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  1. I enjoyed that, just wish it was longer. Thanks for posting it.
  2. I still say RR companies should get a fine for leaving junk laying everywhere to begin with, we would be so its only fair.
  3. Welcome to the side show, what part of the blue ridge are you from ?
  4. I was thinking brazing as well but if you want to stick with arc then I'd go with 7018's not as much penetration but smoother solid weld. maybe anyway, I haven't used an arc in about 6 years so the memory maybe foggy. :lol:
  5. In my opinion the rail road should be fined for leave junk laying around. I know if I was to leave 8 foot high stack of logs laying in my yard for years as well at large hunks of steel thousands on nails and sheet metal I would get a fine even though I own my land so they should too. whats fair is fair. just my two cents. B)
  6. It could be a problem maybe, maybe not but best not to risk it, what could be a bigger problem is the rocks you have inside the fire pot depending on what kind they are they could explode on you if they get to hot I know sandstone is bad about that. when I was little for fun we would place them in the camp fire and watch them pop. I would suggest fire brick, furnace cement, or refractory clay. just remember its always better to be safe then sorry even if it means spending a little extra time or money
  7. Looks like a old mining bit for automatic miners, guessing that its carbide tipped. I could be wrong but it looks like one I found at an old mine site that's diamond tipped.
  8. looks to me to be a stiletto dagger the three sides where for armor piercing. pretty sure that's what it is goggled a few before I replied too bad its not complete they seem to be worth a bit when they are old some date back to 17th century or more. either way nice find :)
  9. you never seen one of the big hydraulic crushing machines that leaves a neat square block of twisted metal when its done ? an anvil would be like butter in one of those.
  10. oh I did, and I made it clear to him that I would give him more then he would get from it as scrap
  11. congratulations that is a killer find. Now for a sad story of my own to bring the mood back down. Went to the scrap yard, and i asked if the had any anvils? Guy replies back; we had 3 of them but we just crushed them. man that sucked, What a world.
  12. yea, I have been reading a lot about the 55 but when I went to look for the original post on how to build it, it was missing or something but I have pretty much gave up on the large drum just gonna use it for a stand or something anyway I Think what I am going to do is just build a full table with a fire pot and flue.
  13. The messed part about that is not only is McDowell the leading coal producer its also the poorest county in the state. go figure.
  14. Here in WV since they started mountain top removal on a large scale as they are now there has been 3 times as many floods as normal as well as they are larger floods due to blocked streams backing up many of my friends lost their homes because of this but in reality it wouldn't be as bad if it was Americans doings all of this here. But the big "strip mines" as well call them here, has been bought out by Russians which as done more damage in two year then the American company did since they started the doing it i think back in 99 Anyway I'm just a hillbilly who loves his mountains and the people of this state more then money. The truth is they can get the same coal by underground mining that would also employ at lest twice more people cause it takes more to run underground then striping the mountain. all and all its just another way for big business to save money at the cost of the little man. I'm not trying to start a debate or a I'm right your wrong I was just say how i feel personally on the matter just giving my opinion on the matter. seeing as that I live right in the middle of the area this most concerns. p.s. every male member of my family has been a coal miner since they started mining coal in WV i even spent sometime in there myself. anyway that's all I'm gonna say on this subject politics and religion you should never talk about with strangers no ones gonna agree 100% And for you who don't know what is looks like google map where i live then look for a large gray and brown spot that's a strip mine bigger then any town or city around.
  15. I can get my hands on about anything to blow the air. The forge I have been using is a brake rotor with a hair dryer on cool air it works fine so I haven't bothered using anything else
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