Tools Explained

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

nice Blacksmith hammer stand

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[khryslerkid]

here is a nice steam hammer View attachment 551035View attachment 551036

That aughta crack a few walnuts!

My older brother has been blacksmithing since 1972. Has written a couple of books and teaches.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/expressivemetals?ref=pr_shop_more

 

[Fran Blacker]

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When you need to get grip.

 

[snakeyes]

always wanted to become a blacksmith not enough money around here unless I became a Farrier doing horse` s most of my friends that became a blacksmith shoeing horses are dead or crippled

 

[ws23jrt]

I made this in 8th-grade shop class. My first taste of working metal.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Spoken like a man man who doesn't even know how to use a ******* hammer.
Your tool box is your wallet right RC?

 

[oldbee]

here is a nice steam hammer View attachment 551035View attachment 551036

Speaking of wrenches, would love to see the one used for those anchor nuts!

 

[Runner 68]

Since anvils were brought up, if any of you guys ever wondered about my location being "The Red Anvil Dog House" below is why my shop is named that.
This was my great grandfather's 120 pounder. I made the stand and the top and bottom plates have 6 sticks of 1/2' rebar running through the pipe connecting them. The pipe is filled with concrete.
The stand weighs about 150 pounds. Every shop needs a good spot to beat the **** out of things.

 

[ws23jrt]

Anvils are cool. They can be a workhorse in the shop and take a day off for entertainment then back in the shop to work again.

 

[Runner 68]

Anvils are cool. They can be a workhorse in the shop and take a day off for entertainment then back in the shop to work again.

I remember my grandfather saying how they used to "ring" anvils on the 4th of July. They would pack the bottom hole of the anvil with gunpowder while it was on it's stand then light it. It would make the anvil ring like a bell. He said on the 4th you could hear them ringing across the countryside from all the farms. They didn't have fireworks, they rang anvils.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Since anvils were brought up, if any of you guys ever wondered about my location being "The Red Anvil Dog House" below is why my shop is named that.
This was my great grandfather's 120 pounder. I made the stand and the top and bottom plates have 6 sticks of 1/2' rebar running through the pipe connecting them. The pipe is filled with concrete.
The stand weighs about 150 pounds. Every shop needs a good spot to beat the **** out of things.
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Oh I thought you lived in one of these.

 

[ws23jrt]

Wile E. Coyote tested. It is always heavy. It will always fall on demand.

 

[mopar 3 B]

With the hammer in post 160 and a ingot an anvil could surely be made.

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

shop stool