[TheForge] first fire

[Jerry Frost]

Good for you Bob!

It's never too late to start playing with fire and 
hitting things with hammers.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Bob" <rjbrash at hutman.net>


> After 30 years, I have a smithy set up in my back 
> yard. Simple steel table with a firepot and a blower, 
> 260 lb southern German style anvil on an elm stump, a 
> hammer, a pair of tongs and 100 lbs of coal. Made my 
> first tool today (fire poker/coal rake). Hammer 
> control after 30 years of not smithing is weak but 
> will improve with daily work.
>
> I've wanted to do this since I was 18. I had some 
> experience at the Fort Snelling restoration 3 decades 
> ago in Minneapolis. Did some nails (about 900) and 
> learned to forge weld.
>
> I'm back in the game and enjoying it. This is a great 
> list and i hoist a beer to you all.
>
> Bob Brashear
>
>