lazarus

My granddaughter (6yrs. old) w/ the help of her parents uses "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picturethis-plant-identifier/id1252497129" quite successfully and often.

Thank you for posting a summary.

Railroad Spikes - CHEAP & THOUSANDS OF THEM (their ad in CL) -- Scrap yard in central PA.

"Anvils in America", page 303, Serial Number 50,001-60,000 = Date --1900 (+/-) 2 years.

If the horn was a critter’s face and the heel was the back of its head and described as a biologist or MD would, then the serial number was on the Right Front foot.

This anvil sold ($2,100) in central PA -- 486lbs, no visible markings except a serial (?) number on the RF foot.

Chocolate ice cream + root beer = a brown cow

Reminder -- Hydrogen gas is released. Poor ventilation + unclipping a "sparking" electrode = BOOM, which could be deafening. Disconnect the charger first.

Question -- in the OP's pics, there is a hardy tool near the horn, does it have a specific name? and function? I can guess a function. Thank you.

Here's the on-line link http://www.pbs.org/video/2365886855/ for the recent PBS' Nova -- Metals. Pretty well done. Enjoy.

On some post vises, I've seen 2 opposing wedges (rather than a single wedge) to tighten the vise and top mounting bracket.

I clamped the empty bottle under the weight of a 15 ton crawler loader bucket and used a 4 ft cheater on the wrench and it came right out. .

Sycamore has interlocking grain, which makes it difficult to split. Flat-sawn boards are prone to twist. But, as a big block, sycamore is a very good wooden base.

Integral bolt-down lugs, maybe a "50" cast into the r. front foot -- looks like a Fisher. Good luck.

Left most -- Cobbler's pliers Bottom middle -- may be a combo -- button shoe hook & boot pull