Blacksmithing
Bending jig

The other week I had an idea regards bending stainless steel sheet to form a cone shape. To help this process along I’ve made a former from some heavy steel bar. It was made from 8mm bar heated on the
Making a spoon

On international women’s day, I put a shout out for all the women blacksmiths and welders I know on twitter. The result was a request from welder Stephanie from ASingleSpoon for a spoon for her project. My first thought was
A day at the forge

Thanks to my relatives I had the chance to spend the day as a blacksmith. Up at Standalone Farm next to Letchworth Garden City, Jo Fry runs a one day blacksmith course. After a chat and a safety brief we
Sam’s Welding

I stumbled upon v when a friend on twitter posted a message telling me to have a look at their excellent work. I had a look and got in touch to find out a bit more. Sam’s Welding is run
Blacksmith Supplies

Though I’d follow up on my previous blacksmith post with some suppliers of blacksmith tools. I’ve not actually purchased from any of these but I have been in contact with Vaughans (anvils.co.uk) as they also have casting equipment such as
Train to be a blacksmith in milton keynes

The great thing about having Analytics setup on your blog is that you can see what keywords people have used to find your articles. One I found today was… “train to be a blacksmith in milton keynes” I don’t know