Tools and Tool Making

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1. Questions for the file masters 1 2

   By Joshua States, January 10, 2020
   • 31 replies
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   • Daniel W
   • April 22

2. Jigs my way

   By Garry Keown, April 13
   • 7 replies
   • 939 views
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   • Raymond Richard
   • April 16

3. My Mini Hydraulic Press 1 2 3 4 15

   By Thunder, April 14, 2008
   • 350 replies
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   • Gerhard Gerber
   • March 30

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

   By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2013
   • 95 replies
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   • Jaro Petrina
   • November 14, 2021

5. Simple, inexpensive and very effective heat treat forge

   By John N, October 23, 2019
   • 11 replies
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   • John N
   • September 13, 2021

6. Understanding the inside of a forge. Insulation vs reflection

   By Nicholai, June 9, 2021
   • 9 replies
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   • Wayne Coe
   • July 11, 2021

7. 2x72 Belt Grinder plans 1 2 3

   By Gerhard Gerber, February 7, 2018
   • 70 replies
   • 29.5k views
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   • Rbeverly
   • July 3, 2021

8. Making Charcoal 1 2 3 4 5

   By Dan O'Connor, September 24, 2010
   • 122 replies
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   • Joshua States
   • April 10, 2021

9. Makeing edge scribes

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

10. A compilation of available sources of tong making methods

    By Gerald Boggs, April 25, 2017   

    • tong making
    • 17 replies
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    • JenniferP
    • June 14, 2020

11. Universal Scraping Tool

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

12. Anvils: Why, Where, and How

    By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2017
    • 17 replies
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    • B Bott
    • October 28, 2019

13. Burner Placement 1 2 3 4 9

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

14. Super simple tong tutorial

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

15. 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
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    • Wes Detrick
    • September 27, 2018

16. 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
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    • Joël Mercier
    • September 16, 2017

17. New forge & furnace

    By Joshua States, Monday at 02:23 AM
    • 0 replies
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    • Joshua States
    • Monday at 02:23 AM

18. Kast o lite 26

    By dragoncutlery, September 20
    • 0 replies
    • 60 views
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    • dragoncutlery
    • September 20

19. Trenton Anvil Identification.

    By Jacob Stalcup, September 16   

    • anvil
    • 3 replies
    • 79 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • September 16

20. Fisher anvil weight help

    By Aaron Gouge, September 7
    • 14 replies
    • 327 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • September 16

21. Hay Budden Anvil Date Questions

    By Matthew Longn, September 8
    • 7 replies
    • 93 views
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    • Matthew Longn
    • September 8

22. homemade forge press wont hold work tight for twisting

    By mark anderson, September 5
    • 3 replies
    • 178 views
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    • Gary LT
    • September 6

23. Misery Whip

    By Daniel W, August 23   

    • tool restoration
    • 6 replies
    • 262 views
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    • Daniel W
    • August 26

24. Next project 2x72 belt grinder need help

    By Chase Hayner, May 29
    • 17 replies
    • 560 views
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • August 25

25. “Ford” post vise?!?

    By Oberu, August 14
    • 1 reply
    • 185 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • August 15