[TheForge] hardies and other accoryies for the anvil

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Ummmm...Dan....Buy?
You have a hammer, an anvil and a means to heat steel...presumably.
Given that, you have leapt over the big hurdles in tooling.
You now have the means to make your own hardy tools ( from scrap 
steel to save money).
The only remaining problem will be defined by your ability to use 
the stuff....(grin, that's understatement.).........PF

Dan Brewer wrote:
> Since I know that there are dozens of hardie tools out there I was trying to
> get a feel for which ones you had found most useful.  So for now I have a
> cut off and fullering tool as well as a bending jig. 
> Thanks for the input.
> Dan in Auburn
> 
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> For years I made do with whatever makeshift jigs I could come up with 
> for my various BS projects.  Since my time was limited at the forge, I 
> wanted to spend as much of it as possible making the ned product.  
> Finally a few years ago, I gave the project list to my son to work on 
> and I spent a couple of weekends making nothing byt anvil tools.   Best 
> investkment of my time at the anvil ever.  Not only can I complete more 
> projects in less time now, I can add elements that would have been 
> impossible without.    Now I have to schedule another weekend remaking 
> some of my tooling in tool steel as opposed to the mild steel I made the 
> prototypes from.   They get used more than I ever predicted and I am 
> tired of having to dress them.    But to your point, I waited years to 
> do it and when I did I had an excellent idea of what I needed.  What you 
> need depends on what you do.  
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> marilyn traber 011221 wrote:
> 
> 
>>Actually, he rather reminds me of my apprentive, Naz- has the anvil, has
> 
> the 
> 
>>money, wants to get EVERYTHING set up immediately ;-)
>>
>>I'll give you the same advice I've been giving him- slow down a bit, and
> 
> find 
> 
>>out what you need. While there are zillions of tools for the hardy as has 
>>been mentioned, you likely won't need most of them  until you start in on a
> 
> 
>>project that calls for them. I finally started making tools for my hardy,
> 
> and 
> 
>>so far, I have a cut-off hardy, beveled on one side, after discussing it
> 
> with 
> 
>>folks here, and, since I happened to have one, I converted a RR alignment 
>>tool to a bick iron. Eventually, I'll be making a U-shaped hardy for
> 
> scrolls 
> 
>>and the like, but, since I'm not usually making multiples, I do most of
> 
> what 
> 
>>I want to do with my hammer and anvil.
>>
>>Get accustomed to using ALL the areas of your anvil- it's truly an amazing 
>>tool. And, once you DO get projects that require you to make multiples of 
>>different things, THEN buy the specific tool(s) for the job. Or, if you
> 
> trip 
> 
>>over something you can get a good deal on, pick it up then. There's nothing
> 
> 
>>more annoying, to me, than a shop full of brand new, unused tools. I mean, 
>>what's the point?
>>
>>
>>Phlip
>>
>> 
>>
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