Some things that I made with my first coal forge. The hot cut and fuller have 1 1/8" shanks - sort of an oddball size apparently. Lucky for me the piece of axle that I had dressed down to just a bit over size when I squared it up. I don't have the arm that it would take to draw out stock that big. The plain tongs started out as 3/4" round; I drew out the reins by hand. I should have practiced that first; it is easy to spend twice the energy and work half as fast just by using the wrong technique. Now I know. The big goosenecks are from 1"x1/2" stock with 1/2" round handles welded on. I wanted to do a forge weld, but I just don't have the time to invest on practice. For this set I just upset the 1/2" stock a bit, squared it up, made a short taper, then torch welded it. After building up the weld a little over size I heated it up in the forge and dressed it down

Looks good - better than my first batch of stuff. And better than some of the stuff I still end up with.  ;)

Very well done for a first attempt. You are good at it.  

 

 

 

 

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I look forward to the future work you share with us! Good bit of kit you've got there! You seem to have the basics down pat. Just square up those tong bit nd it'll look almost professional. Good job, I like the watering can, it is a nice way of doing that.