hdwarner

thankyou all, for your words of encouragement

it was kinda fun
now back to same old stupid paying jobs lol

i wanted to play today making an anvil
like i really need to do this!!!!!!!!!!!
i act as if i have nothing to do but play
well here it goes
bored out a hole to press fit a socket in with 3/4 square drive
machined a cone from 3 inch stainless , cut at angle welded to front
machined the top off nice and flat and smooth
drill four 5/8 diameter mounting holes
oh well 50 going on 13 years old

those who can ,do
those who can't, teach

Sorry For The Misspelling My Eyes Are Still Shut

"Blacksmith's can make anything but money and fix anything except a broken heart"

a welser i knew had a busines card that read

"I CAN WELD ANYTHING BUT THE CRACK OF DAWN AND A BROKEN HEART"

MY MECHNAIC FRIEND HAD A QUOTE ON HIS BUSINESS CARD

" IF I CAN'T FIX IT IT AIN'T BROKE"

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Theophrastus

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin

better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

i am interested , can you provide a "napkin " sketch
chuck

i have no idea about the process on how to do it ,
i do not think it is real complicated though
i am however really delighted that you are considering this prospect .
i LOVE the united states of america , i have reservation however on how other "americans" feel about this great land of ours , including some of our government officials .
where do you intend to live if you are successful in your venture
chuck

hey james ,
i have been wanting to have a posting like this for a long time
if i get a chance i need to post the pics of my drill press i devised
doesn't work for a "durn"
don't know why i did it i have three store bought ones already
but thats what i do i make tools
i am always devising stuff even if i know it is an exersize in futility
glad you posted that becuse that is exactly what i would have done
not satisfied just bith an inoperative grinder
i would have to know why and how can i salvage the remnants
hats off my friend

i think you are right around the block from blacksmith guild of central maryland
they will sell coal to you and it is really good coal , i use it
ask the president ted mcnett , tell him chuck dover sent you

Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland

hello Thomas , can't put my finger on it why i find it fasinating but you may have just tickled the reason why.
our forfathers which i hold in high regard are a great sourse of spiritual uplifting and
sense of what sacrifice and duty means
and when i find out tid bits of what they did in thier private lives to sustain a living it just adds to my admiration of great men .
thanks for that george washington info.
i will take the risk of sounding likea patronzing idiot but many that are in blacksmithing
probally posess the same qualities as our for fathers .
my thoughts are duty to self and family then to a higher cause such as hand forged
utilities or art
doesn't get any closer that that in my book
i will leave it at that and you draw your own conclusions

i think this subject is facinating
anyone care to share thier thoughts
chuck

where in pa are you?
i have a peter wright and a mousehole i am not using

24 inches that is long , so if you divide 24 by pie {3.1416} it is a 7and 5/8 circle
thats just rudimentary math to give myself an idea how big those hoofs really are
thanks for the info

WOW thanks everyone
Hey NETT thanks for the info on studabaker for some reason my father is a big studabaker fan and he will get a kick out of the origins of the company he may have already known but i will tell him anyway

Again thanks everyone for sharing thier personal experiences with these magnificent animals , what a wealth

i think thats how you spell it
anyway came home from work today , and across the way at a wine and liquor store the budweiser team was there with the clydsdales and the carriage
my first thought was horse shoes {of course everything relates to metalworking somehow right}
i have no idea what i am talking about but i would venture to say those horse require a lot of steel and a lot of coal forging those shoes to fit.

those fine animals probally get the best of care , anyone know anything about this subject?

hey larry i have been a fan of rush for 30 plus years
and thats the first time i recognized that lyric , heard it a zillion times but never put ti together
The blacksmith and the artist
Reflect it in their art
Forge their creativity
Closer to the heart (Rush)
nice , what a nice signature

a tenth is what us knucklehead machinists call a tenthousands
thanks for the correction
everyone is a critic looking to correct someone that misspeaks or miswrites
thanyou i will try not to do that again

fosdick was known for precision jig bore machines , hold a tenth all day long {.0001}
probally still does , thats the way that old iron was .
nice shop , does he have a lot of contracts ?

does your stomach have butterflies in it when you visit, do you get a headache thinking of all the tools you could make for blacksmithing or other projects

key keeper , they are beautiful
your friend is quite a craftsman or artist whichever you prefer

hey piglet, they sound like workable ideas to me
let me know how you make out
i am not that far from elkton maybe i could ride my scooter down and see what you are doing sometime

all right ,THANKS SLOB.
i can work this in my job i have to do
made a hand bender this weekend and i had no idea a piece of conduit was so hard to bend i need a 5 foot pipe as leverage
looks like a very nice tool i can rapidly bang out some parts
my client has assuerd me of other needs for this type of operation also
so i am going forward
thanks again,
and THANKYOU GLENN for this site
chuck

help me please
i have a production bending job and i have no experience with this typ of operation
i have a 48 inch piece of 1/2 emt conduit i need to bend at the middle
180 degrees with a 4.5 inch radius
but it must be robust i need to make about 200 pieces for the first run
and hopefully many afterward
will one of those hossfeld machines you guys talk about work for this i can make dies i am a machinist
thanks chuck