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thanks I will try it!

Hi,
I found an old gimlet which I could use but it needs some edging. It isn't as sharp as it should be. But I have no clue how to do it so please help me.

It looks like that:

Very nice pictures ...Amazing building. I'm gonna build something similar :D

Hi,
I was just reading, and thinking and got a question.
So I'm trying to make my "THE Forge Weld" and it hasn't happened yet. I burn simple Polish coal which is nice hot but very dirty. It has big flames and a lot of clinker, but in other cases it doen't matter. So the question is: Can charcoal make forge welding easier? I mean it's clean and hot as well as coal or coke. I can get some left over charcoal from the local baker. It isn't much but enough for some weld weekly.

Thanks,

ooh! Nice setup.. I'd like to Ctrl+C Ctrl+V for me.
I like the contrast between black-brown and polished metal on your hammers and the anvil is so shining I wouldn't dare to touch with dirty hands. It must catch people's eyes.

Here is the link without the smile: YouTube - blacksmith-homemade anvil and swage

Hope this will help.

Good job, very nice pieces They will surely work fine.

Locky, that is a very detailed description of your firepot, I think the best I've ever seen. You must have had a lot of work with it. If I build a new forge I will surely make this firepot for it.
Thank you very much!

I'm not a competent, but I don't think it is wrought iron... If it brakes for you it brakes for the blacksmith in the past... It can be cast iron maybe...
Try forging it at a higher temperature, and maybe it won't brake...
I hope i've said something correct and useful. :)

Pretty nice. I think I will make something similar... i can imagine a hanger in the same style.
thanks

very nice bear, and very lifelike too... I like it!

That's fantastic! So lifelike... I can say this is art. thanks.

Very nice, it looks sharp :)

Yeaah, I'm connecting. :D

Cats like good blacksmith coal... :D

Glenn: the firepot is 15x15cm and 5cm high. I made it in this design because I couldn't get good material for a normal firepot.

ThomasPowers: Unfortunately it is not so easy to find a blacksmith who can take time off for me. I spent a week looking for a smith. I found one, a farrier and I could met him once in his workshop. Blacksmithing isn't his main job and I realized that he doesn't like teaching beginners. But I showed my forge to him and he said that it's good for me. Now I have heard about an artist blacksmith so I'm planning to visit and ask him to teach me.

And now I have bigger problems with my skill than with my fire. But I'm on the way and if it is necessary I will rebuild my forge millions of times to make it better. And I will take photographs, of course.

Frosty: If you have learned nearly everything from experience it must have been very hard. I'm doing it for 3 months but I think I could learn these 3 months' knowledge in 3 days with a master and good equipment.

Sorry for the grammar I hope everything is clear.

I would like to show my forge. It was built before I knew enough about forges and fire...unfortunately. But now it works pretty well. The fire gets air from everywhere and not from one hole so I think it is a bit wasteful and if it goes wrong I will rebuild the firepot.

Thanks a lot.:D

Ok. I have used borax a few times, and I think it worked, but this made me unsure for a minute. At the bottom of the page somebody chide borax, so I asked what is the situation.
Now everything is clear.(I hope:))

I see. Thank you. And if EZ-weld isn't available, can I use borax or should I buy flux from a welding shop?

Hi,

I have read, that "I prefer ez-weld" and " it is much better than borax", but actually what is ez-weld... or ez-welding? Is it a kind of flux or a welding method? I am also curious that is it better than forge weld with borax or not.

Thanks in advance,

Very good videos! I think I will make some similar leaves in the future. Thank you!

Ok, I have tried to download from a German webpage but I couldn't. but it doesn't matter I have some other e-books.

I will try it, thanks

Why I can't read the "google" books? Help please.

Here is what I see: