greg

I think the little feller needs a pig snout and tail.....

Yup, You hit the nail right on the head ....... The sad thing is a lot of the time I am the poor slob that has to make estimating errors work in the field ...well written and I am going to pass this along to one of our young estimators.

The worst oops gotcha I have done to myself involved a mig welder a set of railings that I was tacking together no glove and a wedding ring ....Any one that tells ya'll that gold is not a great conductor of heat and electricity is full of it. I have the second degree burns and the scar on my ring finger to prove otherwise lesson well learned.

Yup, it is a brake spring tool

Mill scale =rust at some point :angry: I have found it best to remove as much as you can before applying any primer or top coat

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ACETONE WORKS WONNDERS ON RUSTED STUFF

O.A is the way I learned from one of my old trade school teachers He told all of us that if you can gas weld everything else easily falls into place Hate to say it the old dude had a very accurate point .

Shame it ain't armed it sure would add a whole new twist to road rage :D

Hate to see a fine pile of anvils Rusting like a pile of scrap iron :(

antlers gone wild

Randy, During the winter I work for a steel service center by the name of Fay Industries .They are located in Strongsville Ohio www.fayindustries.com From working there I can tell you that 1018 cf definitely is not a problem they stock sizes from 1/8'' to 4'' as a rule. I Have cut stuff for them as large as 18'' in diameter.One nice thing about this place is they do service some areas in Pa .via truck and definitely by U.P.S MIght be worth a call to see If they might be of some help

Got two Metabos that have been kicking around the shop for about 9 years .I have tried every brand from a to z and Meatobo seems to be the best bang for the buck.

My kind of solution for twisting simple and lacks moving parts consider Your Ideal borrowed

I think there is still a working Blacksmith shop just outside of down town Millersburg I think the name is Charm forge

I had a trade school teacher 28 years ago before he would let us touch a machine tool he had us make a 123 block and the jaws for a gear puller using a file and a hacksaw. His point at the time was for us to develop a feel for the material we were using. At the time I did not get his point but to this day I can still use a file with a great degree of accuracy.Now when I pick up a file I can still hear his thick German accent saying "xxxx you guys must feel the material "

Hello, my name is Greg,I found this site a few weeks ago and I love it lots of GREAT info and discussions.