tribal forge

Made four of these little horseshoe nail spoons, I used #16 nails and made them a little larger, now all i have to do is figure out how to post pictures/Selden

Depends on how many items i am going to do! i try to take about 100' each od 1/2" , 3/8", 5/16", 1/4" and 3/16" so i can do a veriaty of items, i try to have it all in either 10' or 12' lengths, cause it never fails, someone will want a plant stand or a lantern stand longer than what i have made/Selden

David, you do have a brother who can help tho! Just don't let him swing the hammer!!

Tom, Yes am still going to do this, am working on details, and a date and time, will e-mail everyone once it is ready and put it here too/Selden

Nice Hawk!! Tell your nephew, that he and the other Soldiers in his group are in our Prayers/Selden

I don't know about the canvas, we just used three different types of leather all about 3 ounce and three colors

To download any books from Scribd you need to join the site!! it is free, and only takes a few minutes of your time

My wife and I had a friend (so-called anyway) over for a few days before we went to a Pow-wow, and he finished about 30 Flutes, and used linseed oil to do the final finish on them, well they left after we did, and when we got home about 4 hours later, we had this really nice looking burn in our spare bedroom floor! It burned through the carpet the padding, and a 1/4" into the subflooring, it burst into flames just as I threw the pile of rags into the yard!! Worse, the jerk told everyone it was just a little scorch mark on the floor, so I took a picture and sent it via e-mail to all the ones who wrote me and told me what he was saying!! He never helped pay for the damage. Some Friend huh?

power hacksaw, 1/2" drill, Hot cut, Guillotine tool, soapstone markers, break pliers,power hacksaw blades, hack saw blades, and bellows from my brother for my new coal forge!! Time with the wife and all three of my stepkids, and then xmas day with friends in TN

I forge knife billets from 5160 coil springs, and after hammerring flat and straghtening them out, I heat till the whole piece is non magnetic, and into the vermeculite bucket and have had no problems with then trying to curve again

trying to get a cable damascus crooked knife and a cable carving knife(wood) for my Sister, and have a few other items on going like horseshoe tack hangers, for the better half

Let me be the first to Welcome you! There is a good group of guys(and Females) on here!!/Selden

Custom stamp? I've got to get mine made

I just found this thread, and for one, like the idea of something small that can be forged while people are watching!! Think people are getting tired of watching "S" hooks being made!

I buy my 2x72 belts from a place in NC and I can also custom order any size belt I want from them

My first coal forge was the top off of an acetelene tankm with 1/4 table and a blower and tyre from an old forge

A 200 lb Anvil that I can afford, and a 50lb power hammer would be so great!! Damascus is such a pain by hand!!!

Smithing doesn't cost too Much!!! My btter half has more money in her Silver Shoptools ans supplies!!! And her whole shop takes up a 3 foot by 5 foot work bench! and that includes her rock hog adn her rock saw!! Welcome to IFI/Selden

Where are you located?

that is a piece of junk anvil, hammer tapping it dents it really easy

I started making Campfire sets with a tiny one-burner gas forge, a 20 lb anvil made from a small section of railroad rail, a 2lb ball-peen and a pair of vise grip pliers! My step-daughter in Alaska has the first campfire set I made, and all the other tools, I have aquired over the last few years!/Selden

I do the cooking and roasting forks, but have trouble with the little eating forks!/Selden

there are places you can order sheet metal working hammers for working up to 16 gauge metal w/o to much trouble. Just do a search