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Gents, started this project 30 years ago with the purchase of an old Buffalo Forge, tools and post vice with original post from a farm auction in the mallee of South Australia. Finally several years ago got all the gear backloaded from my mothers place in South Australia to Gidgegannup in Western Australia. The boilermakers at work for the price of a carton of cider made a new fire pot, a ver good copy of the original. A few cartons of beer got me a heap of old bridge timbers from a bridge rebuild just down the road. That made up most of the floor and half faced the front wall. I converted a lean to tractor shed to the smithy which is pretty typical of what you might find on a station ( ranch) or old time farm. The bench is 4" thick jarrah (local WA hardwood) and the floor under the forge  and anvil is cracker dust, well watered and compacted. I knocked the head out of a barrel, made it into a lid and use that for quenching.  Post drill picked up from a farm dump, also Buffalo and a coke bunker. I have also set up my bullet casting gear in the shop, and restored an old bakelite valve wireless for entertainment.  Only a small 120lb anvil, but big enough for what I do. My daughters boyfriend is an English roof lead worker, he flashed in the chimney and the front stoop. Finally got the front stoop floor concreted.

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you need one more thing. a huge old recliner chair so when the wife goes on the occasional growl, like they all do, you can go out their and sleep in the old huge recliner. thanks for the pictures and post.
 
Thanks for sharing. Great story. Love that the art of bartering is still alive and well. Great job on repurposing things. I agree with Strong Eagle on the chair. Of course, a small bar fridge to keep the beer cold would be a nice addition.
 
I do have a colonial dutch rocker on the stoop, on the left, there is a kerosene fridge in the main workshop next to the smithy !! plenty of beer and lies will be told on said stoop !!
 
He can sleep on the garden bench, I reckon he would have done that before !!
 
<img src="file://prod.minara.com.au/MUR-Files/UserFiles/ghazel/Desktop/P1030106.thumb.jpg.202573bae8af6ce68f06b9ae7f697566.jpg" alt="My Blacksmith Shop P1030106.thumb.jpg.202573bae8af6ce68f06b9ae7f697566" /> a picture of the auto feed I finally found for my post drill
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Now that Mike has a room how about a bathroom for the kid ???  :pale:   :roll:   :Questuon:

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Hey, I found an old out house in fair condition for Mike, packing and shipping would be the killer.   :x   :cry: There's always the corral, I was trying to give the kid some uptown options.   :scratch:
 

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