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Brian: Wonder if you'd elaborate on the candle holder some. Is the base a square tenon that is riveted underneath? Thanks, Eric S.
Beautiful anvil!!!!!!

Brian, I was actually thinking about lots of stuff on my floor that doesn't get used very much. Then I could just stop by when I did need it 🙂
Just bought a 10 x 12 shed that is helping a lot with storage and there are small patches here and there where you can actually see a little concrete.
I really envy [or maybe covet] room to move easily through the shop and have room for layout that doesn't involve the top of the table saw or the welding table or boards running between the two.
Looks like you have things organized well, too, something else I am working hard at.
Nice anvil and room to use it!
Dave

Here's mine: yeah, buy them or make them in one-shot dies. I think tongs provided me a valuable lesson as I progressed in the craft, that of consistancy. If a guy can't make two of anything the same then one might never progress to making four the same for a set of table legs, etc. And BTW- don't make just 4 legs because either you'll screw one up or you'll want a wall-hangar template for reference. Anyway- here's two ways of making 3/4" tongs. One pair is from 1 1/2 x 1/2" and the modified POZ pair was from 1 x 3/8". Material is Cor-ten

Also a swage shape I don't think grant's made yet- the double ball for the ball hooks.

15 years ago I found the whitaker/yellin qtrfoil how-to and I just now got around to it. I think it was on the AFC (alabama forge council) site. Surprisingly it seems harder to do a tri than a qtr. One of my forge welds started coming apart cuz of all the abuse. Basically a sample, trying to sell it for a client in Chicago. The little one is option 'E' for economy.

Two, exactly!~ They'd be for some fireplace mantel corbel/bracket thingies.
Per my mantra of making multiples of anything- even a sample; If she goes for it then the second one is ready to go- there's no way I could reproduce the thing without alot of hair-pulling if I had to start from scratch. Come to think of it another construction phrase comes to mind; 'easier to build new than to remodel'...