Good progress this weekend. I demoed at an SCA event and despite storms and letting others work on the forge, I made some good progress on the frame. I managed to mostly finish the crossbars. I still have to forge some tabs but that will come later. The frame is pretty much perfectly square. It holds together without rope so everything is nice and tight. I will do a bit of file cleanup but I am very happy with how things went. Here is a pic of the new frame.
Within the next few days, I will try to post a picture of the original clock frame that I got from the British Museum.
Also, almost forgot to mention this, I finally made an anvil dog. This is an "L" shaped piece of metal that is bent in such a way that it is inserted into the pritchel hole of the anvil and hammered down onto a work piece. It has the effect of holding the piece firmly in place while the smith works on it. After my experience with it, I would recommend it as one of the first projects after someone purchases an anvil.
