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RGroshans

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  1. Yes, Old Cowtown does have a working smithy. It could be a great place to ask questions. The information on the Central States Metal Artisans infor listed above is another excellent source for information. Like Ron/Son_of_Bluegrass, I too have let my membership lapse so I can't give much in the way of updated information. Plus, by seeing the dates that everyone has posted I am also a bit behind on this thread.
  2. Woodsmith, I love the Ironman costume, great job. Jacques, the helmut and ax are great. The non-planished helm give it character and makes it look like it has seen battle. And as far as the "blue horns" is that anything like a blue feather in the cavalier hat of a fencer?
  3. Dogsoldat, that little pic let the light come on for me...Now I get it. Thanks.
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    S0010 The "Y" Rule

    Very inspirational and motivating story. Many do not take the time to light the fire in our children's heart. We have a tendency to let the concerns of the world smother out even our own fire. I need to start applying the "Y" rule to my own life...and Today sounds like a good day to start!
  5. Lots of good infor on this thread. Thanks. I am getting ready to build up mu own little smithy. I was given an old porch off of a mobile home, it was 8' x 16' x 8', covered. I disassembled it to sticks and am completing three projects with it. The floor became a deck extension, the OSB walls will completye out a small storage shed, and the uprights and roof will become my new smithy. I am going to set it up like a stand alone pole barn. It has a metal roof, and I plan on keeping a dirt floor. For the time being it will be open sided until I can aquire some free/cheap planking for the walls.
  6. That 5 gallon bucket side draft is perfect for my forge table. Thanks for posting it on here. I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a simple idea for when I get my smithy set up.
  7. Hello, my name is Rodney Groshans, I live just outside of Wichita, KS. I have dabble on and off with smithing, had even been a member of the local smithing association for a spell. Unfortunately I hadn't been very active so I had ended membership (thinking of renewing that membership). My present setup is not condusive for really doing much. Everything is tucked into the garage. If I want to do any forging I have to either drag all of my equipment out onto the drive or drag everything that isn't my equipment out onto the drive. To eliviate all of that I am in the works to build a pole barn type free standing lean-to typ structure behind the garage...and eventually put at least three sides on it. Equipment wise I have a 55# ASO from Harbor frieght, but I also have a short (approx 12") chunk of rail that I am mounting on end to use as an anvil as well. For a forge I have a small single burner propane forge, a home built charcoal forge, and a build in progress coal forge table. Once I get this lean-to up I am hoping to recoup any of the knowledge I previously possessed and hopefully learn to improve my meager skills. Just looking through this forum I see a vast amount of experience that I hope I can learn form.
  8. I really like that post vice stand you have. I think I may try to put something like that together.
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