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5 hours ago, Nobody Special said:

My Anvil and Hammer lies declind

Yes! This is very similar to the one on the tombstone I'm looking at, I didn't realise it was a whole "Thing". Aside from the first and last 2 lines, it's the same (With some different word order but yea). Thank you!

I am researching/reading an inscription on a distant relative's (Great-great-great grandfather's) gravestone. On the stone, there is a small poem about blacksmithing (He was a blacksmith), about his forge / himself no longer forging. In the poem (first line) it reads "My steady and hammer lyes reclined,". Is a steady a tool?, is it an old name for a holdfast or something of the like?, is it something else used in a forge? Google doesn't give anything (aside from a lathe tool, and I thought this wouldn't be that). If anyone has any idea of what this is please do tell.

Thank you!

ok,  i didnt think about that, thanks

would anyone know if firebrick is needed in small scale arc furnaces, (like the hacksmiths) or could the firebrick be replaced with say brick or stone, or just having no shell and just doing it on a slab of concrete or something.

Just now, Nodebt said:

ominious

i just mean im trying to do this cheaply and without having a teacher right next to me the hole time

6 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

Seems like a terrible way to go for armour making.

the armor making is a future goal, im mainly going to make jewelry, and i'm also trying to do it electric because of xxxx school safety stuff. im maily just wanting to know about whether its a good idea to make thinner walls.

thx for seeing this anyway

for a school project i am planning to make jewelry and armor out of metal, and ive seen the hacksmiths (and others) videos on mini arc furnaces. i am planning to build one, would anyone know how if using thin walls on the box would end in it ither exploding, or cracking, or something worce?

thx for viewing this if anyone dose