Oak Hill Forge

Just remember..... only 98% of people resist CHANGE ! Good work to a great forum, keep up the great job Glenn and the support gang !

Guess some places things are a bit slow to change, or I'm getting old. I can remember my father in law and his dad skidding logs from the mountains with a huge mule and a sled like that one. They used some model of old Chevrolet front bumpers for the runners. They had just the right bevel and were symmetrical. Their sleds were held together with wooden pegs. This was in the early 70's time period. The grandpa never had a drivers license and never left the state of Virginia except on time he went to N.C. to get some mower blades sharpened when he worked at the golf course.

And now we think water boarding is torture.

I'd have to agree with pkrankow. It would be like taking your car in for a state inspection with square tires. I too doubt most building inspectors have ever seen a chimney located anyplace except directly above the smoke/heat source. Maybe they would give you a variance to demonstrate it to them ?

Don't be confused with BBQ charcoal (briquettes) which won't work at all, Sometimes the terms confuse people.

I enjoy the anvil's ring ! What size stock are you using? looks like it could be a large as 3/8 round ?

How are you doing the saw cuts ? On 3/8" stuff it's pretty critical to get it all centered isn't it ?

The site www.puratoryironworks.com has some basic blacksmithing instruction as well.

Rick C - why didn't you make your stand heavy duty ?:D

I'd say yes, Mine runs $8.50 a 40 lb bag which I doubt is 1/4 of a drum full. It's $340 a ton bulk in Elkton Va.

I posted some detailed pictures on the Bear Trap post last night that may help. All double spring traps are made about the same, just scale up or dorn the stock size and dimentions. A small trap is cheaply purchased at a yard sale or flea market and would be good for a pattern for making whatever size trap you wish to make.

David E. Glad to see the rest of the world has the need for such an item, thought we had a monoply.

Here's more details.

Here's some details from Blacksmith made traps.

Here's some commercial traps, with standard and off set jaws.