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joseph_hunt
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18h ago
Told a guy at a hammer-in my tongs were fine, he grabbed them and said 'these don't fit your hand'
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oscarscott
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20h ago
Spent $180 on a post vise at a flea market in Tulsa, then had to choose between fixing it or flipping it
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oscarscott
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1d ago
Wrote off a cheap 4 inch angle grinder from a flea market in Tulsa, and it outlasted my $180 Dewalt
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nora184
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1d ago
Why does nobody admit that a $30 harbor freight anvil is fine for learning
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dakotaw31
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4d ago
My first knife quench cracked the blade and I almost gave up on the whole batch
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hugos67
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5d ago
DAE count their hammer strikes out of habit? Hit 500 on one rail yesterday and it got me thinking
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mia592
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6d ago
Spent $310 on a hydraulic press for the shop and it changed how I do damascus forever
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rosebennett
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6d ago
Forge weld or no forge weld on a wrought iron gate restoration? I think the old guys who say "never weld, always rivet" are wrong
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kelly.parker
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8d ago
My forge went from cold black to orange in 10 minutes and the fix was a $3 bag of cat litter
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robert_craig
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10d ago
Chopped my coal forge for a propane one at the Rockford show and I won't go back
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brooke_walker
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10d ago
Why do so many new smiths quench 1084 in water and wreck their first blade?
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wade_wells58
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11d ago
DAE Watching their hand hammered leaf spring go from a useless bar to a working spring in 45 minutes?
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wilson.claire
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14d ago
A guy at the Charlotte meetup said my anvil stand was why my hammer work felt dead
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bennett.claire
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15d ago
The forge at the state fair in Kalispell looked wrong to me and nobody else cared
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piper_thompson31
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15d ago
I finally tried forge welding without flux after watching a guy in Reno do it
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