The Hess

These are some pictures of my anvil and the base and stand I built for it. The 4×4s are bolted to the whole stand with 2 8" anchor bolts in each one then same with the 4×8s to the 4×4s then I took some steel I had, upset the middle a bunch just about tripling the thickness leaving about 1.5" at the ends the stock width and thickness then drew them out to the length I then twisted the end faces and forged them to fit the anvil snug up around the base above the feet. I then drifted holes to fit the anchor bolts through and anchord them to the base. It's solid as can be and works really well also when I leave spain to go back to the states I can just unbolt it and take it with me.

These are some pictures of my Whitlox wood fire forge which I use I got the hand blower because I don't like to be tied to society at all and don't want to ever have to rely on a power source. So far it has worked great gets really hot and relatively fast and is super efficient I can have a fire going for 4+ hours of forging and use less then a 10 gal trash can of wood chunks normally about half of one. 

Here is a couple shots of a pair of tongs I made I did a flat jaw design with a curved upper jaw so I can upset material to one side and still have room to grab it when heating the tip of the material and working it they also work well with flat stock and small round stock like making rivit from rebar that my wolf jaws couldn't hold. These are completely made from rebar the rivit and all.

Some projects I've been doing. In the pictures you'll see my first hold fast I made that was an awesome project. A horseshoe attempt that I feel I did alright with. A few knives I've made out of rebar I found I could harden that I use in the garden a training karambit I'm still working out and a small hand wedge I made for cutting firewood since I only have a small hand saw and rounds tend to bind it us some.

So been away with work but got back kayaker 50 miles down a river to the coast and then built some new items for my forge. I created a hold fast from a bar we had at work that was about half inch round stock then I also made a pair of tongs drifted the whole and made a rivit from rebar also to put it all together. My next project is a hardy hole cutoff that I'm making from a huge 1.5 inch thick pry bar. After that I'll try to get some pictures up for everyone.