[TheForge] Advice for a beginner.

Tue Aug 27 02:16:25 EDT 2013

Carrie: Frosty's advice is always good.
I got my start at the first Renn Faires and they were kind to me.
You can invent your role to  jolly well suit your self ( pun intended)
And a properly configured leather corset has a lot to say for itself.

Rebar is very variable stuff because it's made to achieve a minimum rated strength for it's spec...doesn't matter if it's harder, stronger in spots..etc..
They use whatever scrap comes in. Makes for extra work and can be extra educational.
But, there will be stamped specs on each length that you can look up.  Older rebar has tensile strength ratings like 60, 80, 120...referring to 60,000#,  80,000#
The lower that #, the easier it'll be to forge. Higher tensile #s  will make basic tools. Just expect  to make a fair % of new  additions to your utter-scrap pile.

Both Anvilfire and Iforgeiron.com have whole , free educations in blacksmithing right on the site.
A fine challenge would be to make your self some sets of tongs. Both the afore mentioned sites have simple tong designs.

On Aug 26, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Carrie Haag wrote:

Dan, my interest in smithing is along the lines of functional art (pot
racks, utensils, etc). As much as I love renfaires reenactment isn't
something I'm all that interested in, smithing in a corset sounds
dangerous.

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Dan Scheid <damales at pollybutte.net> wrote:

> As said fire tools , what are your interests reenactment , art? ,
> functional
> ? just like to hit steel? . make what you wish lack of horn will matter
> little. practice welding in my book this is to skill learn early. I learned
> it the second day in school. Upseting another useful skill to master.  Play
> hard and make shit... err stuff
> Dan Scheid
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> I'm planning on starting my coal forge up for the first time in about a
> month.  I think I have enough coal for a small project.  I've made an "s"
> hook and a rather ugly leaf with the over site of a much more experienced
> smith.  I have a piece of rail road track, a forge, a cross pein hammer, a
> pair of vice grips, and a ton of rebar (not ideal I know but better than
> nothing for a beginner).  As the RR track doesn't have a horn I don't think
> I can make an "s" hook.  What projects would be a good starting point for
> the experience and equipment I have?
> 
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have but slumb'red here while these visions did appear."  ---Shakespeare
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