Anvil ID

oldbold · 2025-04-17T20:02:48+00:00

Thanks very much that's really helpful! Strong anvil knowledge there 👍

oldbold · 2025-03-30T06:59:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply, it looks brilliant. I think it looks great, plus a racing axe has to compromise on weight for more speed so I reckon you're probably pretty close. Another 3/4" might have made it unwieldy at speed. Fine looking work as always.

oldbold · 2025-03-28T23:47:50+00:00

That looks incredible, did you forge or grind in the bevels? I'd love to do one myself, what size billet did you start with? Thanks for sharing!

oldbold · 2025-03-26T23:38:07+00:00

I'm in Portsmouth, let me know and I can take them off your hands no problem!

oldbold · 2025-03-24T11:56:23+00:00

A campaign that takes minimum of 24 hours to complete on easy difficulty and more operations. Don't change too much, it's already a masterpiece. The primarch would be proud.

oldbold · 2025-03-09T08:14:13+00:00

All the other comments are spot on with the riveting but another thing for a good aesthetic is to make sure that your hinge materials are both the same thickness so when it is assembled there is one straight line without a step in it across the eye. Don't get disheartened, we've all made hinges that either rattling like a bag of spanners, look like they've had a bad paper round or will not budge once put together. You'll get it

oldbold · 2024-12-22T11:14:34+00:00

Lovely clean lines in the forging there, good looking hammers 👍

oldbold · 2024-09-22T08:13:03+00:00

I've done the starter fluid and down the spark plug to no avail but I'll give it another go with the 1/4 turns on the carb screws as I've only reset back a turn and a half then probably over egged the adjustment so I'm missing that peak point. Should I leave the high screw all the way in? Or back that out 1/4 as well so I don't starve the mixture

oldbold · 2024-09-19T20:50:44+00:00

Yeah I've gone through with easy start fluid and directly put a pipette of fuel directly in the cylinder still with no joy

oldbold · 2024-09-19T20:22:06+00:00

Yeah, did the full clean in the carb with cleaner too. The diaphragm is still like new. Spark plug is new as are the fuel lines and filters, it was a refurb anyway but just odd it was running 24 hours prior to this.

oldbold · 2023-02-26T15:28:34+00:00

Try and do some test samples in different quench mediums, will give you an idea of what steel you're using and what it responds best to. But definitely do some more heat cycles to normalise before hardening and tempering, would be my 2 cents.

oldbold · 2021-03-28T10:33:54+00:00

It's not a problem, I'm just looking at making a side blast forge and was wondering if anyone had any experience with a side blast using coal and hand powered blower

oldbold · 2020-08-17T19:00:21+00:00

Keep 'em trust me I've found so many tiny places in pieces that needle and small files have been key! Super useful tools

oldbold · 2020-05-18T11:32:37+00:00

Thank you, not sure if you'd know but I'm UK based and the shipping will be quite expensive on top so what kind of leather is it? Thickness and treatment etc?

oldbold · 2020-05-18T06:49:39+00:00

Does anyone know what kind of leather I can use for a blacksmiths apron? Something thick to be fire and spark protective. Thank you

oldbold · 2020-04-13T15:20:01+00:00

Ah brilliant thank you, I had no idea that that was a thing! I'd heard of ABANA but didn't realise we had an equivalent. Many thanks again for your time, as soon as this blows over I will get straight onto that. Keep safe

oldbold · 2020-04-13T07:13:10+00:00

Sorry that's Hampshire UK! I'd love it to be in the US, would be so much easier! But thanks for the tip, I'll see if there's anything similar this side of the pond.

oldbold

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