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please help me identify this anvil i picked it up today it weighs 280 pound it has good ring , it has good rebound , it is one piece of cast steel but it wasn't finished it still has a parting line down the center there were also some 500 pounders there also thanks chuck

thanks Randy. i just seen Pete the other day, funny to see the video with the mustache, WHAT AN INSPIRING ASSEMBLY OF SMITHS THEY ARE

try putting tension on the handle while tapping with a brass hammer on the front of vise handle where cross bar is go back and forth with your tension , simulate an impact hammer , if in fact it is cross threaded evetually there will be movement and it should probally break loose

specialty tool , i would have to say this vise grip bar clamp they adjsut from 0 to 10 inches quick yes they were pricey but they do work

my life is made easier by three drill presses , one with a permanent mount cross slide from the palmgreen company with a quick acting palmgreen vise so minimal set up is needed to drill a hole one is standard duty that i can set up and leave for like 1/4 inch holes in brackets and what not i have a steel rollaround table with a 1.5 thick top with a grid of holes drill and tapped thru out for fixturing , with a machinist vise mounted , and a floorlock for stability built by me . i have my aircompressor mounted in the attic of my garage with hardpiped lines so i only need about 10 foot of hose where ever i am . i keep all the accessories and spare blades either hanging or close by all my power tools with wrenches also hanging. i try to store everything in a visual line of site , one thing i hate is rebuying something becuase i forgot i bought two years ago and have in a can somewhere and rediscover next week i have a whole wall of those open bins large and small {acro} from screws to electrical outlets i have somesort of tape measure about every 5 square foot of my home and shop i am always measuring something it seems i have scratch pads everywhere also to name a few things that make my life easier, as you get older lost energy in looking for stuff or doing it the hard way is not an option if i spend 15 minutes looking for something i am exausted and frustrated

here is on idea i came up with for my lug wrenches i bought cheap . replacement quill handles for my old shopsmith 10 er i cut the ends off held in lathe turned a diameter and put a 3/8-16 thread on and walah quill handles , heavy duty ones at that .

here is a pic of a nail header made from a carriage bolt and an old williams ratcheting wrench with the guts removed just like my blueprint describes being sold on ebay now Copyrighted photo removed.

hey chuck this is chuck i am a machinist also welcome

paul hogan

hello Rod, here are some helpful links Page Title Machining & Metrology Unit - Handout (0102) recommend learn about s.f.m , this will be real helpfull rigidity is one very key to succesfull machining . start off easy by making a bushing you probally need for a grinder or something{everyone needs one for some reason} place some stock in the lathe chuck sticking out about 1.5 longer than bushing with at least this much in the chuck {more preferred} #1 center drill stock to about a dia of about the same size as finished hole size #2 drill thru about .032 under finished hole size #3 face part off #4 finish turn part about .1875 past finished length #5 put chamfer on front of part on turned dia. #6 finish bore dia about .0625 past finished length and chamfer bore #7 part off be sure part off blade is perpendicular to part and parrallel to face of chuck and leave about.032 long for finsh face #8 remove remnant from chuck , chuck bushing with part off side out finish face to length put chamfer on od and id of part.

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baked beans

HEY BOB YOU DO PRETTY WELL WITHOUT A MILL , i have been a machinist for 25 years and i never tire of inovative ideas and fixtures for machine tools. thats where the money is made , take nothing and make something. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS . thats my bag take a 50 dollar an hour job and turn it into a 150 dollar an hour job. do you have any other posts of pics. CHUCK

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First Bob If You Ever Get A Gift Again You Cant Use , Please Regift To Chuck. I Don't Mind Regifts At All Second That Is A Nice Idea Using A Drawbar , It Is Nice And Rigid That Way. Third Lots Of Things You Can Do With This Set Up, Line Boring Holes For Precision, Boring Small Engine Cylinders, Trepanning A Plate, Fly Cutting, Etc

Some Drawings Of My Nail Header Made From A Carriage Bolt And An Old Broken Ratchet

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i made this nail header today playing around i am a big fan of transforming things into other things other than thier intended purpose . so here goes i took a 3/4 inch carriage bolt {note the domed head perfect profile for a nail header . counter drilled from the thread side with a 3/8 drill bit to about 1/8 from going thru finished drilling all the way thru with a 3/16 inch drill took one of those junk 3/8 drive chinese ratchets you see at the flea market or salvage yard for a dollar { i buy all i can get of these they have nice knurled handles at the very least for making tools from} knocked out the ratchet guts , weld the carrage bolt into the opening . saw off flush with ratchet face and sand or grind flat throw in fire and take a tapered square punch starting at 1/8 square and drive thru what was formally the thread end of the carriage bolt untill you achieve a 3/16 square measured at the very top of dome . since these carriage bolt are probally a lower carbon steel i case hardened the best i could with kasenite. now take some 1/4 inch square stock taper down to about 3/16 put in header about 3/8 above dome cut off and hit the top first and all four corners and walah a nail . like i said i love making stuff from other stuff , everything has multiple uses .

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my friend made a fullering tool using a slide hammer , about a 5.0 pound slider that also works that is a good idea you have there , plenty of room to pass thru with the angled trusses is that a lifting handle on side? plus what a clever way to straddle your anvil, it automatically centralizes the fixture