Just wondering what you all have been day dreaming about and hope to get someday. I'll start with two simple one's

This bigornia and a brian brazeal rounding hammer 3lbs.  :D

 

Induction heater and a Massey 10 cwt clear span hammer;-)

Uninterrupted shop time.

The knumber Won things,

 

Good Health, ability to think, a place to eat, something to eat, a place to stay warm, a person to stay warm with, a place to park my tired bones and a place to hang my hat and get a little shut-eye.

All the rest is extra!! :) :)

 

Neil

A shop or area so I don't have to set everything up and teardown when I want to forge. My biggest problem is in the winter its difficult to run the forge in the garage since its attached to the house. I dont want to cut big holes in the roof or wall for a ventilation hood.

I hope to borrow the 1400 lb FISHER anvil from the state of NJ to display in my museum, and be able to bring it to major Blacksmithing meets for all to see.

 

In reality, just continued good health for me and my family.

Frozen, use a gas forge in the attached garage? I do and work all winter.

A big screw press!  

 

A power hammer just isn't in the cards because of my shop's location, but I sure wouldn't mind something other than my arm to move the hot metal!!

At this point... a proper stand, forge table, and workbench. Due to financial restraints I'm working with a makeshift anvil anchored in the ground and a brake drum forge also in the ground. Feels like I'm doing more work than necessary just to get the basics down.

A 2x72 belt grinder and pile of deer antlers.

Time to do my hobbies.

My Shop is full, ... so any additional equipment will force a serious redesign of the Shop Layout.

 

For that reason, ... the only major items under consideration, are a Power Hammer, ... and an Ironworker.

 

I'll probably build a "Tire Hammer" myself, ... thus allowing an easier integration into the existing Layout.

 

I can't really justify the cost of an Ironworker, ... but the appearance of a "good deal", could easily change my opinion on that.  :P

 

 

Just last Summer, I "missed" a local "Scotchman" Ironworker, ... for $900.00  ... you snooze, you lose  :( <_<

 

Someday, patience, ... ready cash, ... and decisiveness, ... will come together to resolve that issue.

 

 

 

 

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Youth; while I certainly enjoyed misspending it I would have chosen to misspent it in different ways...I would have started smithing a decade earlier for instance.

in general, more time to forge, continued good health and for the jobs to keep coming in.

Tools wise, I need to make more tongs, more hardy tools for the anvil and some spring swages for my power hammer, I also want to build a tumbler and find a good belt sander

Youth; while I certainly enjoyed misspending it I would have chosen to misspent it in different ways...I would have started smithing a decade earlier for instance.

If I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have learned from those mistakes.

I need something with a small footprint so a decent, small forging press. A small fly press would be my 2nd.

At the moment I'll be more than happy for this cordless drill to hurry up and charge so I can get the holes drilled to get the door back on the forge.....

I'm dying for a good night's sleep.

Otherwise, a complete set of Aspery's and Hrisoulas's books would be nice.

Edited October 9, 201510 yr by JHCC

Two or three consecutive days of private lessons with Brian Brazeal for me and my son.

 

Scott

Stub my toe on a gold nugget I need to rent a back hoe to lift out of the ground. Failing that a refill on my coffee before it gets too cold.

Frosty The Lucky.

the hardest thing to find and keep......a good woman

One more day to be my wife's "old goat", one more day to be my grandson's "peepop" and one more day to scratch my old dog's head. Anything above that is a plus

One more day to be my wife's "old goat", one more day to be my grandson's "peepop" and one more day to scratch my old dog's head. Anything above that is a plus

Well said, everything else is gravy.

Frosty The Lucky.