Hello I'm James from Utah. Happy to be on your forum, just picked up my first forge and can't wait to start forming some metal. Looking forward to learning from the masters.

Nice looking rivet forge, check for a club in your area.

What part of Utah? I live in NV, but work in S.UT.

I was gonna buy that forge off KSL ;)

Was raised in Beaver, lived in StGeorge, now I live in Delta.

Sorry Adman I was looking into building a forge and seen this one. Had to have it. Needs a bit of work but is all there and spins really good.

Welcome aboard James, glad to have you If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised at how many of the IFI gang live within visiting distance.

 

Have you started reading through the sections here? Almost anything you might ask has probably been answered more than once. The sections are organized by general subject such as coal forges, welding, gas forges, finding tools, etc. at the bottom of the front page is the section of regional organizations. Find the one closest to you and meet the guys, hooking up with an experienced smith can teach you more in an afternoon than weeks trying to teach yourself. You'll also have much better luck finding tools, equipment fuel materials, etc. Besides it's just plain fun to hang with a bunch of blacksmiths.

 

Welcome to the affliction, the craft is addictive and highly contagious.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Nice to have you with us. I picked up a similar looking forge last year as my portable forge. You should have a good time with yours.

We should get together and play with metal :)

That would be cool! Sure I could learn a bunch from you. Where do you live? I live in Delta.

Sandy. And no, all you could learn from me is that I can make a good leaf and some sweet tongs. I am still a beginner myself. but hey, could be fun. Update you location on your profile.