irontwister

hey im just a noob, but it realy sounds like a hay-buddenn anviljust found out i have one, but i cant get pictures on it but ill try again tonight.the hay's have letters on the side with the horn on the right.

do they still make hay_budden anvils?

there is the hour glass indent on the bottom just like thomas said. there is also another handling hole.where should the cerial number be i took pivtures and there on my facebook, but there not on here because i couldnt figure out how to download them on here. how do you do it?

yeah ive been wire brusing it, but ive not oiled it any. you can tell that it has some writing on the right side. how do you keep it from rusting? wd-40?

beneath the horn there is an indent in it. its is hard to explain, but ill try, it is kinda like a pyramid or a wedge shape going toward the inside. i took pictures last night, but my memory card was fulll so by the time i got to it i coyuldnt take anymore. i ll get it though.another feature is the middle of theanvil, i think that it is called the body,there is a line running horizontally. i think that they call it the forge weld or athe cast line or weld. i dont know but ive seen it on other hay buddens.what do you guys think?

i have an anvil about a #165 or a 175. very fairly sure that it is a hay budden. it appears to have some kind of writinggoing in a circluar pattern on the side where the horn is pointing to your right.it looks a LOT like a hay-budden also.how do i know. also i think that sears roebuck made my vice. how do i know about both? will pictures help?:confused

the bike idea sounds pretty neat. i have seen ones that are used by foot and i thought that was the neatest thing ever.. on the i foge iron blueprints there is one for a blower made from a dryer fan. i have one so i think that i am gonna try that first. i realy need an electrical blawer though.any suggestions on thebike ideas. id like one that can be operated by foot?

that may be it. the rod bein too small for the hole.i had it break the handle before too. why di dthat happen?

unicorn forge,
i looked at texaas knife supply and saw some i might order and try. im realy good at wrapping stuff with cord or string, if i do say so myself. where do you guys get your cord, if you even get it?

thomas,
ive tried a brazing rod, and i still couldn't do it! my wood cracked and the rod just bent in the middle. what are you talkin about epoxy?

i got it almost done last night. i got the "table" that you pile the coal around the fire welded on. then i fired up the torch and cut the steel off the top of the fire pot. little did i know that i forgot my slag chipping fiberglass -rubber handled hammer in the fire pot.i thought the fire in the pot was just some residue burning off and i didnt think anything about it. busted out the square with some thick walled 2 inch pipe, which im also using for the air intake, because i couldnt find the hammer close by.yeah that'll aggrevate a fellar. my uncle came out to make a foddershock(cornstalk) and came over and looked and laughed and laughed and called me a rookie.is that pipe too small?pics by friday.

what kind of fan?

oh yeah. do you know any of there names? the more i look the more i find. its pretty neat because i canjust ask them for advice. in fact i just found an old farrier that i believed to be dead. turns out he lives near some of my family. he had his nose bit off by a horse. he sold some of his equipment to my grandpa a long time ago , which in turn gave it to me when he learned that i wanted to be a smith. think the anvil i got was a big hay-budden.(smiles.)

ive tried to make handles before, but i cant rivet them. how do you rivet it without a fly press. do you just use brass or copper pieces?

to make a bottom for the ash dumper did you just cut a plate and weld it too something that let you open and close it?

thats something like im going to do. can i make it out of about 3 inch pipe?wouldn't that work? i might make it as the ash dumper isnt long so you cant have air getting trapped in there. i dont know if it matters though.

yeah a little confused. ill have to see the dimmer before i can figure it out. once i see it itll be one of those " oh... yeah, thats easy." kinda deals. its my stepdad that is the journeyman, and he taught me residentyial wiring. he teaches classes on it so i also get free books on it and sometimes goes to his classes. im either working on my blower , or welding my forge the rest of the way. i also have to cut out the part to lay my coal lke the table on the forge.weld hangers and stuff on it too. i bet a fellar could really make a killin on makin coal forges. i saw some on centaur forge, and they were all 1,000 and better, easy . they were nice, but not too nice. there not that hard to make either. you guys should see my new forge im makin. its amazing. hopefully pics soon.

thats pretty neat stuff. im gonna make some out of re bar. pics soon gotta cut it short see yall later.

how do i hook up the dimmer switch? is it just wiring it like i would put it through the middle of the wire? thanks,
irontwister(willie)

everbody,
you guys are so helpful. i cut out the hole... with a cold chisel. it was a little tedious at first. after about 10 minutes i drilled holes around the circle about an inch apart. that made it a lot neater and easier and neater. the forge is not for me, so im not gonna put too much money into it. its for my uncle dave. he already has an anvil to. my great grandpa was one of 4 blacksmiths in my family and he has his anvil. i only knew one. my uncle matt thomas (thomas work blacksmithing and woodworking). but anyway back to the topic,i might hammer on the lip of the drum because i do want it flush. gonna probably bend the lips down on some pipeto make the twyere. are there any schematics on the "coal plumbing" the pipes for air and to clean it out?

how do i hook it up to it?:

what do you think if i took a 55 gallon drum and cut a big piece out of the side, and a hole in the top for the brake drum. the hole in the side would let you clean it after i put the "coal plumbing" in it. i could cut the hole about 2 foot by 4 foot and leave the bottom part about one foot from each side and fill the bottom with concrete. i think ill do that. ill get pictures too. yeah im really likin that idea. its really hard to explain it with out a picture.any ideas ill check the site tonight before i do it.thanks.

wow, that looks nice how long didit take you to make it?

its made by coleman. i gues that they are big in heating and ac. iI know that there is a way to slow the fan down, but how. prety much taking the rpms down i think.any ideas? really appreciate you guys. thanks

oh that sucks for you guys. west virginia( united states of america)is rich and famous for coal. we ship it over seas for big money, but we dont see any of that money.the only good thing is that it creates jobs for wv families. out of state companies get the big bucks. do you guys make your own charcoal?