[TheForge] tools

[Lon Humphrey]

I  started out with a peice of RR track and a hammer and a forge made from 
the bottom of a  55 gal drum (that i cut off with a chisel) with the hair 
dryer as a blower and at that point i didnt even have a stump i was squating 
in the dirt i didnt even have a cut off tool i just turned the rr track on 
its side and used the bottom edge as a hot cut and vice grips are good to 
start with and that was the beginning of a obsession be careful its worse 
that any street drug i dont know if you saw my post about my blog but you 
can see how addicting it has become there almost ready to head to the shop 
and get my daily dose of coal smoke and steel fumes

http://360.yahoo.com/redneck_43055

oh btw  i made my first set of tongs with the vice grips a good learning 
book to get is practial prodjects for the blacksmith by ted tucker  thats 
the one i learned from


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Seipel" <jsguardian at hotmail.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 11:22 PM
Subject: [TheForge] tools


> Does anyone have any recommendations on specificly what type of 
> Hammer/Tongs/Anvil a beginer should be using?  Also, does anyone have and 
> of these items they would be willing to sell or give away?
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