"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message
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Patriarch wrote:

SNIP ...........
The Holdfast article makes you want to build the bench And take up
smithing (Wodworking). Don't think I can justify $50 a pop. Let's see,
anvil at $$$, forge $$$, ...
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Harbor Freight has affordable anvils. For most tool making, a small one is
adequate. For a forge, cut a propane tank in half and use an old vacuum
cleaner exhaust as an air source. Then a bag or 2 of charcoal and youre in
the "home made" tool business. YMMV

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.