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So Steve, I'm assuming that you didn't use the forklift this time . . . ;)

Just curious, what did you mean by "checked in with BAM'? If you sent in a membership, you most likely won't receive anything back until the next issue of the newsletter. The current newsletter and several years of back copies are available in electronic format on the BAM website www.bamsite.org. The next BAM meeting is July 28 in Lesterville, MO. You are welcome to attend even if not a member. I will have the directions and a map to the meeting on the website shortly. Our last meeting was just yesterday at Hams Prairie, Mo.

Looking forward to seeing it hooked up to that little International engine.

So true. Beautiful job Frank.

Yeah, that sounds good Phil, looking forward to it. Roger, I hear what you are saying, wouldn't be BAM without the rain. -_- We're bringing the RV, so the rain shouldn't bother us too bad.

We will be there Wednesday evening too in order to start setting up first thing on Thursday morning. Roger, are you camping or staying in a motel? - Bernie

Good to see you made it all the way home with that load Phil. Sure made your truck squat. Looks like Margie won't be seeing much of you for a while, unless she comes to visit you in the shop. :)

Has anyone ever tried this method? http://www.metalsmith.org/pub/mtlsmith/V16.4/weld-die.htm

Thanks Randy. I'll try that.

Randy, what did you do for the heat treatment? I had to do one after seeing your post, although I used some wrought iron for the billet and used a horseshoe rasp for the caps on the face and the peen. Just wondering how hard you could leave the face since it is backed up by the soft iron. I haven't heat treated mine yet. - Bernie

Wow Phil, that is looking nice. Looking forward to the sow block pictures. One of these days I'm gonna make it by there to see all those toys you have sitting around there in the background.

Ok lets try this . .

It is a device for welding the landside to the plowshare. Patent number: 633921 Filing date: Dec 15, 1898 Issue date: Sep 26, 1899 I have a picture of the patent drawing, but don't know how to post pictures on here since all the "improvements" to the site.

Really good to hear you are on the mend Stan. We are all pulling for you. Keep up the progress.

Oh come on Grant, I can't believe you wouldn't name it the Naked Anvil. :-)