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#Blacksmithing thread
RTing bc of potential general interest:
you need
* a forge
* an anvil
* tongs
* hammers
and of course
* traininghttps://twitter.com/ShirePropaganda/status/1318239805902360576 …
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3/ You can use any sort of hammer. I bought mine used at garage sales and a used tool store. You can make an anvil from chunk of railroad rail, or buy an old antique off of Craigslist (I've got an old Hay Budden). There are new ones that are good but $$$$ Avoid Chinese junk
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4/ You can make a coal burning forge from two truck wheels, a hair dryer, and some junk. Google and youtube for examples. Or you can buy a gas forge (I prefer coal forges, but bought gas for myself bc easier and cleaner).
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5/ Every city, even small ones, have steel suppliers. Mine is https://cohensteel.com/ Get some mild steel, 1/4" square stock. Be careful about starting out w random junk - you can accidentally get some cobalt/chrome/moly that is nigh unworkable. Truck leafsprings are HARD.
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6/ There used to be this company called http://smartflix.com that rented out how-to DVDs on the topic, but they're gone now. Youtube is pretty good.
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7/ There are tons of great books. will come back to this thread tomorrow maybe w a list.
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8/ Consider joining http://ABANA.org , if only for their newsletters.
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9/ and, as per this... practice, practice, practice! I've done < 5 hrs of forging since I moved to the farm ~7 years ago, so I'm insanely rusty. Hope to get back to it this winterhttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1318239605393686539 …
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10/ A lot of people do this in the back yard. I'd want to get the anvil and tools under cover in between sessions, of course.https://twitter.com/YakovMerkin/status/1318243858875076609 …
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Hands-on, at least to get started, is very much preferable. Learning how to operate the tools so you don't hurt yourself for sure.
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muting this thread; nothing personal, but I've been forging for 10+ years
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