Pictures of back yard forges that people have made for blacksmithing.

Power Hammer Plans Homemade power hammer project including detailed plans.

Home-made Anvil: The blacksmiths' mantra, if you will, Is "need a tool, make a tool". Well, I needed an anvil. Cash availability was an issue, so I turned to instructibles. I didn't find quite what I was looking for so I did some further research and forged ahead…

This was my second home made anvil. It seemed like a good idea but the overall weight was to low and I never really used it much.

This is my first anvil, I had been using a rail anvil that you can see in my other posts, it worked great for what it was but I was ready to upgrade. This is my 110lb Vulcan and stand that I made today, let me know what you think. Start with 2, 2x12x12 untreated boards and cut 6, 23.5in pieces. T...

Home made forge eric and I came up with

How to Make the Metal Melter: In this project you'll learn step by step how to modify a microwave oven transformer into a high-current device that can pump out 800 amps of electrical current. If you liked the Metal Melter you saw in a previous project, here's how you can make…