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I'll try to make my instructions easy to scan, but also as specific as possible. Where appropriate, I'll include pictures
that illustrate the steps. Here's an example of format I might use for an instruction page:
The humble beginings...
This is what i started my journey into red hot metal with, as you can see these are some pretty basic tools, save for
the anvil which I was blessed with a good deal on CRAIGSLIST http://www.craigslist.com ,these are tools that one would likely have about the house or are reasonably easy to obtain
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| This is the equipment I started my smithy with |
Don't worry if you cant find anvil, all you need is a reasonably flat chunk of metalheavy and tough enough to withstand
beating on it with a hammer(eg: railroad track, steel plate, machinery pieces) or even a shop vice.
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| my first masterpiece |
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| my first "forge" |
The picture on the left is my first "forge", it is simply a pencil flame propane torch, although it didnt have quite
enoughheat to do the job well, so thats when I remembered the weed burner out in the shed and how hot it got so there
I had a enough heat to complete my first project.
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