Any of the "Top Brands" are good choices. I personally like the Paragon kilns the best. Since these are what I consider "long term" investments, ma...

I'm not picking on you, but you bring up a teaching opportunity with that knife image. The teaching opportunity being.... the mark you chose to apply...

Absolutely! Please feel free to keep me informed on your progress! PM, forum post, or email me if I can be of help.

1095 will work.... but I'd suggest not practicing/learning by welding it to itself.... although it will work in terms of forge welding, I've always fo...

There could be a number of issues involved. First, 5160 is a very poor choice for forge welding. I personally don't use it in a forge welding situat...

You got this Kevin!! If there is anything we Mods can assist with..... USE US!!

To the OP..... if you notice, most of the pics of forges that followed your initial post are all single burner (first hint). All of those forges als...

Based on my own experiences, if your shop is "home based", IF you can even find an insurer who will underwrite it, it will be crazy expensive. Most in...

I've been using a Rigid 400. It's the oldest model. I wired mine with a foot switch for on/off..... but forward/reverse is still controlled by a sw...

2020 has been all about battling health issues for me... and trying to steer clear of covid! After about a decade, Doctors at the University of W...

Oh gosh.... don't get me started on "safety", because that brings in "common sense"... and I am absolutely dumbfounded at how it seems fewer and fewer...

I have done, and do a significant amount of "W" pattern. It's arguably one of the most versatile pattern we can make in damascus. In general, I try ...