January 26, 201313 yr I put my forge and all my tools on my truck, so now I have a mobile blacksmith shop. Just used it for the first time tonight and it works good except for the vice, I have to make a new mount for it.
January 26, 201313 yr very intresting portable forge set up :) Idea yea you need to move vice near forge or forge near vice :rolleyes: lol looks good !
January 26, 201313 yr I recently read a book about the portable forges that traditionally accompanied Military Units, during the "Black Powder" era. Blacksmith's Traveling Forge, History and Specifications, ... by Karl Orndorff It's pretty dry, and technical, ... with little information about period tools. But it contains very thorough inventories of the equipment and supplies carried on those portable repair shops, ... and a lot of good photos. Many of those mobile forges also set up shop near railheads, ... and at departure points for west bound pioneers. .
January 26, 201313 yr Author very intresting portable forge set up :) Idea yea you need to move vice near forge or forge near vice :rolleyes: lol looks good ! The problem is that the vice is to short to mount on the side of the truck. So I am mounting it on the hitch but I forgot to make it where it wouldn't spin in the mount. I need to make a leg that gos from the mount to a steel plate on the ground.
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