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Yeah it's been years since I've been to a clearing sale and given my lack of experience I reckon I'd completely miss getting a bid in as the seasoned bidders and dealers devour everything. Plus I...

http://burnsandco.com.au/clearing-sales/cowra-cowra-rail-war-and-rural-museum-sale

I can't see this posted anywhere but thought it would be of interest to just about anyone here. Amongst the...

I'll keep that in mind Bob and see what's available. Only need a bucketfull.

Larkan, you raise an interesting point though it didn't cost me much in this case. I mean the rail didn't cost me...

Cheers Cliff!
DSEL74 and Bob, in researching prior to beginning I thought of adding expanding foam to the void in the middle. Still worth a try because it'll be fairly easy to remove if useless....

Thanks for the comments fellas.

Bob I agree and the thought crossed my mind a few days ago to maybe even paint these with acid solution. I don't mind the contrast now but only because I've been...

The forge is pretty well finished too and after a few afternoons using it with my son we've discovered a few things.

Firstly, despite the shallow pot we found ourselves putting pieces in the fire...

Pretty much done now. I got three bits of old sleepers lined up, squared and bolted together to form the base. I got the pritchel hole drilled to 12.5mm and seeing how hard it was to get that hole...

Hi Grahame, it's only 6mm plate. I think I said 5mm earlier but meant to edit the post after I put callipers on a clean edge. I wanted a more rectangular shape but am really happy with the area it...

Some good progress yesterday and surprising results. We got to welding heat and then some. :D I didn't think it would be possible with so little fuel (size of fire wise), or type (ie home made...

I can't really remember exactly when I decided to have a go at blacksmithing but around this time in 2013 I started clearing out the shed to reorganise, insulate and line it. As part of setting up a...

Nothing fancy I'm afraid. LOL. I need to work on technique because videos make forging look easy, especially when they're sped up. Last night I beat a bit rusty rod into a small raker by placing it...

I forgot to add the dimensions... The face is 15" 38cm by 5.5" 14cm and the horn is 7" 18cm long. The hardie hole was cut before I mated the two halves together and is 3/4" though it needs a clean...

This wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be, though it did take a whole day. I wanted the horn as round as possible without a flat top that some rail anvils seem to have. I measured, scribed,...

I've felt the need to bash hot steel for a while but was missing all the tools needed to do it, apart from a few hammers. Finding an anvil has been the biggest challenge, used ones either too beat up...

:doh::doh::doh: Holy cow, how did I miss that, I'm more than slightly embarrased. Thanks so much for the tip DJ, all fixed:2tsup:

Hi I got a question regarding the Homemade tools and jigs etc sub forum under Hand tools and machinery. I've only started recently viewing and posting there and notice there only ever seems to be...