Daswulf

Yes. Welcome aboard. Specifics really help in the question to get specific answers. Please be more specific. We like pictures too. the horse shoes are probably steel, not iron. You Can burn wood and use the hot coals with a blower to forge with. What are you planning to make? what tools do you have to work with? How is the blower setup to the fire pit? etc.. Too many unknowns to know how to answer your questions.

Nice bad mood coal poker.

I was thinking more along the lines of what j.w.s made. It's simple if you can aquire the block of steel. Its not letting me post the link so search " my new block anvil"

welcome aboard. If you don't need a horn and your a machinist then you can probably find a way to get a block of 4140 or some other harder steel, radius the edges slightly, mount it to a stump and get forging. that's the easiest way to make one.

Awesome job Heap. I agree with Jim about making it a bottle opener as well. But this one looks fine as it. Only improvement I could think is maybe to wire wheel the heck out of the screw part to polish it up so it would screw in to the cork smoothly.

I like your thinking Joel.

Possibly old sizing gauges to check if the workpiece diameter is correct. Just a guess.

Forget it.

Very true. Start with your PPE. design your forge and hood. Then get a hammer, find something good to use as an anvil and start with some basics. You will see what you Need as you go. Most things Can be sourced for free or cheap. Start with the basics and build your way up. There is a lot of good info on here for forge making and hoods. Vent pipe should be no less then 10", 12" is better. look at the space you have to work in and search around for others setups to see where you might want to put your equipment. Forge is #1 preferably if you vent yours out through the roof you only want to cut it once. So placement of that should be thought out. I prefer a brake rotor over a drum but others have preferences as well Charles has a good method as well. Do some research and see what works for you with what you can source.

I've used galvanized buckets for quenching. It won't get hot enough to burn the zinc off. You would have to get the metal really hot to burn off zinc.

Kailthir welcome aboard. Like Glenn said, visit some fleamarkets, yard sales and estate auctions. Old hammers, files, punches, chisels and other tools are abundant there and usually cheap. Especially if your going to be refacing the hammers to suit your needs anyway. For the files you'll want to get a file card to clean them. Some tools in my opinion it just pays to buy new and quality, like the 4 1/2" grinder. For the oil, you may want something with a lid so #1 you can close it if it lights up and #2 so you don't accidentally kick it over and have a oily mess to clean up or a potential spreading oil fire. I use a tall ammo can. Oh yeah. A fire extinguisher is good to have too. As for the bolts I think most would be fine if they arnt right in the air grate.

Like a larger nut with the correct depth.

Very cool! Love how the copper is cut out for the flowers and the different shapes of the heads. What did you use on the copper? It has a great contrast coloring.

Another Beautiful blade. Sad to hear your packing it in but our hands can only do so much in our lifetime. I sure hope you'll stick around and pass on some knowledge. If you need to retire your hands, dont retire your brain.

I love the look of it. I was experimenting a bit with the napped look a little while ago and yours turned out great. also Love how you did the antler for the guard.

I like him JHCC. Some scrap just wants to be something else and have a new life. BigGunDoctor, Halloween is coming, you could cut jack-o-lantern faces in them and give them a little spray paint job.

I'd say you made progress. good work.

I have a hot cut made from axle shaft that isn't hardened. It still dings when I give the piece I'm cutting that last tap I shouldn't have. Didn't hurt my hammers tho I try to stick with a certain hammer when hot cutting but some times you just go with what's in your hand. Chisels and punches may be better off made from higher carbon steels. as for the tomahawk, I haven't made one yet but from what I've read you can use a mild body with a HC bit. Just be sure that file Is solid high carbon and not just case hardened.

From my experience working on cars tie rods Seem to be more of a mild steel as when they get hit they generally bend. One way to ballpark check it is to do a spark test on it.

Sorry I just saw this. Praying for her and your family.

Poor Trenton.

NOW you tell me about concrete spalling! Haha. had my own experience with concrete exploding while torching metal on it. Yeah. Don't do it. I have dropped very hot metal on it many times with no problem tho.

I guess thats good marketing haha

Nice one! good idea too. I've seen many a cut fingers/hands from people "looking" at blades at the gunshows.

Thinking about the story above, might not need paint if people arnt careful around it.