claypipe

Thanks element, it looks simple enough. Travis.

Hey guys, I am in the process of building myself a forge and am wondering how to make a super sucker hood. Can someone send me a drawing or tell me where to find a plan. Thanks, Travis in Oklahoma.

hello patrickrock, I knew a smith who used that material along with bandsaw blades to make damascus as Mr. Smith talked about. He would start with 6 layers of each material stacked alternately and mig weld the ends together. He would then forge weld, fold, weld, fold, etc... until he was satisfied. This gave him a useful blank to begin a knife with. One day I will try this but as of now I don't have a power hammer or the time to undertake that type of project with a hand hammer. Sincerely, Travis M. Gabbard aka "Claypipe"

Hello Tar and welcome. May make burners next week. Kaowool and ITC are very pricey and I don't need enough ITC to make 5 or 6 forges, only 1, so I don't know if I will go that route yet but maybe. Talk to you later.

Hey Tar, how are you? No chance to work on burners yet. Maybe this week.

Hello Jeremiah, I just realized that I didn't say in my post that I haven't shod any horses in about 6 years and I don't plan to start again any time soon. Thanks for welcoming me to the site.

My first anvil that I used for shoeing horses was a JHM 70# and I even worked some draft horse shoes made out of 3/4" x 1 3/4" stock with a 4# hammer. I had no trouble with and it was a good anvil. Kicking myself for not bringing it with me. When I go to visit the folks in November I will get it back. I liked it alot better than the NC that I have now and I would recomend them to any one. I wish I had the cash to dump for a 260#. Maybe someday soon. Wish me luck. :)

Hello everyone. I thought that I should introduce myself. I first became interested in smithing when I went to horseshoeing school in '97. It was about the second week of a six week school that I decided that I liked smithing better than shoeing horses. I have smithed on and off since then, but not very regularly. I have decided to cut out some other hobbies and start doing more smitning. I had a propane forge but I got rid of it when I moved from Oklahoma to Montana last year and I am kicking myself now, but I recently got my first coal forges. Note the plural . Both of them free. I have a 70# NC anvil, a couple hammers and a couple pairs of tongs. You all give great information and I appreciate it. At times I will have questions and I thank you in advance for answers. Any smiths from Montana holler out. I would like to meet you and ask, ask, ask.