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Charcoal Making

One of my friends who tried to get into blacksmithing and had an old charcoal forge needed some charcoal. We found some...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by hypercube33
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by hypercube33

This is getting frustrating...

Hello all, I've been looking around for metal that is suitable for chisel and knifemaking- doesn't seem like it would b...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

satanite as forge lining

So I built my forge with a wool liner and coffee can, using the jht7 for a burner. I fired my forge to cure the first c...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by matthewk
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by matthewk

Numb arm

I was doing a little blacksmithing this weekend and I was beating on a bar uncoiled from an old car spring. Afterward,...
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rdennett
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by rdennett

Anyone use EMJ (Jorgensen) e-metals website?

Figured I'd do some of the legwork myself before future orders at work, looking at availibility, price, etc- but all th...
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posted by prometheus
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

tempering a miners pick?? (2025 Update)

Gday all, The job at hand, sharpen a miners pick. The work sofar:- made a set of hammer-eye tongs with a ring to hold t...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by troy_honeman
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by troy_honeman

Blacksmiths keep commuters on the move

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/blacksmiths_kee.html
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posted by spam
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Air powered trip hammer speed controll?

Guy I work with is wanting to build one and being a machinist I am going to help. Neither of us knows what y'all use to...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clannorm
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by clannorm

Quench oil & tempering power hammer dies

Gday all, I found this article that may be of interest on these 2 topics covered recently. http://www.theforgeworks.com/...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by troy_honeman
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by troy_honeman

quenching a sword

Hi. I just saw a sword being quenched. It warped during quenching, and the blacksmith who did the quenching said that i...
28 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ericsforge
28 comments posted 19yrs posted by ericsforge

Quench oil what is best?

I'm going to temper some large 1 1/2" excavator pins and need quenching oil any ideas? Thanks Eric
24 comments posted 19yrs
posted by eclausen
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by eclausen

Fire brick online purchase

So after research and researching. I've decided my first forge/heat treating "oven" oughta be a high temp firebrick. Th...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by matthewk
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by matthewk