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newbie blacksmith question

I've been lurking around blacksmithing for a few years now, but haven't had time to get started. Now I've started. I go...
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posted by grantNOSPAM
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by grantNOSPAM

rust&scale removal

I am looking for ways to remove rust and fire scale from my work. I have blacksmith friends that mureatic acid in water...
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posted by jpelzer
12 comments posted 23yrs posted by jpelzer

Question for Peter K.

On the forge you built, I'm curious how you fastened the kaowool to the inside of the forge shell? I was going to set i...
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posted by avansch1
11 comments posted 23yrs posted by avansch1

Making steel from ore and charcoal

Hey all, saw a documentary on swords on discovery, they showed a swordsmith who makes his own metal from ore and charco...
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posted by hellborn
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by hellborn

Get an anvile

I got mine by puting a sign in my car window - worked like a camp!
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posted by d9smith
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charcoal

Warning! You will need a *SMALL* mountain of it - it's nice in many ways, but it is a low density fuel. Also, in many c...
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posted by d9smith
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by d9smith

Art Exhibition and sale {Artists Wanted!}

COLLAGE 2003 - Art Exhibition and sale {Artists Wanted!} ARTISTS WANTED We are looking for artists of any kind (Painter...
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posted by moofasa
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Rust remover

Saw here [I think] a mixture of chemicals that removed rust. Could someone re-post it or guide me to the correct website...
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posted by xtremely.fast
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Re: roll call

> just how many people is this news group read by > > 1. Al 2. Andrew Mawson (Bromley UK) 3. 4. 5. 6.
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posted by andrew
47 comments posted 23yrs posted by andrew

course Vancouver area

http://www.ucfv.bc.ca/cs/Courses/trades.htm This September an introductory blacksmithing course is being offered in Abbo...
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posted by m-zimmerman
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oxy leak

I have a oxy cutting torch comweld (cutting only) which leaks a small amount of oxygen out of the cutting nozzle centre...
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posted by maurie
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by maurie

Re: what metal to use?

> > Hey Everybody, > ... > What metal us usually used for blacksmithing and where is the best place to > get it? By def...
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posted by carlDOTwest
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by carlDOTwest

Re: stainless steel question

> Hello all. I have been making allot of spoons and forks lately. My > renaissance faire and buckskinner friends love t...
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posted by ernie
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by ernie

ABANA Elections

Just a reminder that time is getting short for ABANA members to return their election ballots. Returns are flooding int...
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posted by dave
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Re: Cheapest Anvil ?

You could try a section of railroad track. Or go to a scrap metal yard and find a 3 to 4 inch round or square chunk of...
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posted by rfertner
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by rfertner