Hot Shop is about 25 years of my blacksmith shop, tooling, fixtures, hot tips and notes, knives, basement collection and products made without a power hammer. Oh Yeah, I do have a 50# Little Giant trip hammer, but in the last few years, I have concentrated on projects that are all hand worked and almost no sledge hammer work. I ain't getting any younger and want this old body to last a while forging hot iron. Right under the title "Hot Shop" is the phrase, "Small Potatoes", that's the description of my shop, line of hand forged house iron, trinkets and other stuff. A one man shop and office, I am the iron pounder, janitor, mail clerk, sometimes writer and publisher, It don't get no more fun than that. Hot Shop is 8 1/2 X 11 format, 20 pages cover to cover, $8.95 plus shipping.
These are pinch bar benders, easy to make and use. I made a variety of sizes, smallest 1/2" and the largest is 6".
