Irondragon Forge ClayWorks

I don't have any info about it but it looks good and I'm also interested in info and to see it running.

Looks like a half of an anvil vise combination to me. BTW Welcome aboard, please read this. READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location and many others.

Happy (belated) Birthday. Great haul.

Pictures of the underside of the base may tell a lot along with both sides and front under the horn.

Welcome aboard Panik. I think your idea of an extra layer of Kaowool & refractory should work just fine. The folks who design and build forges for decades will probably be along to either confirm that or shoot the idea down, they have forgotten more than I have learned while playing with gas forges though. I'm not sure but a 1/2 inch Frosty burner may be too much for the size forge, there again listen to the experts on that.

Welcome aboard Les, please read this READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location because so many answers depend on knowing where in the world you are located. Other tips like how to do the most effective search (the forum search is not the best) and some will help in staying off the moderators radar. Using cement is not recommended in a propane forge.

I agree a new thread is in order, I would be interested and follow it.

Welcome aboard Jere, please read this. READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location because so many answers depend upon knowing where in the world you are located. There are many others, some can help in flying under the moderators radar.

This will help in getting the best out of the forum, suggested reading for all newcomers. READ THIS FIRST

Especially critical in this day & age.

When I joined the Coast Guard, my childhood best friend Thomas (Tommy) Carter joined the Marine Corps. He was a helicopter pilot and KIA in Vietnam 1967, forever remembered in the memorial wall. RIP brother I still miss you after all these years. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/8236/THOMAS-A-CARTER/

Please read this. READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location and some to help in flying under the moderators radar.

Great Thomas, you just gave me a flash back to when Moby Dick was just a minnow and I wore a radium dial watch that was given to me by my grandfather. If it is a concern check with the fire department, many have Geiger counters.

My wife and a close friend of hers a jeweler, forge jewelry and they say to coat it with urethane, it wears like iron and doesn't turn yellow. Most stores that carry paint have it. She says you can even use clear nail polish, but it will eventually need re coating. Would love to see a picture of your pendant.

A full view both sides and one of the bottom (underside) of the base. There may be numbers on the front feet the right one will be a serial number which will give a range of when it was made. I just saw the second picture and it is in great shape, couldn't make out the numbers below would be the weight when it was made. I hope you have read about not doing any grinding, milling or welding on the hardened steel face, which will do more harm than good.

I like the idea of this thread. Been blacksmithing for 30 + years. U.S.C.G. January 1964-1970 Vietnam Era Vet. EN3 (Engineman 3rd class) at discharge. Basic training Cape May NJ, coldest place in the states. Most of my time was state side in light houses (light station). Pretty posh duty except for the search & rescue work. I'm not too sure it's wise to put that much info (Name, rank & horsepower) on an open forum. Maybe I'm paranoid however my last career 29 years in law enforcement tends to do that to a person.

I can see the remnants of Brooklyn NY which would make it a Hay Budden if I'm not mistaken, more pictures would confirm that.

Welcome aboard, please read this... READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location because so many answers depend upon knowing where in the world you are located. I can't open the attachments.

Welcome aboard DPuppyOne... Please read this...READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum. I have forged many a spring and bed rail frames. It works like spring steel 5160 for me. You may have to test it to see if it's any good for what you want to make. Not knowing where in the world you are located it's hard to give accurate advice.

Today started out nice & sunny so I decided to mow (more like brush hogging) but the battery was dead on the zero turn and wouldn't take a charge. Off to the battery place for a replacement. Got it running around 1400 hrs. so I'm merrily zipping around the yard. Got about 3 acres of weeds mowed and it started getting cold and damp feeling. I looked off to the west and a huge thunderhead was brewing. Got the mower secured in the new addition just in time for the wind, lightening and rain to start. It's a beautiful day in the Ozark's.

Welcome aboard Andy, Have you seen this thread yet? A great bunch there.

Welcome looks like you and your little brother are off and running. To resize pictures, after you click on the upload to put the picture in the post, double click on the picture, a pop up appears to change the width & height. I use 500 for the width and check the original aspect box and the height is set for ya. (you can also edit the post and do the same thing although the forum limits edit time to 30 min.)

The Youtube video loaded for me, it was made by stock removal (nice knife though), didn't see any bead blasting. I doubt YuriD will see the replies, he hasn't been back since Feb. 2018

Welcome aboard, I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST It is full of tips like editing your profile to show your location because so many answers depend on knowing where in the world you are located. There are many other tips, some may help in flying under the moderators radar. As far as the bricks cracking, yes because soft fire bricks do not take well to the rapid thermal cycling in a gas forge unless they are K26 bricks. I'm sure the folks who have been designing and building forges for decades will fill in the blanks. To upload pictures you need to resize them by 50% so they won't time out, large pictures take up a lot of bandwidth.

Caveat emptor as always Buyer beware, if a deal is too good to be true it usually is.