flanagan

JHCC thanks for the threads im looking at them now.

Daswulf  thanks for the encouragement 

I have looked for an anvil everywhere and nothing but ASO near me so far, but I did find a three feet long 5" round 4140 (slight rust on the outer layer, and it has been stored just laying outside on other metal pieces. 

So i was wondering if anyone has used a stock this long and stood it on end to use as a striking face.

I plan on grinding a small flat edge on two sides and round two sides and figure a way to harden the face (crazy heavy) this will still leave a 4" striking face thinking of concrete platform and using a larger radius pipe filled  filled with sand around the round stock.

any ideas on worth the effort ?

TYIA

no local blacksmith group around here so far, maybe when I get set up ill start one, until then I could join FABA but the closest club is over 2 hours away unfortunately and they want 25.00 to join ?   

ill search and see if there is a blacksmith group around here locally to get up with thanks

the blower does not make 3 turns when I let go of handle thanks for that input as well

the blower is smooth and puts out some good air,  and it has a really sturdy set of legs for a base.

thanks for the input ill offer him 100.00 but I don't he will take it so ill keep looking .

N.W florida here around destin, panama city area so pickings are slim lol

I am looking to start blacksmithing and just searching for equipment, this is what ive found so far near me, I need to know what I should offer for the forge and blower with a couple of tongs(two are Ferrier clips I wont need but could reshape into something else) thanks for your time.

the forge is the type you fill up with dirt to the air pipe and then start the charcoal level. its a little bigger than what I need right now  but it will store quite a bit of charcoal away from the hot spot.

the seller is asking 200.00 for the lot and the hand crank blower works well even if the bellow is cracked at the top.