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Back before we had this new kitchen, we didn't have enough room for everything. Logically, you'd think that the prime spaces in the kitchen cabinets were reserved for stuff we used daily, and that...

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Having a forge really came in handy for hooking up the foot pedal. I took 5 feet of railing for mounting shelves, and folded it like a pretzel. No forging today but I am...

No problem I know what you mean. I just wanted to point out why that set of dies is on there. :)

The smith I bought that from made a couple of blanks using the dies to hammer in the blade hollows. It works surprisingly well.

Yep this is Maarten's.

3 phase is now available in my shop.
Hopefully the contractor who is working on my house finally gets his act together and finishes his job so that I finally don't need to worry about the renovation...

The wind wasn't that bad compared to other days. I had strapped it to the pallet but of course, if it starts to go, it's going.

The ram is only 32 pounds. 700 is the total machine.

As to the crane: those are fairly typical for building contractors. They are convenient to move as well. When they remove the counterweights,...

It arrived, and the contractor used his crane to hoist it to the back yard and from there we used a pallet transporter. Btw it is 3 phase 400V not 220 single phase.

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After I get it home, I will ask the contractor to use his crane to lift it to the backyard. And then I'll pay a professional moving company to move it onto the stand I have to make first. It'll cost...

I have a good relationship with my neighbors. If you are good with your neighbors, they put up with a whole lot as long as you don't push it. I always keep my forging limited to Saturdays most of the...

Actually we are currently having a renovation project on the house.
If the contractor is still here in a week and a half, I may ask him to move it to the garden using his crane which just happens to...

I have been wanting a power hammer for some time now. But it's not like they are easy to come by or cheap. So I never seriously expected to have one. In fact I was actually thinking of a small press...