back garden blacksmithing.

[sausage100uk]

Today I finally managed to get hold of a big enough sledge head to act as an anvil (50p at the boot fair) so I had a go at rigging up a back garden charcoal forge.

Brake drum fitted into a BBQ with electric pump air flow from underneath.




Used a 1 1/2 lb ball peen hammer (that I also picked up today for £1)


1kg of charcoal and a 50p file later...

https://www.flickr.com/gp/135799346@N03/Jq7XV4

not just need to fiddle with securing the "anvil" and rigging up a better air supply.

 

[Mesquite]

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[sausage100uk]

I had to put a link to flikr gallery 😪

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[richardhomer]

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Well done mate bet you will have some fun playing around with it.

 

[Marmite]

Excellent work, and the satisfaction of being able to use it to light the forge next time

 

[mick91]

Looking good. If air flow is your problem try your supply coming in from the side angled toward the wall of the forge, the air will vortex round the inside and you'll get more even heat. I ran into that same problem. Heating directly under I got a big hot spot in the middle and much lower temperatures around the outside.

 

[VaughnT]

Drill/chisel a large hole in your stump and insert the hammer head. Then backfill with silicone caulk, masonry adhesive, etc.

You can do a ton of work on an anvil like that, so don't feel like you need a fancy shop to make some really nice stuff. The most important thing about an anvil is having the most mass possible directly under where the hammer hits. A lot of mass three feet to the right doesn't do you any good because you're not hitting three feet over to the right.

If you sink your stump into the ground so there's zero wobble and bounce, that sledge head will act like a 60b anvil.

Forge on, hoss!

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice striker.

 

[spader]

Great stuff.

I am currently also setting up back garden forge. Forge will be built with some surplus bricks and broken satellite dish.
For fan, I am looking at rechargeable ones available on Amazon as not keen on using hair dryer running mains cable across the garden.

Going to look at a 3cwt 100 year old London pattern anvil for sale locally. Needing to raise some cash to purchase it.

 

[mick91]

Great stuff.

I am currently also setting up back garden forge. Forge will be built with some surplus bricks and broken satellite dish.
For fan, I am looking at rechargeable ones available on Amazon as not keen on using hair dryer running mains cable across the garden.

Going to look at a 3cwt 100 year old London pattern anvil for sale locally. Needing to raise some cash to purchase it.

For a fan look at high volume low pressure like an airbed pump. Cheap as chips both to buy and run

 

[spader]

For a fan look at high volume low pressure like an airbed pump. Cheap as chips both to buy and run

Haven't thought about the airbed pump could work as forge fan. Thanks for your tip. Will look into that too.

The rechargeable fan I was looking at Amazon was about tenner, but I was looking into even to hack out one from old dead PC, and connect some AA batteries to run, which would be cool in that FREE and recycling point of view.

 

[mick91]

Haven't thought about the airbed pump could work as forge fan. Thanks for your tip. Will look into that too.

The rechargeable fan I was looking at Amazon was about tenner, but I was looking into even to hack out one from old dead PC, and connect some AA batteries to run, which would be cool in that FREE and recycling point of view.

That's what a simple airbed pump can achieve. I've forged and smelted in that

 

[spader]

That's what a simple airbed pump can achieve. I've forged and smelted in that

wow cool. Thank you for sharing