ReconJack
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Thanks for all of the awesome advice! I am trying to track down some RR track and was thinking of standing it on end in a bucket of sand. Hopefully that will be stable enough. Now I just need to find some, but there is a company near me that sells track so I called and asked if they had any scrap that they would sell, hopefully they call me back.
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Thanks for the welcome! First I am working on building a forge, and am going to try to make a couple of knives out of an old file that I annealed last night. The fact that I got it hot enough without burning down my house or lighting myself on fire goes into the win column for me. I think that I have enough to do some basic work, just need to get an anvil of some sort but they are surprisingly hard to find. Ill keep looking though!
Jason
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Hey all,
My name is Jason and I am in Portland, Oregon. Just starting to get into blacksmithing and came across the site. Right now I am working on getting some tools and equipment together but I just wanted to introduce myself and say thank you in advance for all of the information on here.
Jason
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Thanks for the advice, Frosty. I looked up the NWBA, and it looks like they do a monthly hammer in that I might try to get to, it is only a couple hour drive. I am also looking at taking a basic blacksmithing class at a couple of local shops, but they are a bit on the pricey side so I may just have to save up for those. On the bright side, I might have found some track to use as an anvil, with any luck I will go pick it and some railroad spikes up tomorrow evening.
Jason