welded in the same place.