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781,
I used the barrel as found with one hole in the side, two in the lid, your advice works great, it took two burns sorting thcharcoal from the un-charred but I do have about 50-60% yield. Now to look for local discard bins at contruction sites.

781,
I used the barrel as found with one hole in the side, two in the lid, your advice works great, it took two burns sorting thcharcoal from the un-charred but I do have about 50-60% yield. Now to look for local discard bins at contruction sites.

781, I'm adjusting as I type.....the pipes were actually clogged with pine tar- like substance, and very crispy pine tar-like substance. Took them off, stood the barrel on end, re-lit through the hole the pipes ran out ofin the lower side, I'm letting it burn for a while before plugging the two holes in the lid. Of course there is always room for CM#3, hope it doesnt take as many attempts as WD40 (the true cologne).

Drat.....although I kinda expected it, about 1/4 of the wood charred. Made about a 1/2 gallon of pine tar in the meantime. I bet my fire wasnt wide enough or long lasting enough by a couple hours and the cement block stand was what I had on hand, it limited the coverage of flame-to-barrel. I'll try agin in a couple weeks, using a stand built of pipe instead of the block.

Well, we'll see what's in the drum tomorrow. Filled it with pine 2x4 scrap, it gassed at about 45 minutes and continued for about 2 1/2 hours, I kept the fire fed for about 2 hours with same scrap pine. It worked as supposed to I guess.....The mouse family living in my Lively style forge has been displaced, rather than burned out.

"Not in the worst condition, but still needs a bit of a tidy-up!"
Yer killin' me, go get the other one too!

Anvil A has no pritchel hole? Must have been in the service of The Crown for quite a while, nice one!

I bought a Majestic 2 burner a month ago and fired it up within 15 minutes. It heats very quickly, a RR spike to white hot in about 3-4 minutes with both burners going. Have not had the time to mess with it for serious work yet. I bought it for winter use, outside, I figure I'll put my anvil a few inches in front of it so it captures some heat instead of being air temp when pounding.

Lots of cash but it's a brand new quality anvil. No sudden stops please!

ebay anvil in california at a very low start bid, not perfect, but a decent beginner's anvil My link

Wow!! Wow and wow again, very sweet..........and I've been looking all over the place to buy one.....maybe in a few years I can attempt it! Nice work, and my wife has not seen it........she doesnt have the $$ to hire you!

I saw a beat up 50 lb anvil today, marked with a '50' between the feet under the horn and a six-pointed star with a circle inside on the anvil's waist. I thought it might be a Star brand but they used a five point star. Idea's?

I have one that I leave outside under a tarp. I sprayed it down with penetrating oil then I rubbed it with marine-grade bearing grease and it seems to prevent rust. I'll rub the table and horn with a rag dampened with a degreaser before using it, doesnt seem to affect whatever I pound on the table, and I spray it again after use. Nuttin' like a pretty anvil!

It looks like something made in Mordor for an Orc master to use. Ask JRRR Tolkien!

Very nice work and creativity, but wouldnt an oak stump work just as well?.......Good job!

What type of steel would be best used for a good ringing quality dinner triangle chuckwagon whatchamacallit?

For sentimental reasons I'd love to find a Wilkinson 'round here. My first razor blades were Wilkinson's, bought for me by my Dad, a while ago.

It works fine so far but I have not 'used' it much except screwing around seeing what it'll do on some scrap steel. The refractory material is the key, one could shape it anyway they want using almost anything as a frame. A .50 cal or 40mm ammo can comes to mind!!

Start off at what you need to get out of it. If you paid $300 @ 2 lb, cleaned the crap off of it, sell it for $350 or more, that's reasonable. If you think you can get more, great!
As with anything else, if you think it's worth what you paid for it and you are happy to sell for whatever, all is good.

I used to do a fair amount of parkerizing. Temp was always under 210 degrees, around 195 worked best for the solution I was using, from Brownells.

I had recently purchased this anvil. I am not sure of the manufacturer of the anvil. I believe it to be a Peter Wright. I would appreciate it if anyone could assist in Identifying the anvil,and maybe dating it.

Thanks

I would extremely doubt they used O1 in that use case!

I found a flower-pot propane furnace locally and bought it on a whim, maybe for casting stuff. In it's normal position it would get about 4" of a mower blade orange in 3 minutes, with a crumbling 3" cover in place. I set it on it's side and fired it up, cover leaning against it: I was able to flatten/straighten a 16" John Deere mulching blade in about 8 minutes. That's cool! The blade is maked '01T', anyone know if that's for 01 Tool steel?
Gonna get cold here in a month or two, maybe propane is the way to go through the winter.......

I've heard he got tired of being ripped-off by internet "I don't have to pay no money" for his video. Really soured him I guess, dont blame him a bit.

I'm thinking 2 skinning knives out of each blade, cutting the blade along the mounting holes to form the handle tang. They'll end up with a 3 or 4" blade.
Hey Pete46, Hattiesburg huh? Ya'll let us know if you see Favre down there playing hooky from the Vikings!
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