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wood and clay forge

I am looking for information on a forge I un covered at a estate sale the forge is made of wood bolted together as a be...
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posted by edventures
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Re Swage Block

For some reason I don't seem to be able to reply to the original Post, so I have started again. (Can someone tell me wh...
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posted by sahrens
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Ancient black smithing iron age

I was wondering how an iron age black smith shop would be set up and equiped. And what the smiths day to day duties migh...
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posted by mwebber
25 comments posted 22yrs posted by mwebber

Swage Block

I have been following this group for a short time, and have picked up some very interesting and informative ideas. Bein...
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posted by sahrens
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by sahrens

old magazine article

I have a lot of old magazines that have great craft related articles, especially in my area of interest, metalwork. I t...
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posted by james
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clamshell forge

I've seen a "clamshell forge" which has 2 slightly hollowed disks of metal filled with castable refractory. The bottom...
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posted by grantNOSPAM
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by grantNOSPAM

Size of an anvil

Can anyone tell me the approximate size of an anvil of a given weight? Single bick, London pattern (though anything appr...
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posted by colin.blackburn
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by colin.blackburn

Bullhammer 125

I would like to post about the Bullhammer 125 I have for sale but would like to know if it is ok to post for sale stuff...
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posted by gmeffert
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annealing question

I recently made a guillotine style (hinged) fuller which used a socket head shoulder bolt as the hinge pin. It broke on...
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posted by grantNOSPAM
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by grantNOSPAM

Coal and coke - whether to wash / sieve ?

Assuming a duck's nest hearth burning coke, do many smiths bother to sieve or wash their coke to remove the fines ? Las...
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posted by dingbat
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by dingbat

FS UK - Blacksmithing bellows for sale - Huge !

Jarkman and I went to collect an eBay-ed anvil last night http://www.jarkman.co.uk/album/forge/index.htmThe anvil was a...
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posted by dingbat
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by dingbat

Newbie Coal question.

Greetings all, I have just discovered this group, hope to be able to do more than ask silly questions, but here goes th...
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posted by jimnthem
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by jimnthem

O-1 hardness and sharpening

Hey, I recently made a blade for a spokeshave out of O-1 steel. I hardened it and tempered to strawyellow (about 450 de...
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posted by postquitmessage
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by postquitmessage