Cbennett0811

Wow. I want a power hammer. I drew one out today to about 16 inches and it took a lot of work... granted it was my 3rd time ever forging something though. I made a small snake out of it.

yeah, im thinkin letter opener for this one i geuss. thanks.

yeah i knew it was mild. i dont really know what kind of steel it is exactly but im assuming its mild. i just made it to have some fun with the forge and for decoration so it wont bother me really if it wont hold a good edge.

okay, ill try the superquench. thanks.

Nice looking knife! That seems rediculous though that you have to give the money to the school.

i, this is actually my second attempt at forging (first was a file knife that melted) its made of mild steel and i was wondering what would be the best method of hardening it? ik it wont get very hard being mild steel. also let me know what you think, ill post pictures here when its all done. Thanks

A LOT better than my first try. I tryed to make my first knife out of an old file today and i accidentally melted it in half in my home made forge... Well at least i know now my forge gets hot enough. Sweet lookin knife you made though, hopefully my next attempt will look half that good.

Sweet, got the anvil home and its heavier than the guy said. according to my scale its a little over 130# face is quite smooth too. here it is home, i wire brushed the face and sanded/wirebrushed the horn.

I won the bid! pickin it up tomorow thank you everybody for the help.

Yeah. hopefully ithe price doesnt clime too much. thanks everyone. Is it all steel? or do you think it is iron with a steel face?

ahhh. cant get picture to show. maybe this will work.. sorry bout that

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wait.. heres a pic

Ive found an anvil on ebay. its fairly close. does anyone know what kind it is or if its a good one?http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-ANVIL_W0QQitemZ180462235707QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a0463303b#ht_500wt_1182 thanks.

Thanks, and yeah yesterday i just blew the ash out with my air compressor.

sounds good. I may have some brick layin around somewhere but if i dont ill do that, or ill weld up somethin the shape of the inside of the forge to slip in to make it shorter

cool. thanks

Sweet!

what kind of store do i get good firebrick at?

I meant for the firebrick, i just reread what i wrote and it did sound like i was talkin about usin it for an anvil. sorry for the confusion.

will a flat cinder block work?

Thanks for the advice, ill be sure to try that. Hopefully i can find an anvil or aso soon so i can start really usin it.

Here it is fired up. i put a small knife i ground out of a peice of mild steel in there.

Also after this picture was taken I made the holes slightly larger and a couple more near the center

i will have to push the hot spot above. I fired it up today and it seemed to work good, it brought a peice of mild steel up to non magnetic very quickly. The ash dump does te off at the bottom, the larger tube coming off at a right angle is where the blower hooks up to, the smaller tube below is the ash dump, however it is still not ideal and the plate with the holes is not removeable. Thank you guys for the input, this forge will work okay as a first one to practice making small knives but i will defenitly keep what youve said in mind in case i build a new one or modify this one. Thanks