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New product review- Leg Vise

Propane Powered Leg Vise, A New-Product Review by Pete Stanaitis Imagine my surprise when I saw an ad for the PPLV in a...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by spaco
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by spaco

Power shear question

Hello all- Now, I know a *real* blacksmith would never use one, but luckily, I don't have too many pretentions in that...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

Has anyone seen a press like this.

I have just bought a horizontal press picture in http://myweb.absa.co.za/gjnelson/images/dscf2512.jpgcan anyone tell me...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gjn111
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by gjn111

Treadle hammers

Hello All I am planning on building a treadle hammer. I have go the clay Spencer plans and have had a good look at them...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gjn111
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by gjn111

Power hammer - a little one this time

Hey! I have posted another vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj97QIo-VHY I just can't stop. Check it out. I guess I s...
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andhi
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by andhi

Well, now I've done it.

Emptied out the shed today to make it into a dedicated blacksmithing shop. I was in the garage, which is actually bigge...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

Question from a non blacksmith

I wish I was a blacksmith but its not in the cards right now. However, I have a need for some hand held hooks to move s...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobbie
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobbie

more post vise

"Most" post vises are wrought iron .But iron of any type prefers heat when bending,makes the molecular structure feel so...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by toolgypsy
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by toolgypsy

S7 question

Hello all, I have been racking my brain for about a week and a half, trying to think of the alternate designation for S...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

More post vise?

I'm getting ready to build a frame to mount my post vise to. My post vise has a bent leg. Not bad, and I could live wit...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by footboarder
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by footboarder

Post leg vice

Hello New to the group. I have been lurking for a week or two. I am teaching myself a bit of blacksmithing as a hobby....
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gjn111
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by gjn111

Where to find Eye Drifts for Axes

I went to a forge welding class and got the bug to make a new axe for knocking over trees. I'm looking for some leads t...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by karchiba
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by karchiba

FA Smiths Work Blacksmith Craft manual 1899

Smiths Work by Paul Hasluck,1899 boards a little discoloured,otherwise VGC 160 pages. Superb old Blacksmiths manual ,ex...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alisevans
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by alisevans

On flaws

Hello all, This is from the woodturning group, but I feel it's appropriate to blacksmiting as well. >Hi Kevin, >One pec...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus