2dollarhammer

Ok, so I'm looking for good places to find steel to make knives, woodworking chisels, and some cutting hardies. I was wondering a couple of things. First, are old pickaxe heads suitable? Would old stoneworking or other chisel blades be good? How about old screwdrivers or old drill bits? I've got them in abundance. Old rusty knife-blades? got a couple of them. Old Hacksaw or other sawblades? got a couple of them too. All in all, I'm just wondering what is generally good stuff to use.

Not trying to heat an entire stock bar. Just trying to heat different points on long stock, but I think my firepot's too deep because the heart of the fire is at such a point that to heat the metal effectively, it has to be actually in the bowl, not over the rim. Time to do some cutting I guess...

'bout how deep should the firepot be? I know in our current forge setup, we're having a hard time heating longer stock. Do we need to make the fire pot shallower? It would be easy enough, but if it's as simple as just making the fire differently, I'd like to know. The problem is, the center of our fire, is below the rim of the bowl, and as a result, we can only heat the tip easily. Is there any good was to raise the center of the fire without cutting the bowl to make it shallower? I'll get some pics of our forge up in a little while.

Hey guys, first post, and It's straight to the point. I'm looking for a second Anvil. I have a little 75 pounder, but I'd like something a little more head weight. Thinking around 125-200 pounds. Anyone got anything nearby?