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I live in a residential neighborhood. I do it half in my garage half out. Haven't had any complaints, though a couple had said they were worried about the fire from the forge. But that's just the media instilled fear of fire that is rampant in our society. The hammer blows really arn't all that loud and its interspersed by silence as you get the metal hot again, so it won't come up against any noise ordinances.
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Don't let cheap or lack of tools stop you from doing it either. I started with a hammer and a $50 Harbor Freight anvil and a forge built from a cast-iron brake drum some pipe and a hair dryer. I actually still use that Forge I do have a nicer Anvil and more hammers now and some Harbor Freight grinders the beautiful thing about blacksmithing is you can actually make most of your own tools to, like all the chisels the Hardy tools even the Hammers the tongs
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I live in a residential neighborhood. I do it half in my garage half out. Haven't had any complaints, though a couple had said they were worried about the fire from the forge. But that's just the media instilled fear of fire that is rampant in our society. The hammer blows really arn't all that loud and its interspersed by silence as you get the metal hot again, so it won't come up against any noise ordinances.
[–] cmor88 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thank you for your response. This is encouraging to hear.
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Don't let cheap or lack of tools stop you from doing it either. I started with a hammer and a $50 Harbor Freight anvil and a forge built from a cast-iron brake drum some pipe and a hair dryer. I actually still use that Forge I do have a nicer Anvil and more hammers now and some Harbor Freight grinders the beautiful thing about blacksmithing is you can actually make most of your own tools to, like all the chisels the Hardy tools even the Hammers the tongs