So, I'm a college student. I don't have a place to set up anything permanent, nor really a proper place to set up. I have a little experience doing this from this summer, and I'd like to have something I can work on over the year. Of course, I also don't have almost any budget...
I was thinking I could do something like this soup can forge for getting metal hot, assuming that that looks like something reasonable - I know it could only heat up small things, but most of what I figure to work on over the year would be on that scale. My goal is to learn to make small knives pretty well, so I think the size of that should be serviceable.
I haven't in my research so far come up with a good solution for an anvil. I looked into the rail iron ones, but I don't have the resources to make one. This is the part I'm most looking for suggestions on - I can't afford more than $100 or so for an anvil and still afford to eat (and that's with a job!) If any of you have ideas for a cheap anvil, let me know!
For tools, I got lucky - My dad used to do some blacksmithing, so I can probably get some of his old tools. If not, for the size that I'm trying for, I'm willing to go to some sort of hardware store rough equivalent until I make some.
Thanks so much for any help you can give! I'm not positive this is the right place for this kind of thing, so apologies if it isn't.
