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  1. I'm keeping my 141 LB one, and that is the only other one I have. However I have my power hammer listed in the tailgate section.
  2. Looks very nice in its new home. Glad it is going to be able to be used again.
  3. That sounds to me like someone used flux in it (borax). That can melt/dissolve firebrick. I use high-alumina kiln shelving in mine as a sacrificial base that can be removed and replaced when it has deteriorated enough.
  4. I use VFDs to control the motors for my belt grinder, knee mill, and CNC router spindle.
  5. Well, it was nice to meet you in person Steve. Once again, I hope my shop wasn't too messy.
  6. Thanks Steve. I did get ahold of PABA's facebook page and the person there said they would post the offer for me to the members. Let me know if you want to come by and check them out and make an offer. I'm about 10-15 minutes south of you on 309. For those that don't know, I first met Thomas after I'd collected a few pounds of magnetite sand from the shore of Lake Cascade in Idaho to use for an iron smelting run. Then I bought about 1000 pounds of powdered magnetite for future runs. It was the smallest amount I could order. However I don't have any left, sorry.
  7. Thanks. Will do. Was also planning on asking on TheForge too. Given the weights involved, I was expecting pretty much only semi-local buyers. I hope things are going reasonable well with you. I still see Flaxy/Ariadne on the book of faces occasionally.
  8. My most recent stupidity was getting familiar with a miter saw and had a kickback into my hand. I saw had a gash on a finger that was bleeding, wrapped a couple of blue shop towels around it, and went from the garage to the house. Opened the door, told my wife, "I had an accident. It is bleeding. Nothing has been removed. Can you please drive me to the ER? (Didn't even need stitches, they were able to glue it. But you feel real stupid having to say that to someone. But not as stupid as not saying it.)
  9. Hello, it has been a while since I've been here (about 8 years). I recognize a lot of names, so hopefully some will remember me. I've recently changed jobs and I'm reassessing some things. I haven't used my power hammer in about 8 years and it has been 7 years since I took my compressor head apart to fix a broken ring and still haven't gotten it back together. I've also gotten into CNC more (old and new day job) and would like more space. I'm looking for suggestions on what my Kinyon style hammer and compressor (and 3 ph converting VFD) are worth so I can price them appropriately. I know I can just get rid of them for scrap, but I'd like to find them good homes. I'm probably going to keep my smaller anvil and forge so I can do the occasional bit of blacksmithing as needed, but I doubt I'm ever going to be making pattern welded stock again. Thanks! (Waves to Glen, Thomas, and Frosty)
  10. Ernie Leimkuhler has a nice article on making an anvil from solid stock. http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/anvil1/anvil2.html http://www.stagesmith.com/gallery/shop_projects/anvils/anvil_3/ http://www.stagesmith.com/gallery/shop_projects/anvils/anvil_4/index.html Much safer than trying to deal with molten steel.
  11. I'll agree. I bought one the same style and weight at the Abana2K conference and I've been very happy with it!
  12. That looks very nice bigcity. I remember (at least I think I remember) Thomas Powers recommending those election sign metal posts as great free stock for projects like that.
  13. Yep, CO2 is a gas that your lungs expel as waste product from the hemoglobin in your blood. CO is a gas that binds to your hemoglobin and doesn't let go. It prevents it from transporting oxygen to your cells. If too much CO binds that way, you can no longer get enough O2 to your cells and you die. Worse, you don't feel short of breath, so it hard to tell when it is happening. I keep a CO detector in the same area as my forge. If it goes off, I shut the fire off and walk away, immediately!
  14. Chinobi, I'd give it a go. You can keep the old wingnuts and swap back if you don't like it. But it has been the single best thing I've ever done with that saw. It has been a dream to use ever since I switched.
  15. I have one I got from Rio Grande, but I was always having a hard time getting clamps tight enough on the blade to keep it tensioned. I finally replaced the screws they had with socket head cap screws. I think it was a metric thread. Anyway, tightening them with an allen wrench is much easier than using my fingertips.
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