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here is what my niece and i have come up with for a steampunk wood stove for my smithy and a place to hide the t.v. and DVD player. it is made out of some of the lumber from my great grandfathers blacksmith shop. it is hanging in one corner of the ceiling and holds a 35" tv

It is in Kearney Nebraska at trails and rails museum.

Any time, we are installing the wood/coal stove and forge flue now. We have two shop forges that we are using now with out hoods there are ten foot ceilings and good venting with the north and south doors that we do not have much of a smoke problem. Will be nice when the brick forge is in though. We will be holding a spring and fall prairie blacksmiths hammer in at the shop. Right now they are set for November and march.

Here are some pics of the museum blacksmith shop I am building. It has been a while. Started on it this summer it is 50'x30' all material is from three old barns. One was a blacksmith shop and is the planking on the inside walls, front doors, and line shaft and pedastal grinder. The power hammer, anvil and some other equipment are now in I will post more pics after brick forge is done.

You need to know your city codes and laws also, it it illegal to dumpster dive in my town.

my edwards shear is a light blue was in the same blacksmith shop from new (1910) to when i got it out in 2012. the old style little giants where green from the factory, the closest color Sid has found to original is shamerock green.

I was taught not to quench the corners after heating them, just heat bend and let cool. I was told that the quenching destroys the sound, because it makes the corners different than the rest of the triangle. you can tune after it is made to, to tune ajust the size of the opening between the legs, smaller or larger th change the pitch, i don't remember what way you go to make a higher or lower pitch.

well so somebody answers your question, you are in thurman new york acoring to this form. why no one else can see that i do not know but it comes up under your member and post that you are from thurman. so as for your question, you can use a mix of portland and vermiculite in a 2 to 1 mix. 2 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland, mix it fairly thick and spread it at least 3/4" to 2" thick. you can slop it some to the air gate to make more of a ducks nest for your fire. you can also ask around thurman new york where you are from acording to this form if there is a blacksmiths club around or close to thurman new york where you are from. there might be someone by thurman new york that is doing a forge lining class or has lined a forge and will drive to thurman new york where you live and help you out.

150# peter wright, 130# peter wright $300 2012 147# hay-budden farriers #250 2012

Pretty xxxxxxx cool, just clear coat it.

i just took the difference off the legs from the stand design i was using to fit my anvil hight and the finish hight i wanted. someone already fixed the wheel i don't need to fix it again just make it work for me.

It is all up to you. It is yours. I have two with the body painted. And one plain steel and one polished.

For what I know claying your pan was to protect the pan from cracking. Mostly the cast iron pans. It was cast into some pans to protect the company from liability . Most never needed clay it was when someone cooled the pan down to fast or dumped a lot of water on a hot fire. As for your spike it is probable from 1850 or newer sence gold was first found in 1850 in colorado.

One other tip given to me and this is not just for upsetting, make a pee can and have it next to the slack tub. The small stream that comes out really helps to isolate the heat. The pee can is made from a coffee can or a bean can can be any size can. You take the can and put a handle on it then punch or drill a quarter inch hole in the side at the bottom of the can. Fill can and let it pee into the slack tub then put your steel under the stream where you want it cooled off.

Thanks macbruce

Will a v belt work, is it correct that the pulley size on the motor will set the rmp?

i am saying that the shaft is 1.25 to 1.5 inches thick and the shaft is 3 to four foot long. it came from my wifes great grand dads black smith shop. he ran it off a line shaft. i was thinking a 3/4 horse motor but i am stumped on what type of belt to use with the flat pulley on the shaft and what size of pulley to use on the motor.

In my thought that is why you have space around your anvil and don t have alot of stuff hanging on your stump, that way you can get to any position you need or another anvil set up to work from.

i tried to attach the pic from the post nebr. barn find pics from tools form but my i pad will not let me do it.

pictures are on camera will post tomorrow. i want to say shaft size is 1.25" or 1.5" will get true size in the morning. there are pics on the nebraska barn find post.

What is an average wheel size for a three foot tall pedastal grinder? I am rebuilding an Omaha iron store pedastal grinder and am getting ready to set it up.

What size of motor do you use and are you using multiple v belts or a small flat belt? What size of pulley are you using on the motor for a weir wheel and a buffing wheel?

quick60 pole barn style buildings are all over the mid-west. you will get a faster rot by putting your post in concrete ( gives a path down the post where water can not get away) than doing the traditional of putting a concrete pad or 4 to 6 inches of rock in the bottom of the hole to set the post on, letting the water run away from the post. it looks like he was using treated 4x4 also.

iron woody he is asking if he can use a bull pin ( an ironworkers hole lining tool beat into a bolt hole in a steel beam with a sledge hammer) for a tomahawk eye drift. and he wants to make a tomahawk out of a ball-pein hammer head. spang your 7/8 bull pin will work but remember it will make a round hole and you will want to drift the top more than the bottom so you have a tapered hole like on a froe.

i am with you on having new, then you can dress the anvil how you want it not work around everything you don't want. but it is kind a fun working with a 100 to 150 year old anvil. you would think that with all the new technology that a new anvil would be far superior to the old anvils. there are a lot of great anvils on the market now. it would be nice to know who the next hay-budden , trenton or peter right will be. i guess time will tell