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fake = to be untrue

make, to create

drill press

tack=to weld slightly so that a piece stays

i guess, the lesson of this whole thing is to keep a cool/cold slack tub handy!

sounds like me i'd do something like that

nice first projects be careful the second day. that's when i got bit

ok, this is how it happened. i do not have any tongs yet, nor steel to make them. i was using vise grips to hold the 1 inch bolt that i was using. getting tongs very very soon! i hit it with a normal strike and it jumped out of the vise grips, and went sailing through the air to make an extremely brief contact with my forearm and wrist, continued sailing till it landed on the floor. the floor started snapping and cracking, i thought this to be rather comical. and i didn't feel it much till my grandma said that there was an entire layer missing. i know never ever grab for a falling or fallen object that is a lesson that i need not learn. thanks for the advice and sharing stories

well, as some of you may know, i just recently started forging, and smithing. well today when i was making a hardie out of a 1inch hardened tractor bolt, i got my first bite. by bite i mean burn. well (after i finished my hardie) a trip to the ER and some silvadine cream later (not to mention pain medicine) i'm doing alright. it's a little tricky to type when your left forearm is all bandaged up. my hardie di not come out as nicely as my bracelet did, but hey i'm learning. -eric-

Never thought of "work" as recovery time lol that is a good mind set and one that i'll have to keep in the frame of

sick=i don't feel well, or to get someone, sickem

I took up interest in it over two years ago, but i just really started on sunday

thank you all for the kind comments, i'm completely stricken by the smithing bug, say good by to all free time, because doing something this fun and rewarding makes for a short day, to bad i have a job already that i have to go to.

currently 23 and just started

so today, i finally got all of the necessary equipment to begin my smithing juourney. and i must say it was great. i hurt places that i didn't know i could hurt, and have blisters in places that i thought couldn't get blisters. (it's not really that bad). but my fiancee said that the first thing i made was hers so that being said here it is, i made her a bracelet and she loves it, and everyone else that i know wants one. i'm pretty proud of my efforts and i hope to spend the rest of my life learning new things and making what ever i deem pertinent. How to post an image on IFI

not too far, but almost 2 hrs

I personally love it, atleast you have something to get your metal hot, i have all the right stuff just no blower nowhere to go but up

heat, to warm

Just be careful, that when you are putting on and taking off the tarp, not to mess up the mirrors, then it will be all thrown off. but it sounds like you are taking all precautions.

seek= to find lol

mine is really old, not sure what year but it'll be good st start with

Good luck, and i'll pray

Ha Ha Ha Wii smithing what a hoot i'm sure they'd have someone with little motion sensors on make the template for the game, that's a riot

hey if you ever need to get rid of anything, when the time comes, just let me know, good to find someone so close