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juliarodriguez•1d ago

Pro tip: a farrier at the Polk County fair told me my hammer grip was the problem, not my arm

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claire_grant34•5d ago

The forge welding trick that took me 20 years to learn

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jamie_adams•5d ago

My homemade forge handle snapped mid-swing, nearly took out my grinder

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the_anthony•8d ago

Hammer weight debate: light and fast vs heavy and slow?

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emmam89•13d ago

The propane forge is not a sin, stop treating it like one

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logan_mitchell•13d ago

Master smith told me to hammer hotter and I argued for an hour

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the_sam•19d ago

Anvil rebound check with a ball bearing, my old one failed hard

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taraross•27d ago

My anvil stand collapsed mid-project at 2am in Tulsa

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king.eric•28d ago

My old anvil face vs the new hardened one, 20 hours of work later

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robert659•1mo ago

Why does nobody talk about forge welding with rebar, it took 3 tries last night

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brianm66•1mo ago

Got a face full of scale on a demo day in Tulsa

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paulw53•1mo ago

Put down the induction heater, picked up a coal forge

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jana881•1mo ago

Old timer at the flea market said to preheat my anvil in the sun, thought he was joking

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jamief67•1mo ago

Old timer told me to quench in warmed oil, I didn't listen

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the_christopher•1mo ago

I finally broke my favorite cross peen hammer yesterday

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