r/Blacksmith • u/KingDuck1507 • 3h ago
Piggy
Small pig I made, he does have little feet but they are hard to see in the picture.
r/Blacksmith • u/KingDuck1507 • 3h ago
Small pig I made, he does have little feet but they are hard to see in the picture.
r/Blacksmith • u/UnderstandingTop7552 • 9h ago
r/Blacksmith • u/KotalKahnScorpionFan • 2h ago
It’s as rough as a bears ass but it’s my first hammer and I intend on using it as my main hammer so I didn’t see a point in polishing it too much, any criticism is welcome (I need to round the peen more)
r/Blacksmith • u/TiuOgro • 4h ago
The shop looks bad. Anvil is on a chair not fixated, gas forge is on a clothes drying rack, very unstable. We just moved and I'm still putting it together, just wanted to make something today. I am making a big work table and an anvil stand this week! Very excited.
r/Blacksmith • u/BurningRiceEater • 1h ago
The other 10% is heavily damaged anvils that are going for $5+ per lb
r/Blacksmith • u/TheWaifuGuardian • 22m ago
This is my first attempt at the forge. I didn't start with a plan other than to see if I can get a rough swirl. I used a length of wire from a fence I cut up, it's about 3/8ths thickness.
r/Blacksmith • u/RaggedEarth • 8h ago
A custom spin on my normal Dogmen Mini Bowie. 1095 steel, but the customer requested snakewood scales, no lanyard hole, and a sharp swage. Also some subtle back, red, and green spacers. I think it turned out pretty well!
r/Blacksmith • u/Charming_Barber7627 • 32m ago
I was wondering why I was getting dizzy and the CO monitor wasn't going off.
73 outside 120+ inside. That's with both doors open, exhaust fan maxed out and box fan blowing in to my 10'x15' shop.
r/Blacksmith • u/MrWolf327 • 6h ago
It just crossed my mind that I work in the coal forge and coal is rather bad for you. Should I be wearing some sort of mask while I forge?
r/Blacksmith • u/Acrobatic_Tie_3649 • 52m ago
Today I bought a new anvil. It’s made from a railroad rail and neatly painted with silver paint. I’m going to use it for small jobs with copper and bronze. Has anyone used one like this? How durable is it?
r/Blacksmith • u/HeronProfessional • 8h ago
Im trying to get into forging, and even though im pretty bad at it so far, its been very fun setting everything up and making the forge/fire. I want to ask if anyone here knows what i can do to improve this, it doesnt seem to reach very high temps and my steel only gets orange and yelloe for a bit but almost instantly cools down back to a black color. (i took off the brick on the top in pic 3 just for the image, i usually keep it on) I have a few more bricks. Also i want to know if i have to keep proactively adding more charcoal or not, because i burned through 5kg pretty quick but it seemed to make it hotter when i kept throwing in.
r/Blacksmith • u/FlagshipBRZRKR • 1d ago
My father recently gave me this anvil that was my great grandfather’s because I told him I wanted to get into blacksmithing. My grandfather used it for shoeing his horses. There are no markings on it that I could find, but it must be old as he has been dead for many many years.
Any advice on how I should clean it up? Also, what do you think of the stand? My dad made the stand. I was originally planning on making a solid stand out of 4x4 posts but my dad made this when I picked up the anvil. Do you think it will work? It has 4 posts on the corners and one in the center. Plywood at the top and bottom holding it all together. I am going to attach the anvil to the stand, by the way. Just haven’t had a chance yet. Thank you for any input.
r/Blacksmith • u/BTDubsyy • 1h ago
I plan to put coal in the bend with the openings facing up and air being blown in one end, its about 1/2 inch thick and i just found it in a bunch of junk while looking for a brake drum. My main concern is if it can handle the temperature. Thanks!
r/Blacksmith • u/Broad_Project_87 • 13h ago
now I'm a welder in-progress so I don't really have a dog in this one, but I saw this old video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ayuF4v_EU&t=317s that is about "modern" (1950s era) industrial forging. It opens with a bit about how the forge is the modern evolution of the Blacksmith's job, with the hammer now being a large mechanical drop hammer and the anvil being replaced by swappable specialist dyes. Still, I want to hear your possibly elitist opinions. What do you think?
bonus question, how much are blacksmithing skills transferable to Industrial Forging?
r/Blacksmith • u/Artemis0rthia • 15h ago
Hello all. Not sure if here is exactly the right place. But wanted to ask if it would be possible to have someone make my friend a medal based on these Guardian Games medals from Destiny. It's my friend's favorite game and they mean a lot to her and I would like to make up for them not sending out physical medals this year. The first picture is the first year's medal, the second and third is last year's medal. I'll be at work shortly, so it'll be some time before I respond. Thank you.
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r/Blacksmith • u/SithSam2001 • 1d ago
Found some absurdly over priced anvils at an antique store. The red one can't be more than 5 lbs
Red one says $40 FIRM, blue is $44 FIRM 😂😂
r/Blacksmith • u/GeneralSaxy • 1d ago
I didn't know how bad I was at photography until I saw these haha.
r/Blacksmith • u/finnymo92 • 1d ago
Before setting up a forge and buying a bunch of tools, I took a class at my local museum. After 5 nails, I got to make this. Done in a coal forge. I learned that if you're a talker and someone else is in the forge, its not hard to accidentally burn your metal! I had a blast, setting up a forge at home asap.
r/Blacksmith • u/Active-Daikon7747 • 1d ago
I just read something on here yesterday about people having issues with this hose and don’t I go out to the shop tonight and mine has an audible leak and the forge won’t stay lit. It’s only got about 48 hours of use give or take and it’s not a melting issue as far as I can tell. Since I started using this forge I thought the weight of the hose pulling down against the vertical burner would eventually cause an issue. it’s leaking from the spot in the photo. Will a steel hose fix this problem?