Got bored, decided to smelt some scrap copper wire. Ended up with this bloom. Anyone know of a good crucible that i can cast some bars with?

It took quite longer than I thought it would, but I am quite happy with it. I managed to find a railroad track at a scrapyard, so I tried to make myself an anvil to start blacksmithing.

I'll file out the hardy hole more, as well as make holes for mounting screw, but I wanted to share the look. Not the best ofc, but man does it make me happy to see it like this.

My neighbors son loves to come over and watch me hammer stuff out. Few months ago he asked if I could teach him a few things so I started to show him a couple things.

About a week ago he asked if he could use my forge every so often. Today he brought me this. For a 13 year old he's doing pretty damn good. Of course, room for improvement but we all started somewhere. Proud of him.

I made myself a couple pairs of new tongs today, they're all cheep and chearfull, but i took a moment to have a bit of extra fun on these ones.

What’s up y’all. I just finished this very silly (yet very functional) project up. I’ve been needing a new forge for pattern welding, and decided to just really go for it. Spent probably 60+ hours fabricating Trogdor. He is composed of probably 30 separate pieces of sheet steel all combined. Definitely got much better at welding during this. He gets up to bright yellow/ low white heat. The lower jaw is a work rest and can extend out about 2.5 feet. Thanks for checking him out!

He also just got a new home, so this felt like the perfect occasion for a gift. It’s handmade using a hammer, starting from a 22mm round bar. He loved it and even got a bit emotional!

Inspired by Boris Kramer.

A lot of you wanted a tutorial on how to make one so here it is!

But money is money, I if I can make it and they'll pay I will. My first commissioned sex toy forged from 1.25" mild round bar, polished to a mirror then heat blued. Will receive a skin safe coating before shipping it out