codyrwilliams

Thanks for all the feed back guys. As far as the clay in the forge goes let me tell you this thing works great after a bit of time playing with it you can truly pick where u want to heat it's working awsome. And on the blower end I'm working on rebuilding the old crank blower for now I got another hair dryer and I worked it way longer than the last one and I had a good project for a first time project. Made me a coat hanger or hat hanger or whatever you want to call it and I must say I'm quite proud of it lol its been a good day playing with fire.

Hahaha. Gotta love the better halfs... You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of that set up would you?

Haha nope no hamsters here. And ya I thought about a wood stove fan

There are pictures of the blower on the first page of my post close to the top. Champion Lancaster geared NO. 40. I'll start doing research now and see what I can do for it. Thanks Charles, luckily enough I get paid today so I will go do a lil browsing and see what I can come up with

Ouch. Hope you recover soon hate to hear your down and hurting. The power hammer sounds like a sweet deal can't wait to see pics of that bad dude..... no hurry, you get better so we can see some more of that sweet metal work you do! Until then rest up and come up with lots of glowing red ideas!

No I didn't take it as rude in anyway I was just trying to be humorous. And ya I want to get the old champion going just need to get it apart and see what's clinking in it. As far as the "bird cage" as iv always heard them called, aka heater fans or bathroom type fans go I just don't know how I would house them and all that good stuff. Any examples?

What's up???? The suspense is killin me!!!

It was a 2 speed dryer. High and low both were heat no option of no heat. My wife's you can do high and low or high and low with the cool witch don't get hot but this little pos didn't have that option so I'm figuring it burnt up. Back to square one. Maby I'll just try and rebuild that champion blower I have And twat is this magical blower that you have sir???

It's clay I dug up in the back yard. Did some forging today and it seemed to do great. But on the whole $0 spent I just lost 10 bucks on a hair dryer that burnt out today. It just quit... any better blowers out there a man could make or get cheap???

Got the forge finished up. Hopefully this will help out we shall see soon as I get a blower. Gonna swing by wal mart and get a hair dryer when I pick up the lil one from school. Stay tuned. As always let's hear what you have to say!

There's an event going on this Saturday the 27th I plan on attending. You should come up and join then. It will be 50 bucks and lunch is provided. I'm excited and can't wait for Saturday.

Definitely staying in the family. That alone means alot more than what any of it is worth money wise. Going to grab a bunch of bricks today and gonna dig up some of this oklahoma red clay and top it off and see how that works..... gotta get a hair dryer or somthing tho the wife wasn't to happy to come out and see hers in the forge lol will post more pictures when that is done

Ya I saw that this was a bit non effective, I mean it worked but was a pain. But for my first forge i think it was ok. Let's me hit some hot metal anyway. Yes that is a ball valve on the bottom. All of that was free so why not. If it clogs up I'll take it apart and clean it no biggy. I already have some other ideas rolling around to improve this or just build somthing better. But until then I'll take the advice given build my fire better and play with it until I can make something better

The forge is built!!!! Seems to do ok. Will work for the learning curve anyhow. Of course I want to here your opinions on it all.

Hahaha wow. Interesting

Ya I understand that I don't mind paying or trading some steel for it. But I'm looking for the experience most of all. Thanks RDS I will get in touch with him soon. And ya Frosty I know this will only get me so far I'm just trying to make some contacts near me. And I will move out to more options now. Start calling SCABA tomorrow and figure out the connections there just figured I would start here

Central Ok town named holdenville. I am not a member yet but plan on becoming one soon. Just gotta get the extra funds

How much for a cross pien hammer?

So iv recently got some stuff together and I'm getting into blacksmithing I have some hammers that I can get started with. But after some reading on IFI iv decided I would like to get a cross pine hammer, but I don't wanna buy one... I have several hammer heads and I would like to take one or all of them to a smith "near me" and help him forge me some hammers. I think it would be a great learning process and an absolutely awsome experience. So please if your in oklahoma and have a spare day or two let me know I'll even pay for the "class" and bring the heads to use for the hammer or hammers I have 4 or 5 sledge type. This would be a great experience for me and hopefully you too.

Anyone with in a fair driving distance from 74848? Would like to meet someone near me maby come see there smithy and learn a thing or to or just watch something be made. Maby this weekend?

Ya I'm grateful to see that stuff was still here after all the scrap iron folks came down and hauled a bunch of stuff off. Like fn break roters. Only thing I'm missing now lol. And ya the name of the forge will be The Flying W with his old brand witch is what the name of his ranch was. But as promised here's the pictures of the blower. Any info you guys can give me on any of this equipment is much appreciated.

I wanna say it said 4. And thanks I'll check it all out tomorrow and post pics for sure.

Thanks I will flip it over and look. Altho when I cleaned the dirt off it I didn't see anything but will check and post better pictures of it and weigh it. I left the blower in the barn toting the 70lb anvil was enough for me lol more pics to come tomorrow. I promise

Unfortunately there both gone. Will have to make something nice for my dad he was the one who took me up and showed them to me. I'd like to learn more about the blower. And the big anvil is unknown. Gotta get the rest of the parts for my forge and get it build

So I've been itching to get into blacksmithing for a long time. But a recent lay off has given me the time to get bored and start searching. And thanks to my grandpa who is no longer with us I have almost everything I need. 2 anvils a couple tongs a post vice and a champion blower. Was kinda heart broken to hear how it sounds when turning it. So I'll have to look closer into that. But here's some pictures. Let me know what you think. So excited!!!!