Re: Blacksmithin'

Posted by NC Wayne on March 20, 2005 at 21:41:29 from (205.188.117.66):

In Reply to: Blacksmithin' posted by Wild Bill Caldwell on March 20, 2005 at 19:53:04:

Hey Wild Bill, I saw the ordeal that went down with the previous post,and I can see your already doing it anyway, but just shrug it off. There are alot of really great guys on this site, all with different ideas and backgrounds...the one thing we all have in common though is an opinion...and you know what they say about those...I'm a mechanic by trade as well as doing a little machining and fabrication when the need arises. As such the responses to your first post didn't suprise me at all. It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant some people can be when they outright tell somebody "You can't do that". The way I see it if I'm holding a 50 year old part in my hand and somebody had the knowledge and the technology to make it way back then then I can dam- sure replicate it today. I agree with what you said in one of your replys to that post. If we all stopped in our tracks and were afraid to take a chance and proceed with what we were doing when somebody told us "it can't be done" then we'd all still be living in caves, and freezing our butts off because fire is too dangerous to take a chance on.....That said I've never had the oportunity to learn any real "blacksmithing". Heating stuff to bend it or occasionally making a special chisel, etc like your describing here (and that's hit and miss sometimes on getting the edge the proper hardness) is about the extent of my knowledge. Where did you learn what you know and can you suggest any good books where I can find a little more in depth information than what's in say the Machininsts Handbook? Thanks and it's good to know that there are still guys out there that still take the time and effort to be true craftsmen...... You may already know about this place but here's a link for you to a place that had alot of blacksmithing tools and supplies

• Centaur Forge

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