I just stayed away too long! Trying to decide if I should go back to work after retirement. But the work finds me, and I just bought a great 4x8' table made with 3/8" plate on channel with angle iron legs that I will be putting in a 2-1/2 car garage.
I have a buzz box stick welder and access to a 110v wire welder and I own the "pony" size oxy/acetylene cutting and heating torch set. I am a retired Millwright with all the hand-tools a tradesman carries. In short, I am going to start-up a shop.
This is a great website and I sort of forgot that by staying away too long. My first action was to check out the video on anvils, which helped a lot. I'm interested in ornamental iron-working but not necessarily in going all the way back to traditional blacksmith methods.
I received a birthday greeting from I-forge Iron that reminded of the resources at the site, so birthday greetings are not the corny idea one might think; score one for social media and the administrator Glenn. I hope I got his name right because he knew mine. Like Dale Carnegie said: "Everyone loves the sound of their own name."