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lisa839•1d ago

Watched a guy at the Puyallup fair forge weld with his eyes closed, sort of

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the_seth•2d ago

Dropped $140 on a used anvil from a farm auction in Guthrie, half the face is beat to hell

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the_luna•2d ago

Old timer at a hammer-in in Ohio told me to stop chasing the fire and I still think about it

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seth_green85•2d ago

Showerthought: I thought forge welding was just showing off until I tried it on a rail spike

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paige870•4d ago

Old timer at the Puyallup fair told me my tongs were too long

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sean_foster52•5d ago

My $40 harbor freight anvil stand wobble took 3 weekends to fix

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karenw90•5d ago

Old timer at the flea market made me question my whole anvil setup

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nancy275•9d ago

Quenched a blade in old motor oil and it caught fire, lesson locked in

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nathan_foster60•9d ago

Hit 500 rail spikes forged and my hammer grip finally clicked

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sage_perry•9d ago

Power hammer died mid job, hand hammering 16 bars saved me

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lisa_murray•10d ago

Broke my favorite hammer, fixed it with an old leaf spring

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sandra715•20d ago

Hit 5000 fire strikers without counting once, here is how I know

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rowank69•21d ago

When my old anvil let go in the middle of a Monday rush

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the_mason•22d ago

Forge welding went from hit or miss to solid after I switched my coal grade, anyone else see that?

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charlesj46•26d ago

Bought a 1910 anvil in Ohio, now I'm split on leaving it original

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