
Posted: 2/9/2017 8:04:27 PM EST
[Last Edit: 8/5/2017 7:03:11 PM EST by thehellbringer]
Hey could we have a blacksmithing forum? I spend a fair amount of time on Bladeforums.com, but Arf feels more like home.
Anyone else interested? |
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yes please.
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Do it. Always looking for more things to spend money on...
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I could really get behind this. I know we have some awesome talent here. Hessian-1 ![]() ![]() |
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There is a fellow named Sid that lives about 5 hours from me. He is considered the authority on trip hammers.
We had a long talk today and I think I'm going to go all in and buy one of his completely reworked Little Giants. Everything I've heard and read is that his machines are better than when they originally left the factory. He's a real interesting gentleman in his 80s that does it for the love. I've been collecting anvils for quite a while and have a real draw to bladesmithing. Forged in Fire has cost me a ton of money, but ther is something really cool about making something from scratch. Call me crazy, but I'm hooked. |
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I'd be in for a blacksmith section.
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Yes, a lot of interest here.
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Originally Posted By mcb:
I would be interested. I am just starting and need a better forge but it's fun to pound on hot steel. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15994632_1218032464942193_6793495481718054196_o.jpg?oh=78d5c30ff03e3bd1328efdf553a5146e&oe=590D7263 View Quote Did you make that hawk? It's real damn cool! |
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I'm in to get some learnin'.
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Originally Posted By mcb:
Thanks! It's far from perfect but it was good practice and a lot of fun to make. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By mcb:
Originally Posted By thehellbringer:
Did you make that hawk? It's real damn cool! Thanks! It's far from perfect but it was good practice and a lot of fun to make. If it was perfect it wouldn't be as cool. |
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I am interested.
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I would love to see way more blacksmithing discussions, but why not just talk about it here instead of separating off into another small subsection a handful of people will go too? I wish they would close down 90% of the subsections and just talk about it all here in one place. GD or Team depending on the topic.
Again, I love seeing people making neat stuff like that, just don't want to go "somewhere else" |
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A blacksmithing forum section would be cool, however as a jeweler by day (blacksmith by night) I would like to open it to all forms of metalworking
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Originally Posted By BigPony:
I would love to see way more blacksmithing discussions, but why not just talk about it here instead of separating off into another small subsection a handful of people will go too? I wish they would close down 90% of the subsections and just talk about it all here in one place. GD or Team depending on the topic. Again, I love seeing people making neat stuff like that, just don't want to go "somewhere else" View Quote Because subjects drop off in under 5 minutes from GD. Great threads get lost then repeated. No continuity ever gets built, and the group of trolls that shit post in every GD thread are sure to show up. That's why we've been fighting for months to get a Wine/beer/spirits forum. |
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I would like to file a motion for the general populace to change the title request from "Blacksmith" subforum to a "metalworking" forum.
To include machining, gunsmithing, blademaking, pattern making and foundry work. ![]() |
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Originally Posted By thehellbringer:
Hey could we have a blacksmithing forum? I spend a fair amount of time on Bladeforums.com, but Arf feels more like home. Anyone else interested? View Quote Hell yes! ETA- What's the best fuel for a track home garage forge? Propane or coal? |
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Hell yeah but I agree with pony.
But stickies for material, tooling, deals and how-to's would be well worth it. Put it right under gd so it will get more traffic |
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Originally Posted By Er_Mah_Gerd:
Hell yeah but I agree with pony. But stickies for material, tooling, deals and how-to's would be well worth it. Put it right under gd so it will get more traffic View Quote Then all those stickies would limit the GD active page to 10 threads and they would drop off within 60 seconds, and no one would know they exist without searching the key words and hoping they found a thread to talk in. |
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Originally Posted By NavyIS2:
Then all those stickies would limit the GD active page to 10 threads and they would drop off within 60 seconds, and no one would know they exist without searching the key words and hoping they found a thread to talk in. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By NavyIS2:
Originally Posted By Er_Mah_Gerd:
Hell yeah but I agree with pony. But stickies for material, tooling, deals and how-to's would be well worth it. Put it right under gd so it will get more traffic Then all those stickies would limit the GD active page to 10 threads and they would drop off within 60 seconds, and no one would know they exist without searching the key words and hoping they found a thread to talk in. A dedicated forum would be the best. We have a watch forum for crying out loud. I mean they are interesting, but not a lot of people here make watches. |
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Originally Posted By thehellbringer:
A dedicated forum would be the best. We have a watch forum for crying out loud. I mean they are interesting, but not a lot of people here make watches. View Quote Trust me, we've been trying for a few months for our wine/beer/spirits forum. Even have some of the mods on our side. It's hard to get a new one to happen. ANd right now in GD there are three threads asking about single malts, bourbons, or gift recommendations that will drop off and be repeated in the next few days instead of having a good subforum to go to to look for recommendations, reviews..etc. The subforums are a great place to go for real information. GD is like seeing the homeless guy outside your place taking a shit on a cat then chasing it around the park. The subforums are like sitting down with a few good friends and having a conversation. |
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I like this idea.
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I support this
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Id be down for a metal working sub forum.
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Originally Posted By NavyIS2:
Then all those stickies would limit the GD active page to 10 threads and they would drop off within 60 seconds, and no one would know they exist without searching the key words and hoping they found a thread to talk in. View Quote In the blacksmith subforum? |
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I'm in.
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Originally Posted By Spiral_Out:
I support this ![]() I just got my Alec Steel square circle hammer this week. Haven't had a chance to use it yet ![]() View Quote ![]() Looking forward to a report on how good it performs. ![]() |
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Originally Posted By bldsmith:
Propane. Coal is dirty and depending on where you live it can be expensive. I use propane for all my forging. Getting good coal on the west coast is not easy. View Quote That's what I was thinking, thanks! Now I just need to find a decent anvil for under $4 a pound lol. |
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I would be interested in such a forum, though I probably couldn't do much myself until I move somewhere a bit more permanent but it's always been something I want to try.
I hate to say it but I'd have to agree with a sub-forum for it, or merge it into another sub-forum just to keep the number down. Just one thread in GD or team would get buried quickly (especially GD) and I fear the extraneous posts would make it difficult to find those nuggets of wisdom. |
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would me fun . but on my large property 15 ft to each side neighbor.
I don't think they would like the noise for very long, ![]() |
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I don't do any metalwork.... but for some reason I find Forged in Fire, and the show with the young-ish blacksmith who makes black powder weapons, very addictive.
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I would be in for some but I get enough during the day soooo
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I was just thinking this the other day
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Originally Posted By Spiral_Out:
I support this ![]() I just got my Alec Steel square circle hammer this week. Haven't had a chance to use it yet ![]() View Quote Damn that is a sexy hammer. |
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Originally Posted By NavyIS2:
Because subjects drop off in under 5 minutes from GD. Great threads get lost then repeated. No continuity ever gets built, and the group of trolls that shit post in every GD thread are sure to show up. That's why we've been fighting for months to get a Wine/beer/spirits forum. View Quote If it is popular enough they hang around the front page off and on a while. Can always be made in Team too. |
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Originally Posted By criio1:
I would like to file a motion for the general populace to change the title request from "Blacksmith" subforum to a "metalworking" forum. To include machining, gunsmithing, blademaking, pattern making and foundry work. ![]() View Quote I vote to stick with Blacksmithing, and place it right below Gunsmithing in the Armory; there's already plenty of good conversation on gunsmithing and related machine work in that forum, but Forge & Hammer would be a whole 'nother deal..... ![]() |
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I just bought a atlas mini forge to finally go with the anvil we've had at the farm since before time. Would love the idea of a subforum.
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Originally Posted By Cobalt-60: I support this Originally Posted By 0100010: Do it. Always looking for more things to spend money on... TTPNI. |
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Originally Posted By Spiral_Out:
I support this ![]() I just got my Alec Steel square circle hammer this week. Haven't had a chance to use it yet ![]() View Quote That is a badass hammer. Thanks for sharing! |
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