brickman

Nope, working on getting one now. we have multiple on our farm but it's a 5 hour drive from my house and that's one item i cant take from the shop .. trying to see if i can locate one closer

I imagine i will start making this type of stuff myself eventually but i want to get started and i dont really have much scrap laying around yet, only a handful of railroad spikes.. I Need to go to the farm and hit our junkyard and scrap piles and some local salvage places. I think i will probably buy 1 to get started so i can hot cut some stuff then start making my own tools =D

54 minutes ago, JHCC said:

I prefer "long term loan" or "liberate".

Lol, liberation sounds good to me

1 hour ago, JHCC said:

Excellent! My first two forges were rivet forges, and you can do a whole lot more in one than people think. My only suggestion would be to get yourself some kind of stand to support the weight of longer stock. You'll thank yourself.

yeah i have some i can steal from our barn that are old truck rims with tubing welded on and another piece of smaller tubing in it for height adjustment. they should work out

I was looking to buy a 3/4 inch hardy hole cutting tool but am having a hard time finding one... do most people just make their own or people just hoarding them?

Put a polishing wheel on the dremmel and gave her a quick buff

My first forging on this guy

i did a sandbox, like it so far...... not as pretty as the other calebs anvil D=

1 hour ago, PVF Al said:

Brickman, Good job! Now you can go to work. Keep us updated on your progress.

Al

Was going to get some forge time on it last night but got food poisoning =/ that has delayed plans until today.. going to try and get the handles isolated and drawn out a bit on my drawing knife i'm making.. I'll post pics with what i get =]

Nope, but i'll take it off your hands ;).. i mean you wouldnt want it just laying around taking up space right...

In all seriousness this looks like a very nice anvil, should be worth something. Someone here will be able to help you out

4 minutes ago, mutant said:

Nice! I did something similar. I should go take a photo and post it. I have my anvil sitting right on the sand. It's easy to raise/lower the anvil by adding/removing sand. It also helps to dull the ring.

 

-m 

I thought about doing the same, that's just a piece of 3/4 inch maple plywood that it's sitting on that sits directly on the sand, it's not anchored to anything but the anvil so ti's still pretty easy to move in and out, i can pick the whole top / anvil up out of there. I'm reasonably happy with it. I'm hoping to get some forge time in on it tonight.

Finished my anvil stand and mounted the old anvil.. Cheaned off my work space and got it more organized.. Hoping to get some hammer time in tonight since the fireproofing on the forge is now setup =]

About 350lbs of sand and a 86lb anvil

Thanks guys! 

2 minutes ago, JHCC said:

If you've got plywood, go for it. You'll just need to source the sand.

Check out this thread for more info.

That paints a better picture in my head, lol. i was imagining something different.. Sand isn't an issue where i'm at, for one it's been raining like crazy the last few months so everywhere has sandbags for sale for pennies on the dollar, and for two the beach is like 45 mins away. This looks promising. =D thank you for that

1 hour ago, PVF Al said:

Brickman, the  solidest, cheapest, easiest, fastest to make stand, I've ever seen is a plywood box, filled with sand. You can add or subtract sand until you find "your" best working height. Build it high enough so scale or sand can build up around the feet, which will quiet it down, and keep it in place. Easy to add a tool rack to, in any configuration "you" find works for you. 

Al 

Huh, i would have never thought of that. i have a lot of 3/4inch plywood around my garage, i would need to look up how exactly they put this together though, it seems not as sturdy? but i guess with the sand that really solidifies it.. 

I was planning on doing a stump, but i am having a hard time locating one.. I guess i could just go cut one in the woods off a fallen tree but then i have to go get a wood harvesting permit i believe.

good to know =]

Thank you! The search function on the site didnt realy do me well when i tried it so i thought i would ask. I'm actually at work right now so i didnt want to dig through threads. I'll do that when i get home and remember for the future! thanks for the advice! 

Just got this anvil from my dad to use. Need to anchor it to something. the picture is a bit bad the shadowing makes the face look akward from this pic but its actually very clean / flat

Just got this guy from my dad to work wtih. the face is actually in very good condition, the shadows from this angle make it look rough

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

Welcome aboard Brian, glad to have you. I advise folk to gain proficiency blacksmithing before they take on the bladesmithing learning curve. Doing stock removal blades while learning blacksmithing is a good route. Both skill sets are necessary but they don't interfere in the learning.

And pics, we LOVE pics, anything you'd show a young child you didn't want to have to explain.

Frosty The Lucky.

I'll try and post some pics soon! i've made a few hooks already and a couple bottle openers, currently making an Axe in my blacksmithing class as well with instruction. Here are the hooks 

Hello, i'm Brian from oregon, just started blacksmithing and taking some classes. I'm currently trying to get into bladesmithing and really hone that in but that all starts here =D. Luckily my family has a farm and i was able to grab an old rivet forge, anvil, vice, grinder etc. on the free to really get me started. Cant wait to start making something more than hooks ;)..