I have a small little propane forge that has uncoated ceramic wool liner, and I'm looking for a decent cement where I won't need to recoat for a few years. Any suggestions?

Hi, first time posting here so forgive my lack of knowledge. I am getting married in October and I am giving her a silver coin as part of the ceremony and I thought it would be cool to make my own coin. Now I don't know anything about smithing but based on some research I could hammer out a coin or cast one. I'm assuming hammering would be easier.

If that's the case would I have to heat it up first or is silver soft enough to manipulate without being heated? If it needs to be heated could I use a propane torch? Can I use any old silver?

Any advice would be great, the coin doesn't have to be perfect just symbolic that I made it myself

Thank you,

Found this small bit of newer rail discarded along the road and thought it’d be good at my storage room workbench for small jobs. Since its newer without an old patina, thought I’d try Oxpho on it, and got this result. Sanded and brushed the metal, got it hot, applied three coats buffing with steel wool in between, and oiled while still hot. Won’t be super durable but will be fine for how I’m using it.

https://preview.redd.it/6s0lwa20myrc1.jpg?width=3836&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=734b0eaa5fda7e31b01cbfa2d5d06ad49009b794

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Hey everyone! I would like to place an order with some steel and some wood for the handles and i don't know if the wood needs to be stabilized absolutely, the wood is: curly birch, some oak and walnut

Looking for something with a 15 inch handle and a 2 pound head. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Anyone having issues selling off anvils forges etc? In the past I've gotten the usual 1/2 your asking price cowbell offers, but this year there has been no interest in very reasonably-priced anvils forges etc.

Is anyone else noticing the same or is it just a local thing?

Finished my first project the other day. Thought I'd share it here and ask for opinions, tips, constructive criticism... I'll take whatever I can get.

Heres a chair I made

I’ve got a Vevor single burner forge, a 2kg hammer and a small anvil. I’m just getting started.

Starting with a 5mm round by 20cm piece of mild I thought I’d try and make the hook in the image.

This comes from here: https://youtu.be/wyee5kEwHEc?si=jjR7Tr-YKWRCQ76g

End result and request for feedback and some questions coming in a reply … 😃

So this may be the 5000th post asking this and if its annoying i apologize but, I really want to get into forging and was wondering where to start. I live in Alabama and as far as i can find there are no forges that teach around me.

what should i look for? what should i be weary of? those sort of things.

Hey guys and gals! I’m trying to reline my forge because after a few uses the cement cracked pretty badly. I used the satanite from Mr. Volcano, but it didn’t hold up to well. With all the research I’ve done the past few days o can’t find any that seems to do the job to well.

So I come to you all experts and ask what do you think is the best refractory to use?

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