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Great idea. I want to make some copper ware like a cup or pot, but don't know where to get the copper other than using copper sheet used for roofing.

Mike, where do you get copper bar like that? Both this one and the other piece are really nice...

Maybe an ice hatchet? I've got one, but the front blade is not square, but rounded - the layout of the blades (about same length and widths), and the back half are the same.

Looks like a sawyer's anvil..like the one in this photo Link removed at the request of that sites owner.

How about aluminum arrows for the tube? Would that work?

I have been messing around with some sheet copper and sorta made some bowls that really take some time finishing to look nice. Was wondering if anyone has a suggestion for good books on working with copper or coppersmithing. Thanks for any help!

Y'all is not redneck speak...it is good ol' boy speak. BIG difference 'tween a redneck and a good ol' boy. Folks high and low in social status use it, as Gerald put it, primarily in the South. Plural is "all y'all". As my ancestors came from Germany in the early 1700's, I don't mind his use of it all, y'all. :D

Well, here's the math.....(if you want to be exact) Cylinder (Rod) Volume = length x Area of circle (pi times diameter squared all divided by four) length 1 inch diameter 0.375 inches Volume 0.110391 cubic inches For a rectangular solid, Volume = length times width times height So, to figure out the width, the formula becomes Width = Volume divided by the Length times the Height Width = .110391/(1*.125) Width => 0.883125 inches which is a little bit more than 7/8 of an inch wide

Also check with other heavy iron friends you may have such as the steam and gas engine crowd. I've had success getting a 700 pound engine from Nebraska to Virginia via two relays and it was less than $150 because they were coming this way. They are used to heavy iron.

What a beauty! I know you and your wife are proud....my petite thirteen year old daughter is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds! I can still remember when she fit on my arm with her hips by my elbow and her head in my palm! Enjoy her.....they are wonderful creatures...a bit trying at times, but wonderful nevertheless.......

Nice picture and nice work.

It is a Peter Wright based on what I know from Postman's Anvils in America. The hole in the bottom and the square holes in the sides were "handling" holes used while it was being forged. Not sure about the others.

Growing up, we always used them for splitting firewood. Always had a couple around......still do, as Dad still heats with wood. Maybe I should give it go cutting railroad rail!

It does look like a PW and I believe I can make out most of the words "Solid Wrought" in a circle around where the "O" is stamped

Price really depends on application and who needs it...I had a 5 port mechanical oiler that was specific to a type of Fairbanks Oil Field Engine that I sold for $400. Then I had a dual port mechanical oiler that was used on a number of different manufacturers' machines, and it was only worth $75 as it was more common.

I was in a Northern Tool store yesterday and they had 2 sizes of the cast iron ASO

That looks like either an Atlas or south bend....probably Atlas.

Nice one!

Mr. Turley, the Herefordshire School of Technology has rearranged their website. I found that out when I used your link. The new location of the "Blacksmith's Craft" is here: http://www.hct.ac.uk/Downloads/cp_blacksmith.html

It's for the anvil linked in your first post. The hay budden catalog is on this site....just search for "Hay budden catalog" and you'll find it.

well, if we assume the hardy hole is 7/8 inch, the anvil scales out to around a 13-inch long face a bit less than 4 inches wide. According to the hay-budden catalog that was posted here a while back, that would make this anvil around 100# ....if it is a 1-inch hardy, it would be around a 15-inch long face about 4-inches wide, which would make around 125-150#

One of my goals in life is to cooper a wooden bucket, making everything, including the iron bands and rivets.....someday....

Here's a good link for information on coopering a barrel and the tools (its where I got the croze picture) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flbbm/heritage/cooper/barrelmaking.htm

well, the cutter is for a curved plane called the Croze....I have several of them and when I get home, I'll take a photo, Basically, the diameter of the barrel sets the curve of the Croze, and the cutter is held at the right height to cut the groove for the head or bottom. There is a guide that fits in the barrel to hold it in the curve as the cutter cuts the groove. here's a picture of one I found on the internet. .

I know Randy McDaniel can make them as I watched him do it last year at a demo....I know he posts on here, so maybe he could help in your quest.