Hello !
New member from Norway here.
Blacksmithing has been intriguing and I’ve always been fascinated by it, but for some reason I never felt I had enough equipment for it, so it always where put on hold.
That changed a couple months ago!
I was about to go catatonic from boredom as I was switching from channel to channel On the tv. Suddenly I found myself watching forged in fire .
After binge watching this for a few days I told myself “f**k it, I’ll go forge stuff with or without any anvil and proper forge!”
I got myself a piece of old railroad track,put it on an old log,grabbed my wife’s hairdryer, taped it to a couple Aluminum pipes, lit up some firewood in an old bbq grill I turned into a monstrosity, stuck the pipe in the fire and turned on the hairdryer !
It all turned into a glorious blaze of smoke, fire and sparks! I then grabbed some rebar , jammed it into the fire and forged it into random hooks, a toilet paper roll holder and other random things.
Now, a month after , this forging bug has really gotten a hold of me. I have welded together a coal forge , bought myself a couple anvils,forged all kinds of things and completed my first order.
I have added a photo of the ugly but functional contraption I made, to inspire (or scare) anyone who think they need fancy stuff to start forging things. took me about 10 minutes and I was ready to heat some metal and bash it into shape.
Thats my story so far and I am here to learn more and get better at blacksmithing.