Tools and Tool Making

3,403 topics in this forum

1. Blown burners, the care and feeding 1 2 3 4

   By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2013
   • 91 replies
   • 36.8k views
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   • Seth Carpentier
   • 1 hour ago

2. Making Charcoal 1 2 3 4 5

   By Dan O'Connor, September 24, 2010
   • 122 replies
   • 59.7k views
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   • Joshua States
   • April 10

3. My Mini Hydraulic Press 1 2 3 4 14

   By Thunder, April 14, 2008
   • 345 replies
   • 203.2k views
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   • Wallace Foster
   • October 31, 2020

4. Makeing edge scribes

   By Garry Keown, June 13, 2019
   • 12 replies
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   • Garry Keown
   • September 10, 2020

5. Anvils: Why, Where, and How

   By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2017
   • 21 replies
   • 8.5k views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • June 16, 2020

6. A compilation of available sources of tong making methods

   By Gerald Boggs, April 25, 2017   

   • tong making
   • 17 replies
   • 4.8k views
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   • JenniferP
   • June 14, 2020

7. Questions for the file masters

   By Joshua States, January 10, 2020
   • 23 replies
   • 2.2k views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • June 12, 2020

8. Universal Scraping Tool

   By Florian F Fortner, March 3, 2017
   • 14 replies
   • 7.7k views
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   • Kevin Colwell
   • May 8, 2020

9. 2x72 Belt Grinder plans 1 2 3

   By Gerhard Gerber, February 7, 2018
   • 65 replies
   • 22.6k views
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   • Sam Young
   • March 11, 2020

10. Simple, inexpensive and very effective heat treat forge

    By John N, October 23, 2019
    • 10 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • John N
    • November 2, 2019

11. Burner Placement 1 2 3 4 9

    By Jlinner, November 15, 2017
    • 204 replies
    • 19.4k views
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    • Jlinner
    • September 11, 2019

12. Super simple tong tutorial

    By Pieter-Paul Derks, October 8, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • RobertMunford
    • March 28, 2019

13. Resources for bladesmithing in the U.S.A.: A US Addendum to "How to become a Bladesmith" by Owen Bush 1 2

    By Wes Detrick, January 23, 2017
    • 27 replies
    • 9.3k views
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    • Wes Detrick
    • September 27, 2018

14. My take on a Venturi Burner 1 2 3

    By James Spurgeon, July 3, 2013   

    • Propane forge
    • Venturi burner
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Propane forge
      • Venturi burner
      • home made forge
    • 57 replies
    • 51.7k views
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    • Joël Mercier
    • September 16, 2017

15. Jeremy Blohm Forge Stand

    By Thomas Wilson, April 18
    • 9 replies
    • 244 views
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    • Thomas Wilson
    • Tuesday at 07:56 PM

16. Free Anvil Score

    By Seth Carpentier, Saturday at 03:31 PM
    • 12 replies
    • 233 views
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    • Seth Carpentier
    • Tuesday at 01:05 AM

17. Making a new anvil 1 2 3

    By J.Leon_Szesny, March 11
    • 55 replies
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    • Pieter-Paul Derks
    • Sunday at 02:36 PM

18. Coming to the dark side, gas forge build

    By Pieter-Paul Derks, April 26
    • 5 replies
    • 156 views
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    • Pieter-Paul Derks
    • Sunday at 02:33 PM

19. 2x72 grinder critique

    By Daniel Sheets, April 11
    • 20 replies
    • 372 views
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    • Charles dP
    • Sunday at 06:11 AM

20. What type of welder?

    By R. Alex Dorris, April 29
    • 12 replies
    • 171 views
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    • dragoncutlery
    • Saturday at 02:14 PM

21. Japanese power hammer build - "Jingle bells" 1 2

    By Jaro Petrina, December 25, 2020
    • 33 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • billyO
    • April 30

22. Pyrometer purchasing/use suggestions

    By brendon.davies, April 16
    • 17 replies
    • 315 views
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    • Jesse Lange
    • April 29

23. 2x48 Belt grinder build so far.

    By Daniel Sheets, April 28
    • 0 replies
    • 53 views
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    • Daniel Sheets
    • April 28

24. Wire spring handle

    By Charles dP, April 22
    • 8 replies
    • 206 views
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    • Charles dP
    • April 28

25. Has anyone built a stainless ribbon burner?

    By Geoff Keyes, April 27
    • 6 replies
    • 147 views
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    • Geoff Keyes
    • April 28