Place reccomened to get not to pricy stamps made custom

$120 instead of $410 for same stamp was example given

Need something to cover the hole in yout forge and keep coal out and let air in?

Cast Iron Sink Strainer

http://www.amazon.com/Sioux-Chief-846-S3PK-5-Inch-Strainer/dp/B004678IR0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1434166199&sr=8-2&keywords=Cast+Iron+Strainer

(They come in different diameters)


it's way better than the 20g one i got at home depot for mine.

Cool eazy trick for better looking forged roses

First I followed this tutorial on how to make roses.

I like the way he textured these rose better then other tutorials, more work but a much better result

Instead of peening over the tip, i welded each petal rose ring on with just a tiny tack

 

Then when it was time to tweak each petal as it was put on the rose,

Get a pair of these

 

and a pair of these

Get ones the that are not plated

http://jewelrytutorialhq.com/.../howtousewireloopingplier...

jewelry pliers, cheap on amazon...

they are awesome for putting more tweaks, curls and textures on the edges of the petals

look especially at the edges of the flowers... super trivial with the top set of pliers

  These are the exact ones I bought.. They are small, but are perfect for getting in there and tweaking things
First pair
Second pair

If you only get one, get the second pair where one is a cone and the other is hollow, i started out using both pairs, but by the end I was doing 80% of the tweaking with them

I only used the first pair for rolling the edges

this is the torch i used wtih mapp gass, make you r own decision and reasearch on the safety of this torch, all I can say is it's what I used. I like it because the button turns the torch on and off with one hand.

 

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019CQL60/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Videos on how to make this style of forged Rose

Mark Aspery Vid#1

Vid #2

Ultra basics of Heat treating, tempering annealing, quenching...

Here is a very basic chemistry class video on heat treating to teach the basics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvZkZxiXnE&feature=youtu.be

Welded tongs

Here are lots of pics of eazy welded togs you can make cheap and fast to get you started forging... if you don't' have someone to teach you to make tongs this is a great way to start.

This pic is a step by step.. it's a crappy mspaint drawing, but you get the idea...

 

 Here are lots of pics of them to inspire you....lots of designs, some BSA ez tongs too, just cause they were handy.

The Tongs page...

I created this page to hold links to all my posts on easy tongs.

How do you make stuff if you don't have tongs,and are not ready to make them...Look Here!

This one includes the easiest tongs ever... but you need a vice to make them...
Easy-cut-and-weld-tongs.html

Easy cut and weld tongs the original page with instructions


How to make tongs from pre made tong blanks and where to get them?

Tongs made from other things you can buy

Tongs from harbor freight pliers...
Tongs from Nippers


This is a post on all kind of stuff you can buy cheap to get started.

All kinds of cheap tools to get started


A quick and dirty page on welded tongs If you can weld and cut, but not really forge yet an easy option


Abana(National blacksmiths organization) handout on making tongs,

More Easy Tongs, from harbor freight long needle nose pliers 2 for around $10, and from nippers, and a simple joint you cna make the fist day with thinner material

Another option for easy tongs is making them from cheap long needle nosed pliers set you get at harbor freight.

The set I got had orange rubber(plastic) on the handles, this guy has a great tutorial on making them.

Here is a nice tutorial on making them out of a set of nippers,which you can get cheap used (new aint cheap)

http://www.hammertyme.com/index.php?threads%2Frepurposing-hoof-nippers-into-tongs.496%2F

Hre is a digram of the first kind of forged tongs I made, pretty easy can make them out of stock the size of the reigns (handles) you want... just bend, flatten, rivet an go.