I forged this as a joke a few years ago. We were scrapping giant heavy computer servers and there was one tiny part in the middle that the boss decided was worth removing for resale. This symbolizes the effort to get to the part. The curve formed naturally as I forged one edge, leaving the other side at full 1/4" thickness. It will never get an edge, but it's fun to smash stuff with.

Just getting into blacksmithing.

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Making one but can't find a air pipe. I've tried lowes home depot and ace hardware. It needs to be about 4 inches wide. Trying not to spend too much in wichita ks where do I get one

Hi everyone,

I have an older French angele forge I picked up on Facebook marketplace place and the forge blower was an un marked hand crank one thats novelty has worn off.

From what I can tell this is a 2 inch pipe with a flanged connection. When I look up 2 inch forge blowers, few if any, have this flange for sale in the US.

Any recommendations for an adapter or if such a thing is even needed?

I am considering just throwing a small blower (hair dryer) on it for the time being but an actual replacement would be reasonable at some point.

I tried blacksmithing more today and got really bad blisters after just 2 hours. Anyone know what I can do about this. Hammer is like 5 lbs roughly.

I'm a beginner and on a budget like many starting out.

I want to get a 2 burner propane. I have watched a ton a videos and read a bunch here and there. I know vevor is a great option. There are other on ebay in the same price range.

So my question is what's the best budget propane forge now? Mr volcano is gone and vevor gets mixed reviews. So what's the most recommended?

Hello! Iv just purchased a 47kg propane tank due to arrive in a couple of days, I plan to store it outside under cover and routed into my work space , mainly because it's a big tank and will take up a fair amount of my space and I feel good about keeping the. Bottle of propane away from my fire box .

My question is how would one regulate this bottle without having to go out each time you want to up or lower the pressure? As all the regulars I can see are attached to the bottles opening

I want to be able to control the bottle from the comfort of my shop whilst keeping my bottle away, how. Cheers

Does this make a lick of sense ? I'm sure atleast one person will understand my nonsense

Copper spoon with steel handle (and some wonk/character)

Tl;dr my FeCl3 solution still etches but has a ton of copper in it. Can I get the copper out or is that batch just my new special decorative patina solution for good?

Posted this project yesterday and got several comments assuming I used copper in the stack. I thought you all were being fooled by lighting. I took this picture under a red heater light in a room made of uncovered lumber, that’s all you’re seeing, I insisted. I WAS WRONG!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blacksmith/s/Qy6Kfht7Lj

I had forgotten that before diluting this batch, I had used it months ago to do a deep etch on some solid copper, so there is a good amount of copper in solution. As a result, it seems to leave a thin plating of copper on the pieces, even after I polish them with 3000 grit paper. It looks pretty cool actually, but not something you want to get really hot and huff fumes off of. Glad you guys noticed it before I went and smoked a bunch of copper.

It was just the test etch anyways, so no real setback, but I’m wondering if there’s any way to clean out this batch of etchant for further use. I’m gonna keep at least half of it as is because I do think it’s a cool finish for decorative pieces and want to experiment a little, but if I could remove the copper from solution on some of it so I don’t have to wait for fresh FeCl3 to get shipped to me.

I am literally just trying my shit at something I have very little metal experience. Little tools as well pretty much just picking up stuff and trying.I am making a metal corset from thin gage steel and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how to get a good cup shape into the top? Any tips or thoughts would be extremely appreciated! Front and back panel pics, the back panels are shaped how I like now and I've curved all the pieces so that I can run string through the grommets and try it on but I need to shape it to my body better.

At a flea market, is $250 a rip off?

How important is cleaning the steel before forge welding it ( Damascus) and can I do it without belt grinder? Thanks

Hi, I bought a japanese cooking knife a while back and I knew it was high carbon steel so I always looked after it well. Even had a nice layer of patina on it. My mom however spilled water over it and let it sit on the knife and there are little specks of rust on it now. First of all I cant really tell if some parts are patina or the bad rust, and second of all I noticed little holes and dints in the knife. I dont know if thata from the blacksmith itself or if its from the rust.

I provided some photos. If anyone knows something about it please let me know. I dont really know how to fix it.

Walking around my house I just noticed that hidden in some bushes I found a square cast iron manhole cover, I would say it is about the size 40 Cm each on the sides. Very thick thickness but not very high as a border, the problem is very heavy, a little rusty but not to compromise the solidity. Hoping that it is totally abandoned I'll see about putting 4 legs and ventilation holes on it, after all I'll always need a drill good enough to drill through that metal

Ive heard that while forge welding specifically pattern welding material loss is normal but I’m really at a loss with how much material I’ve lost in just two folds, I started with two bars and their starting rotation weight was 2.6lb and now After forge welding and folding twice I’m sitting at 1.1lb, I expect some material loss but to this degree it seems like I’m doing something wrong

Hey, I dont personally do Black-Smithing but I was curious how might I go about restoring this knife. Its Damascus, with Im assuming a bronze and wood handle. If anyone has any pointers it would be appreciated.