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Can someone link the foot switch?? I probably won't get to this until forge is done but at least I'll have the switch! Time is at a premium right now! Taking forever to do things!! Lucky if i get a day to do knife related stuff! Still trying to do something everyday no matter how small! LOL!!

I agree that's why I did it. Was gonna use angle iron but more than likely would have used 2x4 to mount the casters I had. So figured I already have the wood use it.!

Added some 2x4 bracing. This is gonna serve multiple functions. Sturdy up the tool stand, give me a place to mount some casters and by doing this giving me a little more height. Just a tick under the 36" I wanted the top to be at.

With the Holidays finally coming to a close soon I hopefully will start putting this thing together! Need to get some casters and build the base for the tool stand it's gonna mount to! Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and that the coming New Year is better than 2024!

I actually bought a cheap setup from Temu to round an order out. I havnt set it up yet though! Just to many things going on right now! I wanted to do this mostly for my SS knives. They are all heat treated and are a PITA to reheat treat if I over heat the tip especially!

I agree with this, materials are pretty cheap, unless of course your using Mammoth or insane handle material!

Drilled and tapped forge base so I could attach it to the Harbor Freight tool base. Need to cut or get shorter bolts but not a big deal. Also picked up Firebrick today we should hopefully be making more progress. Of course Christmas will throw a bit of a wrench in so probably won't be running...

Yeah, I like them, but I don't understand why that grinder stand is more money than the longer one? Got mine on sale for $29 and change. I still may change the stand for forge, but I needed to put it on something or forward progress was gonna stop. I've been trying to do a little something...

Bought a HF tool stand and just set the Forge body on top to see how it would align/look. Fits the top almost perfect! Getting Firebricks Wednesday. Taking my time. Need some kind of casters and that will add some height to it. Would like to get it up to about 36" right now the top of the stand...

Ears to hold ribbon burner in bent, drilled and tapped. Ordered my refractory bricks and the hard bricks for the forge floor. Have to pick them up Wednesday.

Poured the forge doors today. Easy enough to do just messy. Brian's got it down to a science! 80oz of refractory cement and 14.5oz of water measured by weight not volume. Vibrated with a Sawzall with no blade.

Has anyone used the liquid rust remover?? I have also tried Vinegar to some success, but don't forget it in the Vinegar (don't ask me how I know! LOL!!)

A friend of mine gave me half of a 24" saw blade it was heavily rusted and pitted. I made a Tactical Tomahawk for a Bounty Hunter friend of mine. The thing is brutal and the rust pits gave it an awesome texture and interesting look! I tested this thing on trees 2x4s an old door etc.. not a mark...

All done going to it's new home!!

I actually think I have the same exact thermometer? I have a thermo-couple installed in a firebrick in my Mr Volcano forge and this hooked to it. House has an option to run the forge with a PID control. I have a friend that did this. It's overkill for my application though. He uses that option...

Yeah I had already bought his Ribbon burner to use in a forge that has 2 venturie burners in it. I was gonna modify it to use his burner. It was gonna be difficult to do so I've been procrastinating on it. Then this showed up in a local for sale paper! I said the heck with it and just bought it...

So I did a thing! Was cruzing local for sale paper. Someone was selling a House Made Apolo forge that was never built. They wanted $300 for it I talked um down to $250! It is missing the Burner but I had bought one a few months back to modify my big forge. I never did it because I was collecting...

So for Black Friday I ordered a few things from Ken's Custom Iron. A hot cut hammer, Center punch hammer, 2pcs of H13 and a RR spike (to get me to the magic mark) I ordered $75 worth of stuff got 20% off and free shipping! Plus they sent a free twisting wrench! The hot cut and center punch are...

This was a knife I made a while back. There was a thumb rest ground right around the Ricaso. I HATED I!! So I decided to re-grind today and eliminate it! I like this version much more! It's an old Nicholson file with orange liners and python micarta. It also has a tapered tang. Nice little Bird...

All beautiful stuff! Love the Astatic Mic for the shifter! I use one for playing harmonica!