[TheForge] Merry Christmas

[Ed Eccleston]

Hah!  Ok, you asked for it...   So, what type of forge is best?   What size hammer should I use?
Should I draw the temper out of spring steel before forge welding?  And what the heck does that actually mean?  Where can I get a cheap but good anvil?  Is a point and shoot infrared thermometer a good way to check metal temp.?  Why were some smiths treated like dirt in history, and others like royalty?  Who are the guys making a really decent living in the trade, what are they building and is there a common denominator?

    Just joking on most of the above (although not all....).  


Ed

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> On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:38 AM, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:
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>> On 12/24/2013 7:58 PM, Ed Eccleston wrote:
>> I am an avid reader, but too amateur to post.  I want to thank you all for the great banter as well as information posted on the site.  Do not let it atrophy!
>>    Merry Christmas to all!
>> 
>> Ed Eccleston
>> Professional wood butcher
>> Neophyte smith
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> Everyone here was once a neophyte.
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> Many of us are still amateurs which means we do it for the love of it , as opposed to professional which means we would try and make money from it.
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> Truth be told it is the neophytes posting which have kept this list alive and useful.
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> The posts from the old timers full of inside jokes and sometimes an arcane bit of knowledge can easily be the beginning of a lists death spiral.
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> So ask away with the questions all you lurkers. Even if it is the ten thousandth time it has been answered , we all had the question answered for us at some point .
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> Now it is pay back time.
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> Mike Graf
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