Marker Dylan

Unfortunately i could not get the money together in time and had to pass up on this offer. Thank you all for your insight on this i will bring it next time i find a good deal.

it thawed out a little and then it snowed again. what happened to spring...

I recently found a method of blueing where you dip the item in ferric chloride for a few seconds rinse and put in an oven for 30 minutes. does anyone have experience with this?

Ohh my apologies. I thought it was good to do showing you were acknowledging a spacific post. I don't use forums much.

The seller doesn't have an exact size but stated he thinks is about 140. Judging by the pictures i think that's accurate. I was probably just going to take my Subaru down since its not a massive one and that gets decent milage and make a day out of it. Now to scramble for that $300 haha

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 I was having trouble finding a good deal in my area so i spread my search a bit. I found what might be a good deal about 3 hours from me guy listed it for $450 talked him down to $300. I have yet to go see it. I wanted some opinions on it first. Here are some pictures. Let me know if it's worth the 300 plus a 3 hour drive.

you have helped a lot. I will just have to do more research.

i briefly looked at the website. how much is the membership?

Do you have to be a NEB member to attend the meet?

6 minutes ago, JHCC said:

 

Yes i was just talking to my wife about this actually. Hopefully my schedule lines up and i can make it.

Thank you all for all the welcomes and the great advice. I am looking forward to all the knowledge i can gain and share here.

1 hour ago, notownkid said:

Hello Mark, welcome to IFI and the blacksmith bug!  How Far Southern VT?  As you can see I'm north of you most likely but at the moment warming myself in SW Florida.

Thomas Powers is correct look up New England Blacksmiths here and on the net.  Spring meet is lasted as well as a fall meet in Colraine ? Mass.  There will most likely be a Hammer In at Lake Champlain Maritime Mus around Memorial Day. 

We all started somewhere usually from scratch. 

Dale   

I'm in the Springfield area. I have looked into them and am interested. Right now I'm trying to scavange for time to do anything as my actually job takes most of it.

I know i am a little late to this conversation but there are valid arguments on this subject. Being a heating technician and look at this problem from that point of view the solution to this problem is to either get a bigger tank are manifold multiple together. each tank has a surface area and is rated for a certain amount of BTU/H which is indeed affected by the temperature. i am attempting to include a table with more detail.

Hello from southern Vermont. my name is Mark and I am just getting into blacksmithing. I don't have any past metal working experience but I am excited to see what I can learn.