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Emyrnes

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    York, Pennsylvania, USA
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    Digital Media, music, beating metal, tinkering, world Domination

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  1. When I was starting this I considered vertical too, but I gave in to the idea of a big face to work on. I put aside a length of the thicker stock to drop into a stump as a backup option
  2. Here is a side picture the top portion is Two pieces of 4 1/2 x 2, and the bottom is 4 pieces of 1 3/4 square bars with some milling. With the solid mass, do you think it would be better to lose the lower bit and just use the larger top pieces? I wondered about that but figured more overall weight would be good, I'd love to get some input.
  3. Here is the beginning of an anvil I started building today. I put it together from what I had on hand, because I figured although I'm no expert, and never made an anvil before, anything would be better than the HF ASO I've been dealing with for a year. I'm sure this picture will make somebody cringe.
  4. Here is my second attempt at a BBQ fork, and using a hot chisel. I made a dumb mistake and burnt up one of the tines on the first one, rather than fiddle around with trying to even them out I decided to throw it back in the scrap pile and start fresh. After thinking about it I realized with a quick bend the burnt one could become a firepoker
  5. Thanks for the heads up Frosty, I'll lay off the quotes! I have to take some more pictures tonight to upload here, I've done a bad job of documenting my progress, which is ironic since my background is in photography and video production. Eventually down the line when I'm not busy as all-get-out I'd like to produce some kind of blacksmithing related documentary. If anybody has any good recommendations for blacksmithing movies that already exist, I'd love to check them out! ThomasPowers, I'll definitely look into the quad-state, it sounds like a blast from what I've read about it on here!
  6. thanks for the greetings and replies! I will definitely need to get out and check out my local groups! I can watch videos and read about this stuff all day long, but I know that I'm the type of person who can only learn certain things by trial and error or hands on instruction. I've been meaning to make it out to the National Iron and Steel museum in Coatsville, it seems like a good place to get some inspiration! we get most of our groceries from the Amish farmers markets, and of course plenty of shoofly and whoopie pies
  7. Hey gang, I figured I might as well introduce myself here since I've been learning so much from this site, and it seems like a really great community! I got started on this path a little over a year ago when the stars aligned and I wound up with a pile of scrap metal, and an old straight peen hammer and anvil vice inherited from my grandfather. I needed a chisel for a woodworking project I had going on and figured I'd just make it myself. Needless to say when I hit that metal I got the bug and have been devoting as much time to the craft as I can, either at the forge or watching videos/reading. So far I've made some tools for myself like tongs, chisels and jigs etc, and household items like candle holders and bbq sets as gifts. and the obligatory railroad spike knife. I've made 2 forges beyond the Jabod and charcoal thing I started on, and feel like I will be constantly making more as I find out what can be upgraded or improved upon. If anybody on here is in the York, Pennsylvania area, I'd love to know if there are any good spots for sourcing materials, or just talk about the craft in general.
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