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I love how Alec Steele's youtube channel is doing.

I've been watching him since he got his first shop. Forgot where it was, like baker Street or something. I was watching the latest installment of his dream powerhammer rebuild and noticed that it had 2.2m views! They all do! On a blacksmithing YouTube channel! On videos about pouring concrete and rebuilding an oil pump! It has given me hope for humanity.

2 things Alec (if you ever see this post)

  1. Jamie has been the greatest addition to your channel in a long time. I was sad when Wil wasn't going to be a regular, but Jamie is an amazing editor and great personality on the channel. Congrats to him on his engagement!

  2. Video idea: you vs Mrs Steele in a welding contest.

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u/spank-you — 11 days ago

Help dating anvil

I picked this anvil up off facebook marketplace, it’s 150lb and made by Illinois Iron and Bolt company. I tried finding information on it but couldn’t find much. The Vulcan logo is visible in the first image, and it looks different from the ones i seen on other anvils so i’m not sure🤷‍♂️ Any thoughts?

Edit: I do appreciate the comments that have been left so far, great advice! But if anyone happens to know anything about the history of the company or would be able to tell me how old this thing is, I would greatly appreciate that too lol

u/HeatwaveDZNs — 11 days ago
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How hard is it to smith dice?

So i play D&D and was looking around at expensive dice and eventually found a set of sliver dice. The thing is they cost $4000 for $400 dollars worth of silver. I'm curious if the labor and equipment required to make balanced dice is that expensive and any blacksmith would charge close to that or if i look around locally for a good blacksmith that could make me somthing for a lot less as a christmas gift. Becasue i see some metal dice for 50 bucks online and can't see why it would cost so much for labor unless its just that shop.

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u/stonedavocado — 10 days ago