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Originally Posted by Kit Carson
If I can be any help, please let me know. I'll check on it daily.
Great idea, btw.
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Thanks Kit and all others who think this is worth undertaking.
Understanding something about forming steel is the important part. One does not need an anvil or fire "proper" to be able to form steel when the concepts are understood. Tools can be improvised.
I have made large chunks of both iron and steel into an anvil by just giving them a flat place to sit while hammering.
If one should ever read the book about an old boy named John M. Browning and the development of his firearms, the text and pictures would shock most because of all the tools he did not have in his early stark shops where the snow drifted in through the walls during the cold Utah winters.
Browning freehand forged many of his parts because he did not own a milling machine. His work was "forge, file and fit" by hand. He had a simple blacksmiths drill press to make actions with. After holes were carefully placed the rest was cold chiseled out by hand and filed to fit.
My point is his knowledge of the craft was his greatest tool.