orchardtown forge

Moving house, got a big hot tub with three massive motors and water pumps. Would they be any use in the construction of an electro-hydraulic press? frank

Drako My old applied maths master gave me the best advice. "By the time you are my age (he was probably in his 40's at the time) make sure that you have at least a couple of other professions under your belt." That way, if you don't like your boss or the way a particular industry is going, you can walk away into something else. I enjoyed work as Master Mariner, Ex Director of UK Coastguard, ex Electronic systems engineer, ex Marine surveyor, Principal Examiner of Master Mariners. Lately retired and retrained at UK National school of blacksmithing for one year. Now a happy P/T blacksmith and armourer. Don't make any money from it but it makes me very happy and keeps me out of my wife's hair...very important when you are retired. Frank

Hi Folks, I am a retired seaman, electronics engineer, ships master, ex Director of UK Coastguard (retired) and for the last year trained as a blacksmith at the UK National school of Blacksmithing at Hereford. My interests are Kendo, 16c Japanese armour, and am currently helping an armourer who makes 14c and 16c european armour for the re-enactment scene here in the UK. My forging is not bad, my freehand scrolls are pitiful but under the tutelage of Jamie (THE MARSHES ARMOURY) my armour skills are getting better. Am interested in your discussions on Blades, power hammers and other blacksmithing power tools. Jamie and I have acquired an old Aldays and Onion forge but have yet to fire it up, currently using my gas forge. GREAT FORUM, thanks for the free access to all the fantastic information Frank Duffin:)