[Sca-cooks] forges and blacksmithing info

[Stefan li Rous]

niccolo difrancesco asked Phlip:
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So, what do you use as your basic forge pan.  Or what did you start
with? I
have a passing fancy for hitting hot metal to make kitchen tools and
fire
pit cooking utensils.  I have a decent blower, and source for old
iron.  I
can live with purchased or borrowed tools to start with . . . but the
forge.
someone recommended a discarded brake drum form a full size pickup
truck for making smaller pieces.
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I'm not sure what Phlip has or what she recommends, but these files  
are in the CRAFTS section of the Florilegium:
blksm-forges-msg  (37K)  8/24/98    Blacksmithing forges. sources.
Forg-Cnstrctn-art (18K)  4/28/02    "A Simple Portable Brake Drum Forge"
                                        by Master Magnus Malleus.

There should be lots of info out there on blacksmithing since such a  
large number of people outside the SCA have taken this up, but here  
are some of the other files in this section:
bellows-msg       (15K)  4/ 2/98    Medieval bellows.
Blacksmithing-bib  (4K)  2/24/03    "Medieval Blacksmithing  
Bibliography"
                                        by Master Tamlene ap Guidgen,  
O.L.
blacksmithing-msg (49K)  7/15/05    Blacksmithing, forges, tools.
blksm-anvils-msg  (36K)  1/26/99    Blacksmithing anvils. sources.
blksm-welding-msg (23K)  3/25/97    Forge welding. fluxes.
bladesmithing-msg (62K)  7/25/04    Steel sources, making knives and  
swords.

Stefan
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