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Somehow this 18 inch diameter saw blade used for cutting concrete found it's way into the back of my car and followed me home.

Do tig electrodes have to be straight to work? Or can you put a bend in them and weld into corners to form a fillet if there is a confined space? No idea, no application, no project, just a wild thought.

Apple Newtons (by Nabisco foods, talk about a Sir Isaac pun! )

post your image in the IForgeIron Gallery. The gallery will automatically resize the image to the proper size for the forum. Right click on the image in the forum. Click on properties and copy the lower URL. In your forum post click on "go advanced" Click on "manage attachments" Go to "Upload File from a URL" and paste the URL into that box Click on the LOWER upload button Repeat as needed for additional images When you finish adding images click on the red x on the images box to close only that image box Save the post and images by clicking on "submit reply" The images will appear as thumbnails under your post. Click on the thumbnail and the larger image will appear. It is a little long winded until you do a couple of them, then it is easy.

Mills post the images in the IFI Gallery with the key work touchmark, The search engine can find it easily, and display all that are listed.

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M-n-F Head north into Va or WV and find a mine. Take a trailer and get a ton or so of the good stuff. Piedmont Coal & Oil Company Lance Jackson 410 East Second Street Winston-Salem NC 27101 Phone: 919/722-2024 Steve Kayne 100 Daniel Ridge Road Candler NC 28715 Phone: 828/667-8868 Curry Coal & Oil Company (336) 227-4519 1207 Rauhut St, Burlington, NC 27217 Sunnyside Ice & Fuel Co (336) 723-5161 2001 Glendale St, Winston Salem, NC 27127 Bell Brothers Coal Yard (336) 838-2791 91 Sparta Rd, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 Pittston Coal Sales Corp. 448 N.E. Main St. Lebanon, VA 24266 Tel: 276-889-6300, Fax: 276-889-6277 That should get you started. Be sure to ask about the BTU's in the coal. No use buying rocks and clinker. When you contact them tell them you heard about them on IForgeIron.com (grin)

That is the site I referred to. They charge from $24 to $44 for each touchmark listed.

rf, Go to the top of the forum page and click on user CP Click on edit profile Go to the bottom of the page, enter your location, and save. We would like to know where in the world you are located.

A trademarkis a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. United States Patent and Trademark Office A touchmark is a symbol placed into the metal to identify it being made by a particular blacksmith. In or about 1999, one site tried to start a collection of touchmarks. You could add your touchmark free at the beginning, but then it cost $24, $34, $44 for each touchmark listed. Only a few touchmarks were ever listed. How to make a touchmark BP0124 Touchmarks

go to the top of the forum page and click user CP click on edit profile go to the bottom of the page, enter your location and save. We would like to know where in the world your located.

But what size is YOUR hand? And is it angled, or skewed?

Many times they make there way into the scrap yards and can be purchased for the price of scrap.

why not put it on a scale and weigh the thing? Then photograph it on some grid paper so we can get an idea of size and from there we could come close to a weight. Hofi makes the Hofi Hammers from (I think) 1.5 pounds to about 4 pound and some sledges.

Added a couple of links as folks may not know what style music I was talking about. boogie woogie Spike Jones Yackety-sax Bumble Boogie In the mood Boogie Woogie Piano Duo

Bronc, you can do anything you think you can do, and a lot of stuff you don't think you can do. Choose something you are interested in making, and go for it. Don't expect the first one to turn out, as that is a prototype. The second one will be better and others will improve with practice. Candle holders are nice projects because they can be both simple or complex, and have so many different configurations. Leaves are great practice pieces and when your finished and have a 5 gallon bucket full of the leaves, you are then ready to start using THOSE leaves in your other projects.

Blues Brothers: We have both types of music, Country ..... and Western Blacksmithing music: in the mood, swing, heavy metal, and boogie woogie (pun intended). I listen to the 50's, 60's and early 70's, bubblegum, boogie woogie, swing, Spike Jones, and doo whop. But you will hear anything, just as long as you want to try to keep up with the beat, and maybe break a sweat. Yackety-sax* or Bumble Boogie, and when things slow down. *Yackety-sax is the actual name of the world famous theme song from "The Benny Hill Show" Yackety Sax launched the career of Paducah, Kentucky native Homer Louis Randolph, better known as Boots Randolph.

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The HF chop saw I purchased gave up before the abrasive wheel that came with the saw did. Milwaukee was 3 times the price but had a 5 (FIVE) year warranty. It has cut everything I have ask it to cut up to 2" solid round. There has been a LOT of spring steel (leaf springs up to 1/2x4"), coil spring (1/4-3/4" diameter), and axles (1-1/4" diameter), as well as a bunch of mild steel (flatbar 1/4" and 3/8" some 1/2" up to 4" wide, angle iron, channel, pipe, tubing, etc etc), put through that saw. I would go Milwaukee again if this one ever had a problem.

I do not know the fellow.

To those taking photos, I have set up a folder in the IForgeIron gallery for that event. When you post, just place them into that folder and everything from that event can be found in one place. IForgeIron Gallery > Blacksmithing Events > 2008 > Little Giant 100yr Birthday Party

Leland-Gifford, Inc., Akron, Ohio. 330-794-1960, has acquired the Reid Surface Grinders line.

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Make a list of body parts you can do without. It is up to you to protect what you want to keep. Eye protection is a must. Glasses, goggles or full face shield. DO NOT stare into the fire. Shade 2 or 3 gas welding goggles take care of a lot of the IR from forging. Aprons to protect both the body and the clothes. Gloves, usually you work barehanded, but have gloves available if needed. Shoes, steel toes if possible, and with metatarsal arch protection if available. Smoke but DO NOT inhale. If you run a gasser get (and use) a CO detector. 100% Cotton clothing as plastics stick to the skin when melted. As to fumes, work outdoors. A fan will move a lot of the air and fumes out of your way, but into the yard next door. Set the air to blow shoulder-to-shoulder so the air currents do not eddy in front or behind you. This is also good for welding fumes. If you work inside, use a hood and chimney to move the smoke and fumes to the outside of the building or structure. As to metal, try to avoid any plated metal or painted metal. Use lots of fresh air even if it is bare metal.