dphigh

Nice photos

think about the radiant heat coming off that thing........and the guy is 4 feet away from it!

thanks

alec

You got some of those designs from Backyard blacksmith the book by loreli sims

nice shop!

alec

i like the homemade hacksaw do you think you could post a thread on how you make them.!

David.e .

i sent you a p.m. telling you......more snow over here, kinda annoying because the snow gets in my forge.

alec

Those poor anvils...... they're ruined, they could be nicely sat in my forge instead of being blown to kingdom kom.........although it was pretty cool

alec

Iv'e got it up and running.........it works like a beast, it's brilliant!

Much much better than the forge i used to use :)

i will put on pics later

alec

I watched that it was really good!

Nice.

Can't wait to see your knifes

I haven't set it up yet because the snow was 6" deep and three feet in my shop so it kinda slowed things down.

oh well hopefully i will get it up tomorrow........

alec

Danny

Show us a picture of it

Alec

P.S. i don't know how to repair the belt....sorry

Thanks again

I don't want people babling over my shop all the time LETS see YOUR setup
haha

Alec

P.S. This morning i will be having my forge up and running I will show you guys pics of it running.

sorry that isn't gonna happen-It's snowing :(

......salt......

Thanks guys

Alec

Wayne trust me i already am..... and metal iv'e got a whole tool bok full of random scrap from the steel yard and tons more bars of it.....I just cant get enough of it ... that's probably because my last name is Steele with an E , No jokes.
haha

Thanks for the comments

Alec Steele

Hi
first i'd like to say sorry for the fuzzy pics it was dark so i had to use flash

this is my shop my anvil the shop ......... plus my new forge that was bought (sorry for the miss-spell) yesterday, its got a water cooled tue-iron, i've only just started putting it up so the hood or bosh isn't up yet.

the place is a bit of a tip because i'm in the middle of rearranging it because of the new forge.
enjoy

Alec



P.S send pics of YOUR shop and the stuff Youv'e Got

cheers

Thanks guys

i decided to buy the side blast.....

i got it today!!!!!!

i will make a thread once iv'e set it up wit pics the thread will be called............... My new forge

thanks again
alec

wow!!
very good!!

none of that made any sence to me

???

I was on the verge of buying that
i didn't though too pricey for me
Good luck, have fun
The photo looked alot different on ebay

Alec

thanks dave

what work works well on a bottom blast

alec

that last line isn't meant to be there sorry

alec

Thanks so far but it would be greatly appreciated if i cold get some more replys very soon.

sorry for being naggy but I now have 2 days to make the decicion

Extra things
i use coke
the side blast forge i'm looking at is quite big and at the moment its at

You make a tang on one end of the knife (kinda a step down) the tang must be quite small so it can be riveted at the other end but for a guard you make a guard that fits the tang slide it on then put on the handle then rivet the ends

you can see a good knife making vid on this link
YouTube - A.S. Jordan Bladesmith - Documentary "Knives" (part 1)

All i can say is wow

hi
i know it depends about what work you do but what is best , side blast or bottom blast.

can you say what you use and what kinda work it is best at.

thanks

P.s the reason I'm asking this is that i have to make a quick decision for what to buy because the offers aren't permanent.


thanks
alec

I first saw one on mad dwarf workshop