Adirondacker

Not sure how to fill out (about me)? I'm sixty this past Sept 8th,1949. Everyone is a friend until they prove differently, Am a male, I do not actively write in this forum but do try a read here a couple of times a week, find its a rich source for questions and how do things. Saw some comments for and against new forum, given a year or two and you improve this one some will not like changi...

As you can see by the name I have choosen that I live in the Adirondack Mts of upstate N.Y. By trade I saw lumber and manage our tree farm, have never tried my hand at blacksmithing, but want to learn. For now I'm content to tinker for my own satisfaction. Since we run this farm on a shoe string I would like to start by building my own forge, have look at some plans some as clear as mud, it is my hope that I can meet people here to show me the trade and share their knowledge. When I was learning to saw from an experienced sawyer, he told me if you want to saw and be good at it you have to saw and saw a lot, I expect is the same with blacksmithing? I did get for last Christmas and anvil, the name escapes me for now but have been told by our local farrier that its a good one, so will take his word for it. I look forward to this forum and will try not to pester you with a lot of questions, as with other forums the answer to my question may have already been asked. Adirondacker