samw1

Thanks guys i was worried after the 5th or so use it was going to were out. so thanks to the advice im going to put it to good use.

I made a hand spring fuller and it works well but when i hit it it flattens out the top and dents it were the hammer hits it, what should i do to fix it? should i temper or harden, and also should i temper hammers?

what im doing is building helping my bro build his forge, he works with me and he wants one at his house, i have a good idea to make it a 2x3 table with a square fire pot 3in deep. the table will have a 4 lip to hold the coal with part of the side cut out to to long items, what do yall think?

Hey i was wondering if some one could post a good forge plan, im haveing troubles comeing up with one of my own. i donsent need to have a hood but needs to hold long items, wont be moved much so dosent need to be portable. and i am getting a hand crank blower for it, i do have some ideas in my head but want to compare with others to make up my mind on what to do.

If i could get three things for christmas blacksmithing wise, i would have to say.
-A new non aso anvil
-cuting tourch
-sheilding gas, for my welder.

Hey would a plumbers tourch that i use to start my forge with work as a heater for my anvil or will it hurt it.

whats with warming anvils

hey man my dad told me a story once when i was younger about a friend he had who made thing in the process you are talking about. he was cuting a LP tank that he had gone threw with his normal procedure of washing it out 200 times, yes 200 time he was that carfull. as my dad was walking to his shop to deliver some welding rods or something along that line he heard an explossen and ran to the shop. what my dad found was not much, the largest piece of his friend left was hanging from the rafters. so this is very dangorus, so unless you want to die or have some one else die for you find another never filed tank of find a non flamabel way to do it. ( some one i know made a large pipe cutter from an old lathe took a week and a half but im glad he did, the tank still had a ounce of gas in it and he was going to tourch cut it.)

thanks for the advice, its kinda going to be hard for me to find out what steel is what, but i have a lot of knew rrspike of difrent carbon content and im going to try and find somd mild steel to use. and one more question( i think) dose everyone memerize the types of steel?

Hey ive been trying to remember all the temper colers and there uses(like what color to temper what). i know for chisles its a straworange, but i tried to remember knives and blades and just couldent figure it out. i also am haveing trouble with makeing a few tools.

Here is the list

- Tongs,

- cut off hardy

- spring fuller

- flater

- hardy fuller

- and a bickern.

if some one could help me out it would be apritiated.

Sorry about the location, i did fill out my profile but for some reason my computer did not alow it to take but ill try again. I live in iowa along the mississippi. and philip thanks for the offer but there is no way i can get to china to pick it up.

hi i was wondering if any one had some old used anvils they dont use any more or are clutering up there shop. i do have an anvil but it is a cheap harbor freight one has dents all over and the horn is oval and flat. im not the richest person in the world so it might be a bit before i can buy one from some one but i really want to end my search for a new anvil.