Fish4evr

Good to know George, thanks.

Thank you all for your advice. I will look into some local associations. I like the JABOD idea, I have a bunch of Pallets left over from a different project I can use. Frosty, thanks for the hammer info that question was soon to follow. Irondragon, the links were a big help. I will have more questions and will post them in the appropriate topic. Thanks again Fish4evr.

Hi. I have wanted to try blacksmithing for a while. The only experience I have on the subject is watching YouTube and recently finding this forum. My son has expressed an interest so we are looking for a forge. As I read through the post I get the feeling that the general consensus is a forge is built not bought. As fun as that would be I'm not ready to start a project (that I know nothing about) just so I can start a project I know nothing about. A search on a popular on line store brings up thousands of options all of which are made in a certain country and I don't want something that will blow up. I found one on another website that's even cheaper. Is this a red flag? Any help on buying a gas forge would be greatly appreciated and may keep the barn from burning down. Of course I'm on a budget, and don't need anything fancy. Just looking for something to get started so we can start the learning curve. I live in Tooele County Utah. Thanks. Fish4evr