Ben chip 1 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Hi everyone! After having a fascination with knives, swords and blades for some years, I discovered Alec Steele on YouTube who took my fascination from a low burn, to a roaring flame! The stuff he made has me hooked, but I heard the odd mention of a show called 'Forged in Fire'. Seeing some of the amatuer smiths that went on there and how basic and simple their setups were, convinced me that it's not 'too' difficult to get started. This lead to me finally getting my rear in gear and start getting the bits I need to start. After a year of a slow start, I finally have a working setup!! I have finally joined you lot! This is my first backyard setup! Basic, but proud of it! Had some coil spring from a van ready to get started on, got it heated and started hammering away at it. I had to make a spring for my post vice and a wedge for the bracket that holds it to the stump And finally the last I shall touch of my first piece Not gonna attempt to fit a handle as I feel that would be a RIGHT pain to try to attempt a hidden tang handle on what started as a "lets just heat and beat on this and see just how bad my aim is" practice piece So all in all, I'm pretty happy with myself for my first setup and VERY FIRST FORGING SESSION!! Compulsory fail pic: don't yet have soft fire bricks to block one end of the forge for heat retention. Turns out cinder blocks melt........these are used in buildings......... concern. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 2,463 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Welcome to the madness! Heh heh heh..... Link to post Share on other sites
billyO 159 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 What Alan said. Welcome and have fun, but don't have too much fun. Especially if you have/want a family.... Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Russell 0 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Talking about the cinder block... I hope a building fire won't get as hot as a forge will. Link to post Share on other sites
Ben chip 1 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 7/12/2020 at 4:24 AM, Jeremy Russell said: Talking about the cinder block... I hope a building fire won't get as hot as a forge will. Same here, I know building fires can get bloody hot tho! Just hopefully not as hot as a forge Link to post Share on other sites
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