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Just getting into Blacksmithn'
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I would still go with the thrall
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Frosty that's an idea I would have never thought of on my own. I was thinking there were only two options being, welding or tongs. Up till Little Blacksmith made me a set of tongs I had avoided even the thought of making them yet alone using them. My only problem in thought was; big piece of steel and no welder.
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I have a hammer, an aso, a fire, and what else am I forgetting? Ohh wait I don't have the steel or tongs. As much as I would love to right now I am on the hunt for steel... without a car to get me looking at scrap piles all across the Mid-West! This weekend I'll stop by Tractor Supply Co. and pick up some more coal and material to forge the tongs. Then after that I just need to acquire the 2x2 stock and then I'm ready to pound a piece of steel for 5 hours straight. And man I am totally ready to put this theory into action, but time, school, and other things seem to have other ideas.
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Yeah I would probably just use modern mild steel, and with that I should be able to get some good mushrooming over time.
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Well I was thinking about upsetting the top to the size I desire. Just with sweat and a hammer, so I would need tongs to hold the stock upright on my aso.
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LB you have done so much for me already, but if I have trouble finding what I am looking for I will make sure to contact you.
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I am intrigued about both the burner and the ammo can forge.
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Well for everything I find an answer to, I end up with another problem. Now I need to forge a pair of tongs that will hold the 2" square stock. Thanks to LB I have a template but this is another project I have thought of doing but not quite yet.
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Now ho does one go about eating an elephant in the Viking Age?
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Wayne I love how you edge people on to your page , I myself have been looking at it often as of late.
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Yeah I'll probably end up drowning with or with out TP's help! I did end up looking up my local chapter and to my surprise there are no traditional woodworkers and there are a few blacksmiths already. So maybe I do have something to offer to the group.
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No, I didn't even really know about them until you brought them up. I'll have to do some searchin' now.
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Now the hard part for me is finding someone who has scrap wrought iron up here. I haven't run into any real scrap yards in Omaha yet so I might have to order some mild steel off the internet. Also I have no experience working wrought iron either.
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Charles: I did think about upsetting the stock before, I just didn't think about it when I posted. And your theory on the anvil mushrooming out over time is probably a fair assumption and something I failed to think about. TP: I do like the design of your stump anvil, how much do you think it weighs? LB: Maybe I will have to take the beginners class with Elmo over the winter. Then maybe we could work together when you come up next summer.
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I have tried contacting Elmo on a few occasions by email and by phone without any reply. I did look at his classes but as of now my first priority is to buy a truck and not spend us$350 on a class quite yet. But it would be interesting to get into his shop sometime most likely in a class eventually. So on the anvil, I was thinking, what if I found a piece of 4x4 square stock and just tapered the end down to a 1x1. the only thing then that I wouldn't be able to do is weld a face to the anvil. And as of now I am not too worried about having a bick on such a small anvil. I wouldn't have the experience to do that either.