Tools and Tool Making

3,306 topics in this forum

1. Anvils: Why, Where, and How

   By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2017
   • 21 replies
   • 6,766 views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • June 16

2. A compilation of available sources of tong making methods

   By Gerald Boggs, April 25, 2017   

   • tong making
   • 17 replies
   • 3,737 views
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   • JenniferP
   • June 14

3. Questions for the file masters

   By Joshua States, January 10
   • 23 replies
   • 1,302 views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • June 12

4. Universal Scraping Tool

   By Florian F Fortner, March 3, 2017
   • 14 replies
   • 6,272 views
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   • Kevin Colwell
   • May 8

5. 2x72 Belt Grinder plans 1 2 3

   By Gerhard Gerber, February 7, 2018
   • 65 replies
   • 16,179 views
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   • Sam Young
   • March 11

6. My Mini Hydraulic Press 1 2 3 4 14

   By Thunder, April 14, 2008
   • 342 replies
   • 190,929 views
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   • Jonathanbradshaw
   • February 16

7. Simple, inexpensive and very effective heat treat forge

   By John N, October 23, 2019
   • 10 replies
   • 1,801 views
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   • John N
   • November 2, 2019

8. Making Charcoal 1 2 3 4 5

   By Dan O'Connor, September 24, 2010
   • 115 replies
   • 57,207 views
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   • Paul Rohrbacher
   • October 17, 2019

9. Burner Placement 1 2 3 4 9

   By Jlinner, November 15, 2017
   • 204 replies
   • 14,223 views
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   • Jlinner
   • September 11, 2019

10. Makeing edge scribes

    By Garry Keown, June 13, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 1,938 views
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    • Garry Keown
    • June 19, 2019

11. Super simple tong tutorial

    By Pieter-Paul Derks, October 8, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 2,853 views
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    • RobertMunford
    • March 28, 2019

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

    By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2013
    • 82 replies
    • 32,943 views
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • January 23, 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
    • 7,827 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
    • 47,921 views
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    • Joël Mercier
    • September 16, 2017

15. DIY grinder 2x up to 72

    By Jacob Wilson, Friday at 03:45 PM
    • 5 replies
    • 124 views
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    • Jacob Wilson
    • Saturday at 02:52 PM

16. New burner issues

    By Gerhard Gerber, May 14
    • 19 replies
    • 467 views
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • Thursday at 07:23 AM

17. A spring fuller

    By Garry Keown, July 1
    • 2 replies
    • 111 views
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • July 1

18. Anvil

    By Cain C, June 14
    • 10 replies
    • 292 views
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    • billyO
    • June 28

19. Alec Steele's New Anvil

    By Jerrod Miller, April 20   

    • anvil
    • 12 replies
    • 687 views
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • June 26

20. Airhammer - Cracking in two! :( 1 2

    By Alveprins, April 28   

    • made in china
    • 33 replies
    • 865 views
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    • Paul Carter
    • June 26

21. Comments on the 2x72 Black Fox grinder?

    By Al Dolney, June 22
    • 8 replies
    • 243 views
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    • Al Dolney
    • June 26

22. Gas cans

    By Brian Dougherty, June 21
    • 14 replies
    • 211 views
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • June 26

23. British Military Anvil Identification

    By Sven Lüken, June 23   

    • anvil
    • anvil history
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • anvil
      • anvil history
      • help
    • 9 replies
    • 228 views
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    • Charles dP
    • June 24

24. Dog's Head Hammer 1 2

    By Chris Christenberry, June 12
    • 32 replies
    • 615 views
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    • Gerald Boggs
    • June 24

25. Forge insulation?

    By Martin Tiney, June 19   

    • will this work
    • 5 replies
    • 123 views
    • 
    • Martin Tiney
    • June 21