Justin Topp

That solves that! Thank you very much!

something interesting I’ve found is the blowe was probably a later addition. The forge perfectly matches a CO forge that was one of the style that had a lever instead of a hand crank. The blowers air connection appears to be homemade. 

So this absolutely has to be clause right? Looking at it in person the fire pot would get pretty small once its coated in clay. 

I’ve got my rivet forge to travel with if need be! I’ll be sure to keep from using water to stop fire spreading. Shouldn’t need to becuse I use anthracite but it’s good to know that. Thanks for the warning 

No cracks in the body according to the seller! First order of business will be claying it up for sure. I only have this one picture but it definitely looks to be a Canedy Otto blower to me. Based on the shape at least. I’ll post an update on what it is when I receive it. The forge table is 2x3 foot. So I shouldn’t have to worry about everything falling off now like I do on my rivet forge that is 18 inch diameter.  Excited about the table more than anything else. And having a larger fire compared to the rivet forge 

Well I’ll be picking it up tomorrow. Should be a nice upgrade to the rivet forge I’ve been using. Here’s a picture in daylight 

That’s what I was thinking. I believe it’s original as I’ve seen several like that. Just haven’t used one like it 

Potential new forge I’m looking into buying. To upgrade from my rivet forge. Looks like it will need to be coated with clay right? Anyone used one like it?

Hot cut hardy. A combination of a traditional and a “Brian Brazeal”. I like the straight edge on traditional hot cuts. And the fact “Brazeal” hot cuts slightly wedge into the hardy hole so they are tight and don’t jump around. 

I’ve been working on my fisher by standing on a board for the whole time I’ve had it. Since I just used the stand from my other anvil which was a taller stand because a shorter anvil. Still was too tall with the board but I made do. Finally found the time to make a simple stand. Didn’t bother sanding the wood so it’s rough cut still.  Just wanted a useable stand. Much better to have a proper hight anvil. And to be able to use my Henry wright again. 
 

I am unsure of the wood. I thought cotton wood but it’s very dense and hard. Should hold up well. 

It’s a shame there are so few people who have even tried it. Seems most people just look at the stats and call it horrible without even trying it. Same thing with corn but when I tried corn I found it to be fairly nice to use. I’m sure bituminous is much better than lignite but I should think lignite would work. Might not be real fantastic for forge welding and probably fairly dirty. But for the price it would be interesting to try.
 

Being in North Dakota it’s 39$ per ton for lignite. where it costs about 800$ a ton to have bituminous shipped to me. So even if it’s a sub par fuel it’s probably worth it. I need to make the drive to go get some to do some testing with. 
 

I wonder if I could run it through a retort like with charcoal to burn some of the volatiles off. 

Some small pickup tongs 

Exactly my thoughts. Thanks. 

A couple of photos of a wrought iron tong half I made as a piece to help explain how wrought iron has grain and flows. 

Quick pair of pickup tongs for a project 

Thanks for the ideas everyone! 

Absolutely riveting

Thanks! It’s the opposite for me here haha. Seeming to have less and less time.
 

As a side note what are some good projects to use 1.5 x 0.25 flat bar for. The steel supplier gave me that instead of 1x.25 so now I have 20’ of steel in a size I’ve never even thought about using for anything haha 

Thank you! Hollow grinding completely slipped my mind haha. Next time I’ll do it! 

Saw this method in the book “blacksmithing “ by James M. Drew written in 1935. Flat head screwdriver. Made from Mild steel with a forge welded 1095 edge. Brass brushed. 

Cleaned and oiled it. Ready for use 

The horns are most useful. Small so perfect since my anvils horns are large. The grain on the square horn and steel face is visible. 

Another one followed me home. 26 lbs stump anvil. wrought iron with a steel face. I think it’s hand forged. 

Thank you very much! 

Had welder issues so it didn’t go as smoothly as I hoped but it’s all welded up now. Made a guillotine tool with 3” x 3/4” dies. 

I sure plan too! But I don’t think that’s quite true!

Haha thank you so much! 
I’m okay with you being selfish in that way Frosty!