Toby.B

Ok to found a solution Yesterday , Thanks Nobody Special and i used charcoal to start the fire and then introduces anthracite coal worked very very well 

Hello i am starting in blacksmithing and i am having some trouble producing the heat , I've tried charcoal but the ash blocks my blower pipe and i use so much of it to get a decent heat and i tried anthracite coal yesterday and it didn't even light so i need some help! i have an hand crank blower so nothing fancy.. but i just cannot get the heat , I'm from the Uk and all the coal and solid fuel merchants say use Anthracite coal because it produces heat but i couldn't even get it to light Plz help! , my workshop so far has one wall so i practically open aired .. so i need some help , any ideas I've tried anthracite coal and charcoal ... the annoying thing is charcoal is alright but there isn't the supply and in the Uk there are grades of coal and coke so help! ?

Any Ideas?? 

Any reply will be help full ! how can i start in blacksmithing if i can't produce the heat ?? 

Thanks Toby . 

Hello

I am Volunteer at a minature village and they have a lathe but it really needs to TLC i need some help, and maybe some advice

First of all, where can you get training for Lathes in the UK and the second is the Lathe at the village is heavily seized up any clue how i could fix it with the guys there without costing me and the village tons of money?

and if you could suggest trainings the UK near yorkshire it would be Great

thank you

Have a Nice day and i will link picture soon maybe not this saturday but next saturday.

Hello Im Toby

Hello i am Toby, i am creative person with an interest in history and work with my hands,

and i am 16 Years and wanting to start off in Blacksmithing as a practical hobbie/ Job

I am in my Final year of school only a few months left before i do my exams and leave, i am huge history fan i am planning, not only to get into this in my spare time but to also do second world war National fire service and auxiliary fire service re-enactment (All one re-enactment group) because i am going to a Agricultural/Specialised college i cannot continue to study history in that form, i am love learning about the story not only on the front line but the home front aswell,  i am planning to go visit Alec Steele eventually and IronDwarf and hopefully they will give me some help along the path and possibly i might see if there is a local blacksmith near me and see if after college i could start and apprenticeship , because learning is never a bad thing.

On the line of the Fire service eventually i want to train to become a Retained firefighter (Volunteer) Basically i just want to give the community as much as possible, i am kind and honest person at heart except when people make me angry of course ahahaha :)

And the hardest thing with all this ambition , i have Autism and ADHD so it one step at a time, gaining trust and learning is important to me, as my favourite quote 'We make a living by what we get , but we make a life by what we give' Winston Churchill,

I am also planning to start build a workshop to start me off any suggestments on what i should do first and just say Hello i am sure that i will say Hi and reply back

Anyway i am sure you can tell two things first my grama is xxxx and second i TALK alot but thats not a bad thing at times, i make friends in the oddest of places at times

Anyway Thanks this seems like a good community even thought we live thousands of miles away from each other in some cases or some right nearby. Ahaha :) Have a Wonderful Day!!!

Im Toby i am starting offf in Blacksmithing and i am soon to buy a solid fuel forge from theIrondwarf but i need some referance

what books should i buy or read ?? because i have some clue of how to do it what i thought is do some research and then go to the nearest Blacksmithing course any suggestions with reading material ??

Thank you

Been Looking at your forge can i ask why is the air out-take that builds up the fire at the side of the forge wouldn't it be better in the middle ?

I am Starting BlackingSmithing and My Friend has just been engaged so

Any Ideas Something i could make as a beginner that would be good to give at a wedding

And Which Tools should i have the IronDwarf i think he is called contacted me and he is helping but Any Clues and Ideas Because i want others Ideas and insight into this could someone please Help

Anyone who replies thankyou and have a good day or night

Hello Im Toby I am wanting to get into Blacksmithing any suggestments from your community ??

what should i do first?

I might of found a original Farms forge that i can use me and my friend but how should we go around it ??

What tools do i need to start

Because the whole reason i want to do this is to create Knifes maybe a sword or Something Useful to give someone

Something i can i say i have made ?

Ive been doing research any sugggestment for what i should research or learn about ??

If you would get back to me i would much aprecicate it Thankyou

Toby-TheBritishSmith.