Forge & AnvilEst. 2026 · USA
America 250 Welding Rig — live · drawing July 4, 2026

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Welder-owned. Curated welding gear, hand-built drops, and branded merch — every purchase earns entries toward the America 250 Welding Rig, drawn on July 4, 2026. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Mail-in entries carry the same weight.

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Live Giveaway

Summer Sweepstakes · 2026

The America 250 Welding Rig — Miller Dynasty 400 Package

A complete top-tier welding bay, drawn on July 4, 2026 — America's 250th birthday. One winner takes home a Miller Dynasty 400 AC/DC TIG/stick welder, a Miller Digital Infinity auto-darkening hood, a full leather kit, a rolling cart, and a $5,000 Forge & Anvil gear credit for the gloves, clamps, consumables, and tooling you haven't bought yet. The machine alone runs north of $14,000 retail. This is the bay professional fabricators build toward.

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Miller Dynasty 400 TIG welder with cart and hood — hero image pending (placeholder)

Approximate Retail Value

$22,000

Entries
8,472 / 30,000

28% claimed

Our Creed

Goods with utility, made by American makers.

This is a marketplace for the things you actually use. Knives that hold an edge. Leather that gets better with age. Welded steel, turned wood, poured iron, finished with care by someone whose name you can look up. Every maker on the site is vetted by Daniel before a single product goes live.

Handmade, not drop-shipped·Every maker personally vetted·Proceeds fund grants and scholarships

The Shop · What's Moving

Goods From the Forge

Wear-tested by people with calloused hands. Each piece hand-picked, hand-approved, and made to outlast the one you're replacing.

Hot steel held by tongs, struck by a forge hammer

Scholarship Recipient · Q1 2026

Jake Morales, Pima CC Welding Program

The Mission

Every sale puts another welder in school.

America needs 400,000 new welders in the next five years, and a lot more skilled makers behind them. We can't close that gap alone, but we can fund a seat, a set of gloves, a set of first tools for the people who show up ready to learn. A portion of every product and every sweepstakes ticket funds the Forge & Anvil Scholarship Trust.

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