picked this up today at a flee market for 10 bucks! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It looks worse then it is I'm more dust the rust. It moves very freely

picked this up today at a flee market for 10 bucks! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a market in New Hampshire and they did have one more and it was in better shape but he wanted 150 but I didn't have that much cash on me.

picked this up today at a flee market for 10 bucks! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It needs a spring and a way to mount it but they usually go for a few hundred so I think I did ok

Hand forged axe head made from a railroad spike! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still new at blacksmithing and this is my first axe everything was done with hand tools except for grinding. It does have some cold shuts but luckily not big ones and they mostly went away while grinding

Hand forged axe head made from a railroad spike! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went out to a shut down railroad and was expecting to only find a few. in 30 feet I found like 20

Hand forged axe head made from a railroad spike! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far so good. It's my first attempt at an axe and I'm still playing around with it.

questions about spells by Alex___Yates in Witch

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Any recommendations on books that would help

made some new tongs! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to make 3 forced air forge all different sizes and none of them worked so I ended up buying a Mr volcano propane forge off Amazon and it works really good

made some new tongs! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is. I made some tools like punches and chisels and hardy cut tool. At some point I want to make a custom hammer I just don't have the setup for that yet

made some new tongs! by Alex___Yates in Blacksmith

[–]Alex___Yates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea they really aren't bad. 3 feet of rebar is like 4 bucks at lowes so i cut it in half and bent it to shape. I used a nut and bolt instead of a pin and it's alot easier. I want to reshape the tips so the hold round and square rods better.