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robert_butler11
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19h ago
Dropped $220 on a digital pyrometer last year and it saved my 5160 batch from going up in smoke
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jamesfox
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1d ago
Warning: a guy at the Columbus forge meet told me to stop quenching in my old bucket, and I'm glad I listened
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riley_taylor
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2d ago
Debate: should I have taken the $900 rush job at the Ren Faire or stuck with my regular orders?
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the_thomas
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2d ago
I finally picked coal over gas for my forge and I'm still not sure I made the right call
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lopez.simon
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3d ago
Was sure that $8 Harbor Freight punch would snap on day one, 6 months of hot cuts later it's still going
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max_ross
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3d ago
The old guy at the swap meet in Tulsa handed me a 1 inch rasp and told me my bevels were "shameful"
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derek656
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3d ago
PSA: that $340 induction forge heater was the best money I ever lit on fire
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patmartinez
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3d ago
Vent: my coal forge blower died halfway through a 12 inch Bowie knife
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jana119
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5d ago
Watched a 40 year old anvil go from rusty junk to glass smooth in 3 Saturdays
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rubyk86
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8d ago
Rant: saw a 80 year old anvil at a farm auction in Ohio last month and the bidding taught me more than 3 years at my forge
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kelly258
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8d ago
Update: switched from a coal forge to a propane one in my garage and the neighbors quit complaining
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max415
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8d ago
I finally melted a tong in half on a coal forge in Tulsa last month
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kaid59
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9d ago
A farrier in Amarillo told me my hammer drift was off and it cost me 3 billets
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dixon.spencer
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10d ago
Watched a farrier at the Goshen, Indiana horse auction bend a shoe with his hands and no hammer
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casey_harris
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12d ago
Question about going from coal to propane in my forge, feeling a bit lost
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