Tools and Tool Making

3,464 topics in this forum

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

   By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2013
   • 93 replies
   • 39.1k views
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   • Geoff Keyes
   • Friday at 10:09 PM

2. Questions for the file masters 1 2

   By Joshua States, January 10, 2020
   • 27 replies
   • 2.7k views
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   • Gerhard Gerber
   • October 18

3. My Mini Hydraulic Press 1 2 3 4 14

   By Thunder, April 14, 2008
   • 346 replies
   • 209.6k views
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   • Wallace Foster
   • October 9

4. Simple, inexpensive and very effective heat treat forge

   By John N, October 23, 2019
   • 11 replies
   • 3.4k views
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   • John N
   • September 13

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

   By Nicholai, June 9
   • 9 replies
   • 944 views
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   • Wayne Coe
   • July 11

6. 2x72 Belt Grinder plans 1 2 3

   By Gerhard Gerber, February 7, 2018
   • 70 replies
   • 25.2k views
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   • Rbeverly
   • July 3

7. Making Charcoal 1 2 3 4 5

   By Dan O'Connor, September 24, 2010
   • 122 replies
   • 61k views
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   • Joshua States
   • April 10

8. Makeing edge scribes

   By Garry Keown, June 13, 2019
   • 12 replies
   • 3.3k views
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   • Garry Keown
   • September 10, 2020

9. A compilation of available sources of tong making methods

   By Gerald Boggs, April 25, 2017   

   • tong making
   • 17 replies
   • 5.2k views
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   • JenniferP
   • June 14, 2020

10. Universal Scraping Tool

    By Florian F Fortner, March 3, 2017
    • 14 replies
    • 8.2k views
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    • Kevin Colwell
    • May 8, 2020

11. Anvils: Why, Where, and How

    By Geoff Keyes, February 6, 2017
    • 17 replies
    • 9.2k views
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    • B Bott
    • October 28, 2019

12. Burner Placement 1 2 3 4 9

    By Jlinner, November 15, 2017
    • 204 replies
    • 21.5k views
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    • Jlinner
    • September 11, 2019

13. Super simple tong tutorial

    By Pieter-Paul Derks, October 8, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 4k views
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    • RobertMunford
    • March 28, 2019

14. 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
    • 10.1k views
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    • Wes Detrick
    • September 27, 2018

15. 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
    • 53.3k views
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    • Joël Mercier
    • September 16, 2017

16. Refractory

    By Jaro Petrina, 9 hours ago
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
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    • Wayne Coe
    • 1 hour ago

17. Rolling Mill Questions

    By John Page, Saturday at 10:51 PM
    • 9 replies
    • 96 views
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    • John N
    • 2 hours ago

18. Uncle Al's hydraulic press opinions wanted

    By billyO, Thursday at 02:32 PM
    • 4 replies
    • 125 views
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    • Jonathanbradshaw
    • Friday at 05:23 PM

19. Question on baffle plate for blown burners

    By Sean Blum, October 11
    • 2 replies
    • 110 views
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    • Joshua States
    • Thursday at 03:50 AM

20. I need help with my power hammer

    By jonkessler, October 18   

    • power hammer
    • home made tools
    • 11 replies
    • 194 views
    • 
    • Geoff Keyes
    • Wednesday at 07:03 PM

21. Blind squirrel found a nut!

    By Alex Middleton, October 16
    • 9 replies
    • 199 views
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • October 18

22. Couple of small Massey hammers!

    By John N, October 15
    • 3 replies
    • 123 views
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    • John N
    • October 15

23. Coal Iron 12-Ton Press

    By Ted Stocksdale, October 8
    • 23 replies
    • 494 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • October 15

24. Anvil ID?

    By Alex Middleton, October 14
    • 9 replies
    • 149 views
    • 
    • Alex Middleton
    • October 15

25. Good Price Range and Ease of Reselling Shop Built 2x72 Grinder?

    By nick downing, October 13
    • 4 replies
    • 103 views
    • 
    • nick downing
    • October 13