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hmaxims

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  1. First project was a tool, coal rake....nothing special lol
  2. My first tool, a coal rake. More like an afternoon bending metal then forging it. But considering it took me 3 tries to ight the coal, I'll take it!!!
  3. As much as I wanna get started, that's why I ask! Easier to not weld then to cut and grind. Would you leave them off completely then, or just a smaller edge? DSW - didn't even think of that. Marlon Brando with coal dust all over his face... Lol Looks like the well used anvil I have is a Peter West. I did some research online, looks like the very tip of the horn is missing and the face is missing two good chunks on one side/corner. Knowing that my great grandfather ran a team of horses to deliver his dairy milk and he probably used this anvil thousands of times, I still wanna use it a few times myself.
  4. My Godfather has been blacksmithing since I was little and I'm 45 now. I was always amazed at his creations. I caught the bug a few years ago and have been reading up on it. My Dad gave me a truck brake drum to start my own forge a few years ago. I bought a metal table at a local metal salvage yard. Its probably a little too big, but I figure it will hold tools. After checking out what I saw on this forum, I realized that it was WAY too deep (photo # 2), so 3 cutting wheels and 6 sawzall blades later, I have a shallower fire pit (Photo # 3 is finished product). I had to weld tabs on the bottom to hold it level with the table. I wanted to ask for some opinions before I started welding too much more. All I have for some border is the two angle brackets to keep the coal in the table. I need to get some more. I also have the supplies to make the blower. Don't mind the vice, that will be removed. I used it for holding metal while I cut outside. I hated sweeping up metal in my garage. Unless people think that it might work out where it is? I also have the anvil that was my great-grandfathers.
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