was surfing and came across this..

How to Make a Blacksmith Forge - Blacksmith Skills for Beginners - Popular Mechanics

Hey, that's pretty cool.

Here's another article on smithing you might find interesting, from Backwoods Home Magazine:

forge and fabricate your own hardware

Edited February 14, 200917 yr by Leland
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Thanks for posting that. The idea of leading some air up the chimney has given me a new idea!

I read that, seemed kinda skinny on anything useful. I do like the idea of inducing chimney draft with diverted air from the blower. But as far as I have played, a shop vac just puts out way tooooo much air to be safe.

I use an old vacuum cleaner on a rheostat, works for me.

And what did they actually make in that article?? Who knew peddinghuas and RIGID got together?

Ridgid's parent company (The Emerson Electric Company) acquired Peddinghaus c. 1997.

Edited February 14, 200917 yr by Leland

I like the fact that they had designs for making a bellows.