WAYNESBORO - As you walk into a section of the old South River Mill in Waynesboro you're greeted by clanging, heat and a little bit of black soot. It may seem like you've stepped back in time with ...
Black Beard Projects on MSN

Making a Blacksmith Forge from Scratch

I built a forge and am excited to move on to various blacksmithing projects. All the steel used in this build was sourced ...
Victor Andersen hasn’t spent much time away from his anvil, forge and belt drive for 60 years. The century-old appliances are more than the tools of his trade. They are what give one of few remaining ...
A short look inside my blacksmith forge - showing its main features, layout, and tools I use every day for forging, heating, ...
Adam's Forge is a dark, high-ceilinged warehouse space in Los Angeles. It's set up with anvils, medieval-looking tools and black ovens that breathe fire. Recently, about a dozen people gathered for an ...
AVON — Hot coals, molten iron and the clang of metal on metal. This is therapy, blacksmith-style. Ken and MaryLou Zitur have owned Ken's Custom Iron since 1988, creating ironwork and metal fabrication ...
Wood-fired forges burn cleaner than forges that require coal. I want to start blacksmithing. What’s the difference between wood-burning forges and coal-burning forges? And can you really get a ...
There’s no real need for the skills of a blacksmith these days, but that doesn’t stop devotees of the art — and science — from gathering around the forge at the Freetown Historical Society on ...
While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...
DOTHAN, Ala. -- The steel rod glowed bright orange in the coals, stoked by air from the 19th century-era bellows. Steve Lowery picked up the rod with the scorching end and placed it on an anvil, then ...