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FS:(in England) Goliath Power Hammer
I have a Goliath 60 lb power hammer here in England in good working order sadly for sale due to an aborted house move. Obtained all ready for my move to a larger site after years of searching, and...
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Charcoal v Coal
Hello Collective The are many benefits to reducing ones carbon footprint and becoming more eco-friendly. I would like to do everything I can to be as close to the ideal as possible. My thoughts are...
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Is there anybody out there?
Doesn't anyone use this newsgroup anymore? I haven't seen a new message on here in almost a year.
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Handedness in Tongs
What's the big deal about whether tongs are right- or left-handed? I've read any number of 'recipes' for making tongs and many of them get very specific about "handedness", i.e. whether the left-side...
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Hand held air hammers
Hi all, I am looking for a hand-held air hammer for repousse work on 1mm copper. Please could anybody recommend a model/brand that would be suitable for this? I guess I'm looking for something with a...
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Conan the barbarian's' knife maker wanna bees?
When demonstrating to the public, I an often asked if I shoe horses (I don't) or am told that the "I want to learn just enough blacksmithing so I can make a sword", as mentioned in a recent post. Many...
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Home built gas burner question
Hello all. I am going to build my own forging studio and I have a question about home built gas burners. I have a copy of Michael Porter's book Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces & Kilns. All the burner...
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setting up a forge
Hi i just recently went to a blacksmithing "camp" for 2 days where i turned a "railroad" spike(was actually an abandoned mine track spike) and made a pretty nice dagger out of it. The website for the...
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Knife with apricot
I think it looks pretty good. The apricot has a lot a character and I really need to learn how to take better pictures to show off stuff like that. I've got another coat or 2 of oil to put on the...
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New, lower prices!!! Machined TUFA silver and gold casting molds!
Please look at our revamped website at and at our new price schedule on Our TUFA carved 2 1/2 D casting molds are cheaper than ever when purchased in quantities of 2 or more! Thanks, Andrew Jonathan...
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power hammer which one???????
looking to buy a new hammer, but i live in perth west australia and it is very hard to find any thing here . i saw the big blu 155 looks like it will do the job any one got some input on this one???...
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Design in Structural Steel (1960)
Design in Structural Steel (1960) John E Lothers Professor of Architectural Engineering College of Engineering Oklahoma State University Additional information and photo(s) of the item are available...
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Need blacksmith-made puzzle
I am looking for a puzzle design that a blacksmith could make during demonstrations to the public. I don't want to make the type that are bent up from wire. They are all fine puzzles, but I want some...
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Building a heat treating oven
For anyone who may be in the planning stages or just curious here is something I ran across that might be handy. It looks as though it might be scaled-up as well. in nca
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Burner adjustment
As the rigidizer dries in my first forge, I am anticipating about adjusting the Zoeller sidedraft propane burner. Seems like there are alot of variables, but Mr. Zoeller did mention the 'sound'....
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