Saturday was a kick ass day. It started by going to a local meeting of blacksmiths. I got kind of impatient to go home and work on my own forge so I left at lunch time.
The first thing I did was to make a prototype piece for a brazier. That looked good but I need more steel before I start so I went on to my next project.
I took an old monkey wrench and welded a piece of 1/2 inch barstock on it. The purpose of this was to make the monkey wrench into a tool called a twisting bar.
Finally, to end the day, I took some tool steel and made a hardie tool (a tool that sits in the hole on the top of the anvil). It didn't turn out real great but immensely better than my attempts almost a year ago.
All in all, a productive, rewarding day.
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