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Not forging but semi related I put a handle on a morakniv knife I had burl and stacked birch bark with 100 yen coin as a bolster from my trip this summer

Sadly the punch does not work i likely need to re quench it after i straighten it a little But got the curved knife quenched just need to sharpen it And my anvil is way too wobbly that sand bucket sucks But luckily I have a big wooden circle I can use as a base and make some braces from 2 by 4s

Found this tool which if im correct is a farriers nippers I might try and reforge them into a small pair of tongs

Although monumentally ugly the scraper tool works quite well now that it has a handle

I'm definitely gonna make a washtub type forge so i can get more depth to the fire I see the japanese style forges that are like a trench but are sideblast I wonder why but I'll likely end up making one of the Tim lively type washtub forges bottom blast and get a brick or something so I can limit the length of the fire

I just realized that this is in blacksmithing general discussion when I meant to put it in the members projects area anyways This is gonna be a carving knife with a handle set at an angle ie a mocotaugen needs a bunch of shaping then hardening and make the handle material is an old file

The scraper wasn't forged just cut out after annealing i actually made it a while ago before i had an anvil or forge I am gonna clean up the shoulders though The Pic of the drift was an in progress I ground it down more I also quenched it tonight in water like was suggested Scraper was quenched in vegetable oil and definitely hardened

I have a woodturning scraper from a big old file that I'm gonna try and heat treat as well as a quarter inch punch from the star bit

Some rather long cold chisel type tools perhaps masonry given the + cross section of one might cut off the weird section and make some punches because the coil spring piece is kinda short

I would sink the log in but I can't as I'm 17 and it all needs to be non permanent the chunk of wood and bucket works but kinda sucks but anyways I took a .25 by .75 piece of mild steel from a broken clamp to make tongs Got the first jaw kinda forged but need to make the sides more parallel Be being the regular Socrates that I am had the impeccable idea of just taking a nail that I was going to use as a rivet and also using that as a punch which obviously didn't work Idk why I thought that would work I've literally seen so many blacksmith videos and read lots of books in which punches are used But I have a piece of coil spring I got it tapered to make a punch so I just stuck it back in the coals to anneal it so I can shape it with files Also I got a empty paint can I'm gonna fill with veg oil for quenching punches and such from hi carbon steel Also got charcoal Can't wait to finish the tongs I had to use channel locks for the coil and it slipped a lot I also managed to burn myself slightly kinda annoying Also think I did decent on air control as there wasn't a whole lot of sparks and I didn't go through fuel like crazy Also made the forge side blast But I'm definitely gonna build a bigger forge like a jabod but long bottom blast like a Tim lively forge

Yeah a 90 pound can be a bit taxing on the shoulders I have a similar bow (in terms of how it looks. I don't know much about compounds) Draw is too short for me now but still fun for messing around as its like 30 lb Draw

Nothing too interesting but I just benched 295 in the past day or two which is good because I broke my foot and was having shoulder problems right before summer started so didn't really get to lift during summer so trying to work back to hitting new maxes

My 90# korean bow so light weight but strong and incredibly fast love it

First Pic is a sunrise from my state of va second Is in japan is a shinto temple/shrine last one is golden pavilion also in japan something like 50 lbs of gold leaf went into its consturction

This is a better picture from my latest road trip his name is buddy Definitely happy to hear about that hybrid vigor it seems to be holding true for him

My little old man he's a border collie Australian shepherd mix (we think) He's about 15 and still going strong

Managed to get 3/8 rebar to red heat with wood scraps I need to remount the sledge hammer head it was moving around too much and it was too high

Hello I just built a forge for charcoal/ wood the refractory is a mix of bentonite clay kitty litter and sand moistened then rammed into the baking pan to form a sort of u shaped trench I chose bottom blast because of a tutorial I saw on YouTube and the guy just used wood and it worked U shape because I've heard to forge with wood the fire has to be deep so there is time to charcoalize The second picture is of a large sledge hammer head I will use as an anvil it is either 12 or 16 pounds and will probably end up mounted into a 4 by 4 or maybe a stand of 2 by 4s if the head is too big I plan to make carving tools for woodworking I know wood isn't ideal but I always have tons of scraps since I do woodworking and I don't really have the money to buy coal or charcoal and I don't have the space to make charcoal at this time but will try to make some in a little metal fire pit Plan to start forging (trying) over the next week or two

I looked and the closest farrier supply is 140 miles away and I can't really justify driving that far for begging a hobby and I don't have the means to drive there

Thanks for the info I was under the impression that coal does not work with side blast due to clinker but I'm glad to hear that is not the case

I plan on building a solid fuel forge soon and tractor supply sells anthracite coal but no bituminous in my area and charcoal is expensive to buy but I have the means to make charcoal. I want to decide on one type of fuel because I've read here that certain forge designs are better suited to coal or charcoal

I have not but I will now

Probably not I just want to make a cheap portable forge that won’t be super heavy

So I saw this video on making a charcoal forge and I know that plaster of Paris and sand sucks as refractory but could I do a similar design only slightly larger with clay ? and if not what are some other refractories that could be used

Do you need an air source for a charcoal forge