Mountainhouseforge

Folks,

I looked at the forge last night.  The only words on the blower are, "Champion Forge and Blower Co. Lancaster, PA".  Here are a couple of photos.  I am not home to get closeups of the blower and gears.  

Folks,

I need a bit of help.  I have a Champion rivet forge (three leg, no numbers that I can see) that needs to have the gears replaced.  One has three teeth missing.  The other has one.  Where can In find replacement parts, new or used?  I have been haunting ebay looking unsuccessfully.  Thanks for the help.

Folks,

I have an odd question, is it possible to smelt wrought iron from antique nails and make a billet? I am renovating an 1829's house and have about 10 lbs of 1"  square shank nails. How can I reuse the split ones and ones where straightening isn't viable?

Thanks 

Give me a few days to get back to my smithy. I have a bunch of original 1760's and earlier stuff from upper NY area I can upload.

I was given two sets of the tongs in the photo. What are they used for?