SLS Posted May 28, 2018 Posted May 28, 2018 Hi, This site is a great place to learn and get ideas. I have a bunch of old smithing books but the ideas here are way better. I have been active since getting my own place in the woods in 1984. Spent last summer sprucing up and making a backup hairdryer forge, if something should happen to my 1945 rivet forge. I had made big peavy's, picaroons with a 10 pound hand hammer on my 175 lb PW anvil but those days are over. Please stop in for a tour if you are in the area. As far as I know, this is the only blacksmith shop in Shrewsbury, or even Northboro, Grafton, or Boylston. I have titanium sheet, rod, tools and the famous crowbar of 1997. I have cast lots of aluminum art, brass, bronze, lead, and zinc. I even cast 5lbs of thermit steel. That was nerve wracking with the sparks shooting 20 feet and the reactor shaking left and right violently. Guess filling it 1/3 full was Too Much. Steve Stillman Quote
Kevin Olson Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 Welcome SLS. When I was growing up we called that peavy a "cant hook" Don't ask me why, thats just what my dad and granddad called them. Love your workshop. At first I thought it was a postcard pic untill I saw the 2nd pic. Quote
JHCC Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Welcome to IFI! If you haven’t yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!! We called that a peavey when I was growing up in Vermont. I think it may be a New England-ism. Quote
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