First Forge

[Nolan]

We set up our first forge ever last Monday, and it worked surprisingly well. This was the main layout of the forge, although we did tweak the design a bit.

 

 

Here is everything starting up:

 

A closer look at the tools:

(I literally couldn't find anything but this tiny thing. I coudln't really spend any money and buy a 100 lb+ anvil, but all the same this one was horrid.)

 

This worked really, really well. Even had a cool air setting.

 

Pretty hot.

 

And what, exactly, did we get out of our little night of forging? Well, ahem.... uhmm...

 

With tongs that didn't have a very good hold and an anvil that you could stick in your pocket (plus the fact that we'd never forged anything ever before), we didn't have much of a chance. But it was really fun, all the same.

 

All done in my Grandpa's back yard. He kindly supplied most of the equipment.

[ZebDeming]

Awesome, having fun is what it's all about. Keep your eye out for big chunks of steel, even though they aren't anvil shaped, even a 2 foot section of 2" square stock turned up on end and set into a bucket full of concrete will move metal better than yo got. Keep the little anvil for when you need a horn for something. Congrats!

 

Zeb

[Eric Leonard]

Awesome, having fun is what it's all about. Keep your eye out for big chunks of steel, even though they aren't anvil shaped, even a 2 foot section of 2" square stock turned up on end and set into a bucket full of concrete will move metal better than yo got. Keep the little anvil for when you need a horn for something. Congrats!

 

Zeb

dangit, i had a 3" round section over a foot long, and i cut it in half!!!