brickman

I was thinking about just making some kindling chopper style knives. stuff that needs to be durable enough to be beat with a mallet but doesnt need to hold a razor edge. More just for shaping practice is what i'm thinking. I also thought about incorporating the bigger ones into a new gate latch handle. The bottle opener is also a great idea, would make good gifts too =D

Finally got my first post vice. Got a steal of a deal for it from an estate sale.

Yeah we have a huge amount of these.most were discarded due to chips in the mouth of the wrench. I might make some knives and bottle openers then, good practice for both =].

Trying to figure out what kind of steel these old wrenches are made out of. They're pretty old and the reason they were decommissioned and put in the "throw away" box is becuase the tips have been chipped on most of them. We have tons of them on the farm and am wondering what they're made from / can they be hardened / what they would be good for.. Most seem to be from "the billings and spencer co"

That thing is gorgeous.. Someday ill have one too :P. I'm waiting until i'm good enough to make it matter, so a ways off still i imagine :P.

tell me more about this reffflinghaus.... Thats the anvil i want to buy some day. I'm rocking an old Peter wright and Sodorfors right now 86lb and 130lb respectively.

Ugh i wish i had your luck with post vices. I've been really lucky with anvils but i've been searching craigslist and hit lots of old barn / estate sales looking for one. The cheapest i've run across so far is 200 for a decent post vice. This is the one big thing that i'm really missing right now in my setup

Hit up an estate sale this weekend to look at a post vice they had, ended up being wayy too expensive but found these goodies for next to nothing All the files were in more or less good shape plus a couple farriers rasps in there. and got a piece of 1/4 inch steel plating that's 52" by 18".. going to be half of my new welding table i'm building

Yeah i'm thinking that might not be worth the hassle.. When i build my shop i'll probably just do a big above ground propane tank or something and get it done by the propane company. No point in chasing natural gas if it's going to be too much of a hassle and then i move my forging away from my house anyways.

we have a natural gas line into the house from the city so no tank. But i thought about putting in a stationary on the side of the house potentially. I would need to talk to them to see if its worth it. I was thinking of getting a big enough tank that you couldnt load / unload and then get a discount on the bulk purchase.. I need to go talk to them to see if it's even worht it but that's what we do at the farm.

Yeah i'm just trying to figure out what is most effecient for my purpose. I want to be able to go to the garage, flick it on and be hammering as fast as possible, hence the switch to gas. I think i will also run at least a 100lb tank since there is a propane company right down the road from me i might even look at getting a bigger one that i have them come and fill every x often, then just have a small 40lb or so tank that i keep filled for when i need to take it somewhere.. All just thoughts at this point but i'm working with the guy now on getting my new propane forge.

Nice, so i texted the guy also to ask who's building the forge and he basically told me this same. His 2 burner which he's making will do about 8-10 hours but his single burner is ~12 hours. I appreciate the feedback!

This helps a lot. Naturally i didnt want to make any decisions on my own without some info on this since it's regarding gas and potentially explosive material.. I guess my short term plan will then be just to use the propane burner for the time being and my long term goal will be to start putting together a natural gas one with a blower.. Thanks a ton for the info. Also, how long will a "normal" size propane tank last for forging? There is actually a propane company right down the road from my house where i can get bigger propane tanks and i think big supplies for cheaper if wanted so i want to see what kind of forging time i can get with a standard tank so i know if i need to upsize or not... at first i believe i'll just be running a 1 burner forge.

So i tried searching about this topic but had no luck. It's somewhat specific and maybe i'm dumb for asking but i dont know enough about the difference in properties between natural gas and propane.. Anyways the question is if i have a propane burner forge, can i just get a drop for my natural gas line into my garage and simple plug and play the natural gas line into the propane forge and have it work? Are there other considerations when doing this? are there big downfalls of natural gas vs propane or vice versa? I've been toying with the idea of doing that since natural gas is very cheap and i wouldnt have to refill a tank ever.

Listen to the man! I just picked up an amazing condition Sodorfors for free from a friend of my fathers at their church after getting the word out to them only a week and a half ago.

If you post your location in your profile i'm sure there are a handful of people on the site that will be willing to help you out. Welcome

Definitely not going to paint it, but i have some wire brush attachments for my grinders and my big dremmel. I'll hand brush and see how that goes first, but if it's not doing to my liking i'll hit it with the dremmel wire brush probably.. I'm thinking wd-40 or some boiled linseed oil rub down will suffice since i've seen both mentioned and have both laying around in my garage

Wait, you mean the metal stand rang less?

no rush!

Can you post a pic of that?

ill probably hand brush it first and see how i think of it. I'll post some more pics

But but...dirt D= lol

I mean on the sides and by the feet :P.. the face will polish up nicely after tomorrow probably after forgin

The chain made a hugeee difference on my peter wright that rings like crazy. i mean night and day. It's a pretty massive chain though, thickness wise

how would you suggest getting the surface rust / oxidation and dirt off it then?