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- Nov 21, 2011
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- 29
Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, my new forge!
Used to be an air tank. I cut the top off with a borrowed cutoff wheel, used an old engineer's drill press to drill the holes in the tuyerre, and packed her up with some clay dug up from the back yard. Not the most high-tech method, but I've seen people do more with less on this forum and others. Leaps and bounds up from the propane torch I used on the farrier-file knife!
I picked up this little girl today. Just a little 70 pound cast iron (Yes, cast cast iron) anvil that I picked up for a hundred bucks. It's enough to get me started. I know that cast iron is not the best material to make a serious anvil out of, but it's better than what I had last week: Nothing!
My main issue right now is finding steel to work with. Does anybody know where I can find 1084 on the west coast? I've heard great things about Aldo's business, but shipping from New Jersey would really take a bite out of my budget.
Used to be an air tank. I cut the top off with a borrowed cutoff wheel, used an old engineer's drill press to drill the holes in the tuyerre, and packed her up with some clay dug up from the back yard. Not the most high-tech method, but I've seen people do more with less on this forum and others. Leaps and bounds up from the propane torch I used on the farrier-file knife!
I picked up this little girl today. Just a little 70 pound cast iron (Yes, cast cast iron) anvil that I picked up for a hundred bucks. It's enough to get me started. I know that cast iron is not the best material to make a serious anvil out of, but it's better than what I had last week: Nothing!
My main issue right now is finding steel to work with. Does anybody know where I can find 1084 on the west coast? I've heard great things about Aldo's business, but shipping from New Jersey would really take a bite out of my budget.
