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I have used a fisher before... it seemed a little overrated to me. (let the fight begin)Just kidding please dont fight about that))

We should get together and play with metal :)

Maybe its a home made fly press? a REALLY weird one?

I was gonna buy that forge off KSL ;)

Learning to forge is reinventing the wheel for me. No need to focus on just ONE thing. I don't judge on importance, I judge what I will do next based on how fun it will be. So lighten up and let me reinvent in peace. :)

I am reinventing the wheel, it's what I like to do. The hardys will be the same size shank.

There will be a tension screw holding the too hardy into place. I will have an arc over it so I hit the arc, not the hardy shank directly.

1 thing, I don't know how to draw reins very well at all. I plan on getting a scholarship from BFC next year so I can go take a class with Brian. waiting patiently.

No, Not particularly :)

Good luck finding one in Iceland. I need a small army of tongs, all i can seem to make are flat jaws ATM.

The point is to not have to have a striker for making hammers or punches or other large stock things. You can't hold the pice, a top tool, and sledge at the same time, so a guillotine to hold said tools, while you sledge it or hammer it, would be possible.

This guillotine tool is designed to be separately mounted from an anvil and hold hardy tools on the top and bottom, eliminating the need for dies. Here's a cad model with sizes https://tinkercad.co...ngs/b6sDtWok5LU sizes are in inches and are in the order of Length x width x height these are the metal sizes and materials you will need a welder, drill, threader, and hardy hole sized drift. 1| 2 x 2 x 1 2| 1 x 1 x 1 1| 3 x 3 x 1 4| 1 x 1 x 7 4| 5 x 1/2 x 1 4| 4 x 1/2 x 1 1| 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 I will have a step by step on youtube when i can afford the metal. This will cost approximately $45.00 to make and a few days to construct.

Here's a cad model with sizes https://tinkercad.com/things/b6sDtWok5LU sizes are in inches and are in the order of Length x width x height these are the metal sizes and materials you will need a welder, drill, threader, and hardy hole sized drift. 1| 2 x 2 x 1 2| 1 x 1 x 1 1| 3 x 3 x 1 4| 1 x 1 x 7 4| 5 x 1/2 x 1 4| 4 x 1/2 x 1 1| 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 I will have a step by step on youtube when i can afford the metal. This will cost approximately $45.00 to make and a few days to construct.

I dont have a hammer large enough to justify drawing things out. It would take me about 3 minutes to weld on reigns as opposed to 1-2 days to draw out any reins to size. I just fire weld mine. I feel that is still "the old way" of doing things.

I plan on welding spikes to the bottom, burying a tree stump, then hammering the tool into the stump. I almost have all the dimensions figured out

Had this one for about a month. free is so nice :D

Best blacksmithing video on YouTube second to johnneemantools birth of a tool series

I want a guillotine tool that can hold hardy tools with shanks and too tools. I am going to fabricate one here, updates maybe.

I squealed like a fangirl when this thread got an update. Impressive!

Wow... Thats a lot of dough. was it worth it?

I believe it to be people having general disdain for scrappers. I am actually going to USE the metal and recycle it into something beautiful. I think people respect that. I can get some 2" round 4140 from the local welders for $2.00 a foot just because they respect that i am not playing video games and wasting my life away.

Whenever i look for scrap metal for forging, I ask the local welding shops. It ALWAYS ends exactly the same. Me: "do you have any scrap metal i can look through?" them: "no, we don't give scrap away... what for?" me: "well, im a blacksmith." then i get cut off by Them: "well, i GUESS you can look through our scraps." Its always funny. Similar experiences?

An old sash brooch like the old celts used.