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thank you to all who have given their time and faught or/and severed this country of ours. you never hear it enough.
again, thank you!!
matt o

the hopes are to have it running off the line shaft at the museum as it sounds we may buy one new wheel. what do you us to relaminate the buffing wheels?

thomas how do i know if the new old wheels are ok. i found them in a work bench.

as for the edwards i am thinking along the same lines for mounting it. someone told me the saw one that was ran with a hydro cylinderand a foot plate. would beat standing behind it with that 6' handle.

we'll just say you almost could of bought both blowers. your stake plate was not that far off in price.

sounds like you could give john henry a run for his money.lol... :P

here is my latest anvil and stand
the anvil is a 10" by 10" 200lb chunk of i don't know what. it has a 3" long x 7" round base that fits into the hole i cut in the top plate of the stand.

the stand is a piece of i don't know what, but is 7" tall by 16" round by 2.5" thick the top plate is 5/8 inch thick, the legs are 2.5" heavy wall tube just need feet on them. the stand is weighing in at 165lb alone. the anvil is set at 26" off the ground. will make a great striking anvil. i just need to find something for a 1" hardy hole. the machine shop here wants $200 to put a 1" hole down the center(round) $350 to put a 1" square hole down the center.

nghtmrknife how was pounding the rail spikes in

Might be markings on the front leg below the jaw. Sometimes a date and or weight stamp. Could be something under the mounting bracket on the rear leg.

your on the right track. if they don't move or move hard it is time to take them apart. i got tw blowers at an auction both worked well but still tok them apart and heavy cleand them. never hurts. the old grease in the lancaster can be what is making it turn hard. grease is a dust magnet. the buffalo only one way to find out. it could be mud dobbers, mice, old grease, no old grease or oil, who knows (you will soon.) you can try a can of coke to help free up rusted parts. works but not always. have fun and post pics and let us know what you find.

the mount is like a columbian but could be a remake. does it have a coil spring around the screw box? wouls be a good way to have a spring.

quick, plasma cutter or torch, long hammer and chisel.

dablcksmith thanks for the info the i think the riviter was for leather also, the original owners built the shop around 1890 give or take, the home stedders son had a big steam tractor and did custom thrashing. they worked on their own equipment and the neighbors. all i know on the grinder is what is on it. on the base the side opposite the omaha iron store co is cast omaha nebr.

with the edwards do you mount it on the floor or can you make a stand to mount it onto?

try a piece of 1" square tubing first if you have a thicker wall tubing your hardy will fit in it then the hardy with the tubing on it will fit your 1" hardy hole. saving you from tacking a piece or two on your hardy and saving your anvil wear from the weld.

looks good. even with a lot of mile if you keep them oiled the gears will last with little wear. just proves alittle regular maintance goes along way.

i would tell you all what i bought them for but i don't know if any of you might have a heart condition

sorry the pics load huge. the pics of the post drill are after i got it mounted. i think it is alittle high, it sucks mounting a 350lb 6 foot drill by yourself. guess i will make a step box to slide out from under it when using it.

there is one other difference from the tiger, i cleaned and repainted it. it was the closes to the bench when i had time to start cleaning one up.

here are two blowers i picked up at an auction a month a go. the first is a tiger it is not cleaned up yet but works great. i know it is canedy otto's economy line now the next one i don't know who the maker is and would like help finding out,
the blower is just like the tiger except where it mounts is slightly different. and the stand is more like a champion lancaster mount. my lancaster has the same style but is a four sided mounting arm not a stand. could it be a champion blower?

here are the pics from my barn find in buffalo county nebraska, everything is wire brushed and all lettering marked with yellow paint so it will stand out better. here is a pic of the barn it was a 20x30 foot shop
omaha iron store pedistal grinder there are 5 grinding wheels also
edwards shear # 10 b the handle is 5 or 6 foot long
step rivit punch
weaver jack the t handle steers the front wheels
last up a canedy otto new 16 post drill in my last post on this find i listed it as a new 10 went at it with a wire brush and it is a new 16
all the bits in the picture where hanging behind the drill just missing 14.
now does anyone know anything about or know where i can look for info on the riviter, the pedistal grinder or the shear, there was also 40ft of line shaft still on the ceiling with extra maple pulleys and leather belts.

you can use a 80 or 120 grit flapper disk to. then prime it will help the paint stick to the new metal better

looks good the leather strap is what my great great great grandfather used on his cotton wood stump. the next one you build you might try using a back strap and a smaller front strap instead of cutting all the little loops you keep the front strap solid and make the loops.

they are from iowa

thanks for the thoughts, i have a large screw house jack that i can set it on. to help move it up and down. i might try to rig a chain fall above where it will be mounted. i'm 140 lb, it is around 275 lb need all the help i can get to put it in place.

what hight should i have my canedy otto #10 post drill off the ground? ground to bottom bracket? as soon as i get my pics i will post.

you can lay a small layer of concrete as a base for the wood block floor then use a light sand layer on top of the concrete for packing and keeping the blocks level