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I Forge Iron

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  1. Back scratcher. Definitely a back scratcher.
  2. The favorite that I have seen is Dan Tull's shop in Georgia. He calls it "DAN T'S INFERNO". Get it...Dan T's instead of Dante's.
  3. Thanks. I'll be here all day. I have read of the dangers of forging with galvanized metal on another site and, being new to blacksmithing, would have easily made that deadly mistake had I not. There are other guys out there I've seen on the forum that are new that may not know of the consequences of forging galvanized metal. I figure it can never be repeated too many times. Check out this link of a very experienced blacksmith who, for some unknown reason, decided to forge with galvanized steel and died shortly after. Shop Safety III Zinc Metal Fume Fever If anyone wants to donate money to a fund for Iman, send a check to my home address and I'll be sure his children, Bigtime Eediot and Shesure Izzan Eediot, get it. You can make the check out to my name.
  4. I recently finished reading a great book called "The Joys of Forging with Galvanized Metal" by Iman Eediot. It shows all sorts of things to forge by heating galvanized bolts and other galvanized metal. I emailed the author to tell him how much I enjoyed the book but oddly enough was told that he died shortly after publication. Does anybody have any thoughts on this book?
  5. My wife would kick me up and down the street if I were to spend $2600 for a hunk of iron. Nice anvil though.
  6. I was trying to do my Ed McMahon impression from the old Johnny Carson Tonight Show. "You are correct, sir."
  7. You are correct sir. I was going to mention it but I was not sure what it was called and I didn't want to look stupid on the forum so I just went with anvil and forge.
  8. In the movie "Fly Away Home" Jeff Daniels plays a metal sculptor and there was a scene with him in his shop with a forge and anvil.
  9. I'm new to the forum. Philip, what are you doing in China? Are you from there? Did you move there? Just curious. Take care.
  10. What is you favorite movie or song that features or mentions a blacksmith or blacksmithing? One of my favorites is in "O Brother Where Art Thou" at the very beginning when the George Clooney character says, "Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?" http://youtube.com/watch?v=9jZFD255UYI&feature=related There are also several scenes in the movie A Knights Tale with Heath Ledger of blacksmiths and armorers making armor. Lots of anvils, forges and iron being pounded. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Utj_42t1YY Another one of my favorites is in Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen. I guarantee everybody has heard the "Ride of the Valkyries", the piece played in Apocalypse Now when the Huey helicopters were attacking the village. That piece is from this opera but I digress. There is a scene where the Gods descend into the underworld to recover a stolen, all powerful gold ring. Here is what it says in the liner notes. "During the interlude the hammering rythym of the motive associated with the toiling Nibelungs grows more and more insistent, and finally passes out of the orchestra all together to eighteen tuned anvils heard behind the scenes. In this striking sonority the theme grows louder and then fainter again, as the journey takes us past the forges where the dwarfs work, and eventually the darkness clears to reveal a subterranean cavern, which seems to open into narrow clefts on all sides." Here it is on Youtube around 1:20. Needless to say this is my favorite part. I love hearing all those anvils being hit then they just fade away as the Gods leave the toiling dwarves. I bet an opera has never been mentioned before on this forum. I apologize in advance for trying to bring a little culture and sophistication to all you blacksmiths. Can anybody think of any more?
  11. Stop teasing me. What is the 55 Forge? I'll be starting to build my forge from a cast iron sink soon but would love to know if there is something better and easier to build. Do tell!
  12. I stopped back by yesterday on the way home from work. Turns out the blower is a Lancaster Champion. I told "the old man" that I've researched it and have found prices ranging from $75 to $100 for one that works. This one is stuck pretty good. Has anyone else ever tried to buy something and your eagerness to buy it makes the seller hesitate and not want to sell because they think you know something they don't? That was my impression. When you think about it he never would have given that blower a second thought had I not stopped by and shown an interest. He said he bought it for $100 but never used it. I told him I would definitely put it to use if I could get it going again. I said it was a risk for me because I very well may not be able to free up the blower and would be wasting my money. I said I wanted it mostly for the challenge of trying to fix it. He said he would ask somebody else (his son or son-in-law) if they wanted to sell it and give me call. Either way is cool. I'm sure I'll find a blower some where. Again, I've had lots of people on this forum offer to sell.
  13. Ironrosefarms. What are you doing up this early? I guess you boys in Indiana start work pretty early. It's funny you mention your father in law. My father in law is another one that I'd like to upload all his knowledge. Yesterday he helped me put a used B&S engine on my lawn tractor that I threw a rod on last weekend (see "Doesn't that just beat all" post). I say he helped me but really I helped him getting tools and doing what I could. Mostly I just marveled at his knowledge of taking an engine apart and putting it back together. He had never done this kind of engine before but he knew what he knew and figured out what he didn't.
  14. Unfortunately this man is not a blacksmith or I guarantee you I'd volunteer to be his striker. He is an old man who does wood working, tinkers around his workshop and can build or fix anything. Basically a vast bank of knowledge. For those who have seen the movie The Matrix you remember the main character having that hole at the base of his skull where they could attach a cord connected to a computer and upload knowledge of anything from taekwondo to how to fly a helicopter instantly into your brain. I always wish I could upload into my brain all the knowledge of some of these old men I run into. I know that it's taken them years and years of mistakes, busting their knuckles and blood sweat and tears to acquire that knowledge and that's what it will take for me. I could hang out with some of these guys all day just talking.
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