Caedmon's Smithy

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Caedmon's Smithy

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Just reconfigured my smithy for a set of homeschool blacksmithing classes my wife & I are giving, thought I'd share the pics. Not entirely period, but it is non-electric.

The big changes are the new sawyer's anvil and that all anvil stands are sunk into the ground. The main anvil, and the post vise are both sunk more than 2 feet.
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That looks so amazing :mrgreen:
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That looks so cool
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Awesome setup. Looks like a great configuration for teaching.
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Very nice ! Plenty of room to walk around and access each anvil from all sides.
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Nice Smithy there buddy.

i am currently setting up a very modern smithy
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Cool!

... "homeschool blacksmithing classes" - how old are your students going to be? Like Middle/High School age?

Whatcha gonna have 'em making? :)
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Very cool! The wife and I are visiting Alaska next summer near Palmer. I'd love to take a class from you!
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Cimrandir wrote:Very cool! The wife and I are visiting Alaska next summer near Palmer. I'd love to take a class from you!
That would be awesome, let me know when you start firming up your plans and we'll try to get something cool on the books.
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Elleth wrote:Cool!

... "homeschool blacksmithing classes" - how old are your students going to be? Like Middle/High School age?

Whatcha gonna have 'em making? :)
We have two classes 6 week classes, one with 9-10 year olds and one with 13-14 year olds (and a beefy 10 year old younger brother)

We are starting with fire pokers/hot dog sticks (because... swords), then we'll do hooks and finish with leaf charms/keychains. If everything goes really well, we'll add nails at the end. but that's stretching it.
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