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Oh, thanks for clearing up the handling holes for me. I learn something new every day

It looks to me like there are handling holes. Do cast anvils have handling holes? It does look like a Vulcan but I do not think they have those holes

Looks like that suit fits you pretty good Fe that was a good score

I will be there I have my plane tickets and hotel reservation, at another place kube60.

You may just want to leave the paint, It does look a little tacky but it has been on there a long time. If you do remove it just take care not to breath in the dust if you use a wire wheel.

That they can blow up and kill you, I am not sure if it is possible but I would not like to find out the hard way. The instructors told us not to weld with a lighter in your pocket, so one of the students placed it on the bench right in front of where he was welding (in a small welding booth) when the teacher was making his rounds to check on everyone's progress he found the guy in there with the lighter right in front of him, he said,"Well you told us not to weld with it in our pocket" We all got to gather around and have another lecture on lighters

Someone posted a similar video a couple of years back, but I think this was more informative. Also a great reminder, I know I have used a torch on a stuck axle nut before. Thankful that I did not heat the wheel itself. Also in welding school this was not mentioned. They did talk a lot about safety cigarette lighters and other possible hazards, never any thing on welding on a wheel.

I do not know who made it but from what I do know it is very old. When you have a mount that has the tenon joint like that is what I am looking at that tells me it is very old. Nice find indeed

It will make a good hitchin post, ya dont want yer hoss to git away now. Getty-up

That is a good day, I just missed out on a 50 lb Little Giant, the guy sold it for $200.00. But I did get the late, 20 inch swing 10 foot bed For $200.00 I could not pass it up.

If you are going to be working 1 1/4 inch stock get the 1 1/4 inch tongs. 1 1/2 inch will not grab 1 1/4 stock before they bottom out. The OCP tongs are the ones that you want

I like the oyster shuckers, I need to make myself one also. MMMMM- Oysters! Now I have to venture to the east side of town and get oysters- Mi Pueblo

Looks like a rusty anvil with a six point star to me.

The Simonian bender is a handy tool http://www.chucksimonian.com/smbender.htm

Tongs are often made from spring and not a good idea to quench, as they may crack. Best to not let them get so hot as to need to cool. I had the bad habit of cooling tongs, that was how I was taught so I thought it was the right thing to do. I got a good scolding from Brian Brazeal for quenching a pair of his tongs- have not done it since.

Thanks for the positive comments and suggestions guys. I doubt that I will ever get a osha inspection in my back yard. I do not consider myself to be much of a fabricator, but it was rewarding to go out to the shop with an idea in my head of what I wanted to build. Make a sketch, find material that will work (just barely enough pipe, had to piece in one part), cut; bend; weld, and there you have it. Nothing fancy but it will do the job. And I saved a ton of money, this size cart lists for $176.95 plus tax $15.48= $192.43. That is a lot of beer money JM- "Tank inspection" fee is like $4.00, something that I had never noticed before, so I asked the sales rep about it (I was getting a couple of acetylene tanks) and he tells me ,"Oh ya we have always done that, we have to be sure the tanks are still good" 4 bucks to look at a tank? Cmon man yer killing me!

It looks like it could be built for less that the asking price. Not sure how it woud be to work on

Yes it is hard to use tooling, the adjustment is in the spring. My spring is all flattened out so I have no adjustment. I have the hammer tore down to re-pour the babbit now, I have made a new shaft and one of these days my brother is supposed to come help me with the bearing pour. I have located a replacement spring through Sid @ Little Giant but it is not cheap. I am having trouble finding another source for the spring, so I will be getting it from Sid and I hope it is close enough to work, the wire size is heavier so that may be an issue. All in all I like the hammer it has great control with the slack belt. My hammer was not hitting as hard as I think it should, my bearings were pretty tore up and the spring probably has some effect on that as well. It would actually hit harder if I ran it slow than if I went all out. One major drawback with this hammer is when you break something you have to repair it or make a new part, unless you happen to find a parts hammer. No one has a warehouse full of parts for this hammer. I have seen more of the smaller No. 1 hammers, not sure on production numbers. There is a one page write up in Pounding out the Profits, that is the only reference that I have found on this hammer. Alexander Wygers did use the smaller #1 hammer and he shows a little in his books on the set up and adjusting, he does not say what brand the hammer is but if you look at the pictures there is no doubt. I have also confirmed this by seeing his hammer when the current owner was trying to sell it. Tooling needs to be short, I have made spring dies and they work good on 3/4 inch stock. Also I suggest being careful on using tooling to be sure the hammer will cycle or it will get jammed and that is a little scary. (Trust me, it will get locked in tight and may fly out in an unpredictable path)

I recently came across a set of Oxy- Acetylene tanks that was too good of a deal to pass up. The welding supply house's out here charge outrageous fees every time you get your tanks filled. You have the inspection fee and the "hazardous material fee" (that gets tacked on to just about everything they sell) then there is tax of course, it all adds up. So with the big kid tanks I will have to fill up less often= less fees. So I built myself a cart for my new tanks, this was built from stuff I had laying around. Every thing was salvaged material that went into this build. I used the Hossfeld Bender for the pipe (1/2 inch sch 40.)

I came across that guys web site a few years back when I got my power hammer. There is very little information out there on the Comonsense power hammer. I think he sold that hammer, I do have the same model but it does not look that purtey.

To prevent babbit from sticking to the shaft, blacken the shaft with soot from acetylene torch.

Pictures are real small. Talk to peacock he just did a repair like this, but he is a long way from Alaska.

Ya- mac that would be the, "Heavy Industrial" motif for sure This one is one of my favorite paint jobs- NOT

It sure does look nice, but they do not say anything about condition. I would rather have a good running hammer than one that is painted up all nice. That is a crazy price

About 2 inches of sludge from the fire mop, I keep a lid on it or the dogs will drink it all up