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The skills that a "blacksmith" need to possess

Some years ago the Appalachian Area Blacksmiths Association, an ABANA affiliate, developed a "job description" for a Jo...
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posted by spaco
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Repairing an anvil top by means of welding

Someone sold me today a junk anvil for $10 that weighs about 100 lbs, and has a piece of top tool steel plate missing....
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posted by ignoramus27337
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus27337

Keeping an anvil outside

I am considering keeping a small 140 lbs Peter Wright anvil outside. What would be a good way to prevent it from rusting...
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posted by ignoramus27337
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus27337

Ken-Tool tire-iron (spoon)

Anybody here fix their own flats? :) Am I the only one crazy or just plain stupid enough to do that? :/ Anyway I was th...
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posted by alvinj
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A couple of nice medival treaure chest pictures

I know that any of you who wanted to have already visited my Tom Latane' Gothic Chest project page, but--- I recently u...
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posted by spaco
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any navy foundry men here?? (ML or PM)

I had the fortune of being able to attend the US NAVY foundry school in SAN DIEGO in 1990. The ratings, school, ships a...
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posted by mikehorton123
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railroad track anvils and my wife.....

What can I say, I try and do my BS projects casually. When the mood strikes me, or I see a good piece of "roadkill" (sc...
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posted by mikehorton123
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by mikehorton123

thanks chilla

Thanks for the bellows info...
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posted by Matthewk
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by Matthewk

Lost Foam Casting: Plaque

I sent this new page out to my e-zine subscribers a few weeks ago and thought I would share it here too. Sign up for th...
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posted by ipayitforward1234
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by ipayitforward1234

Railroad track anvil, anybody?

Now that the HF 110# steel anvil seems to be gone, maybe it's time to think about other sources for inexpensive "starte...
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posted by spaco
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by spaco

Hf 110# anvil gone?

It appears that Harbor Frieght no longer sells the 110# (50kg) steel (not cast iron)anvil. I don't see it anymore in th...
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posted by spaco
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by spaco

I'm going to make a small forge.

Having been royally p*ssed off with the Whisper Momma, I'm going to construct a small forge for the purposes of forge w...
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posted by charlesanderson
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by charlesanderson

bellows

One of the things keeping me from forging/heat treating is laziness, but the other is lack of a decent bellows....okay...
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posted by Matthewk
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by Matthewk

Anvil silencing

Ignoramus16228 wrote in r.c.metalworking: > > Anyone has a good suggestion to reduce ringing? Stick a rag into the > ha...
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posted by Uljas
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by Uljas