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  1. You all have convinced me - I've asked my brother if we can go scrounge around the various scrapyards and dumps this Saturday. I have a few ideas for a JABOD set up, and also keeping an eye out for a conveniently shaped piece of scrap (like that food service prep bay you mentioned Pnut). I also looked into the Mid Atlantic Smiths Association - seems like a place with some resources, but probably wouldn't pay a fee until I'm 'up and at it,' so to speak. Also Frosty, thank you so much for the mention of the Morgan ceramics. I looked those up and they look -phenomenally- more well equipped for forging, and the price is still pretty reasonable. Am looking at other peoples set ups. Any other suggestions or tips that come to mind would of course be appreciated. Those are the weight I got my cross/ball peens respectively. My brother (who is a carpenter, so I'm in good hands with a set of background eyes) suggested those weights. I also looked up the Mastermyr chest, and that... is friggin' cool. Awesome that we would find Would be cool to replicate it someday as a project perhaps. That's one thing I'm realizing the more I dig into this - Blacksmithing was (and still is, albeit in more industrial forms) a major factor in the path of civilization. It's also a fascinating lens to look at history through as well.
  2. Thanks Glenn! Appreciate the pro-tips for navigation and the suggestions. Pnut, I can't say it's handsome but I can say it's brimming with ingenuity and I'm definitely impressed - and it's fair enough evidence that perhaps I should not be waiting for my forge-variables to align themselves pleasantly. I'll see what I can manage. Also Pnut, I have a good friend that lives in Towson I visit frequently. I live in a college town about 2 hours east of Frederick. Central Maryland seems to have a pretty active smithing/art-oriented community, and it's a shame that I can't find anything of that caliber closer to home. I'm sure there are folk engaging in the craft near me, they're just not overtly concerned with touting it publicly/online. Which, you know, fair enough. Anyways, thanks again for the input - I'll try to utilize the sage wisdom granted unto me.
  3. Hello All - 27 year old from the States here, new to blacksmithing and the DIY philosophy in general. Some months ago, I found myself bored and endlessly perusing Youtube, and stumbled upon a (presumably) talented smith generously helping YouTube history buff Lindybeige create a sword. After watching that captivating process, something about the sound and seeing the metal move "stirred the dwarven blood" in me, as my brother amicably put it. Since then, I've been utterly fascinated (mayhap even obsessed) with blacksmithing as a craft - and compelled by it in a way unlike anything I've experienced before. I'm not yet striking hot iron (funds and resources being what they are) but I'm determined to be at it soon - before December, with any luck. I've already purchased my first set of cross peen and ball peen hammers, and my brother has a shop that he's graciously allowing me to set up in. Next steps are the forge - I want to get a semi transportable propane set up with firebrick. After that I'd ideally like a new 70ish lb anvil ( estimates I've seen online is for about $300-400) but until then it seems there are plenty of cheap alternatives (and the off-chance of stumbling into a good deal for a used one). When I do get started, I want to work my way up to knifemaking - but I understand one must crawl before they can walk. My brothers shop is an hour drive away, so it'll take time to set up. In the meantime, I've been hammering penny nails into stumps - an exercise recommended to me to build both strength and hammer control. Added to this is an insatiable thirst to read and watch all I can about the craft. Which brings me here. I've been lurking for a month, and I am pleasantly overwhelmed by all the information archived here. Currently reading a copy of Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns (again at the recommendation of this site). So thank you all for providing a path for others to walk and learn from.
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