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Re: Cheap hammers as chisels/punches

Chances are the Chinese steel is a medium carbon tool steel which is fine for hammers , hot sets and stout hot punches....
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posted by metaliks
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by metaliks

needing good anvil in northwest oklahoma

I' am tring to start bladesmithing. I need a good sized anvil 250+, some where in northwest oklahoma.
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posted by linran
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Blacksmith meeting at Elverum, Norway

May be these pictures have interest? From a blacksmith meeting at Elverum, Norway, august 2003. http://www.photoaccess.c...
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posted by arnarhaug
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"Portable" forge

Some years back I made myself a semi-portable forge - just a shallow box out of plate and angle iron with a blower - on...
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posted by andrew
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Re: Fulton Anvil

> Do any of you have info on a Fulton anvil? Where made, when made possibly, > etc. TIA. > Jim According to "Anvils in...
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posted by ernie
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Enlarging a hardie hole ?

I have a whole bunch of stakes intended for a 1 1/8" (one and one eighth inch) hardie hole but my anvils hardie hole is...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by andrew
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by andrew

A metal worker heard from - Hard to believe!

Netscape popup - the only one I don't mind had this one tonight : " Lightning Strikes a Couple--In Their Bed If thunder...
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posted by oldtree
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Ch ferronnier

Pour notre atelier à Poissy (78) France Stephan Poirier snipped-for-privacy@ferronnier.com www.ferronnier.com
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posted by mspoirier
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Fireplace surrounds

Hello, I am thinking of making fireplace surrounds from 10mm plate, cut into a decorative shape using a plasma cutter....
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posted by info
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by info

Blacksmith/Ferrier School in Vancouver BC area

I have checked the various websites suggested in this newsgroup but haven't found a local course I can take. Does anyone...
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posted by shaynelle
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by shaynelle

Trip hammer

I have had great interest from other blacksmiths in my home-made trip hammer. You can look at it at http://www.eurofoto...
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posted by arnarhaug
23 comments posted 23yrs posted by arnarhaug

Re: Propane forge

Hello Arnar, I liked seeing your "trip hammer" design. Simple and elegant. How does it perform? Do you have any plan she...
10 comments posted 23yrs
posted by metaliks
10 comments posted 23yrs posted by metaliks

Apprentice wannabe...

Hi, everyone. I live in Houston, Texas and would love to become a Blacksmith. I haven't had any luck finding a forge in...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by rvb
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by rvb

Some free helpfull info for some? or beginners?

These are links to online books (with Pics). some may find the info here interesting. I printed them out and bound them...
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posted by specialops
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by specialops