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Charles, method of praying doesn’t matter as long as it is done. And thank you all - he’s feeling good enough now to complain about his intubeation. They only have monitors like heart, pulse, oxygen on him - no assistance for anything is needed. He’s a tough old bird - turns out that a hole had opened up in the membrane supporting the intestines and a short section had fallen into it. They pulled it out, stitched the hole, and did not find any necrosis- they are going back in tomorrow just to be sure as these kinds of issues are not too be taken lightly. Prayers have definitely helped - thank you again.

Chirpy is a laboratory test that requires one independent variable for the scientific method -in this case, amount of energy lost in striking the sample is the independent variable. I once read a master's thesis for a metallurgist wherein more than 800 samples were tested. As you know, toughness is the resistance to tearing. Thomas is right - hardness is only one thing to consider. When selecting blade steels, how the blade is to be used should drive the steel choice using hardness, toughness, strength, ductility, corrosion resistances , etc should be part of the steel selection process. Put simply: Strength measures the resistance of a material to failure, given by the applied stress (or load per unit area) Toughness measures the energy required to crack a material; it is important for things which suffer impact Increasing strength usually leads to decreased toughness Tempered steel is tougher but less strong than after quenching.

Thank s for the prayers. They are working. He’s out of surgery and he did great. Fixed the issue in time before cells had started to die from loss of blood. They had been talking ICU because of his age, but he did so well, they are putting him in progressive care. Keep the prayers coming for the quick recovery and release from the hospital. He’s already tilled his garden and started his cool weather plants, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and has some lettuce and spinach in a hot bed. So, he needs to get out and take care of it. Also, he still heats with wood, so my brother and I will be tending his wood fired boiler for a bit He wIll be in recovery room until early this morning, so everyone is going to bed now. So, thanks again and keep ‘em coming. Thanks Lionel H and glad to hear it wasn’t cancer. Sent a prayer out for his recovery. Psalm 41:3. “The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.”

Thanks. He’s in surgery now, so it’s a waiting game now.

Father is 86. Went into hospital with lots of abdominal pain. Has twisted bowel. Surgery in about an hour. While everything else is good, heart, blood, etc, surgery at 86 is never easy. I would appreciate a quick prayer for Dad.

Can’t wait to see what you’ll hang from the left hand you make next.

All kinds of ways to get 3 phase running on single phase Knew a fellow that pull started like a lawn mower the motor to get it spinning and then used a bank of capacitators to keep it going until it started creating its own third phase Also phase converters, and other methods Google is your friend

Won’t have to nibble your nails now.

Yes, in a boat, with a goat. Not with a Fox in Sox. Haven’t you ever heard of people speaking of how good the anvil didd? Where do you think the term “I didd it” comes from? lastly, from Marvin K. Mooney,would you please go now”? - “Go I said, and go I meant. The time had come, so Marvin went.”

Why yes it is. It is where Dr. Suess based the Kingdom of Didd for his story, “Bartholomew and the Oobleck”.

(With apologies to Thomas) Value is driven by its location. Are you in Kazickstan, Indonesia, Australia, etc. ? Put your location in and you’ll get better answers. Even around the US price will vary. It is a great deal regardless at $50

I think Das should name her Ferrous. Congrats! My daughter is in college now and likes iron.

Y’all are starting to get my goat. This could go on until the cows come home. As long as things don’t get fishy, I’m ok with it.

And to all a good night

I, too, was saddened to read this. Prayers sent for you and your family. May it bring comfort to all of you

Or Parton or Madison

Just got this little guy. It is 14 inches tall and the fire pot is 14 inches in diameter. As you can tell, it was being used at some point because of the cement in the pot. It has no markings on it, so I was looking for suggestions on who might have manufactured it. Thanks

Over the years, I have seen a number of manufacturers anvils within about a 100 mile radius. I have 2 Star anvils, 4-5 Mouseholes, 4-5 Hay-Buddens, 2-3 Vulcans, a Kohlswa, 5-6 Peter Wrights, 1 Acme, 1Trenton, and 2 Fishers that I can remember. Virginia does have its share of anvils, but haven’t seen a pattern as to preferences. The only “preference” I have noticed is that the older anvils, like the Mouseholes, are generally found in older populated areas that have been inhabited since the 1700’s to early 1800’s whereas the Fishers, Stars, Peter Wright’s were in areas that population growth occurred from around 1820-1850. The rest were in the more urban areas of the Commonwealth.

James, it might be awhile, but I might have an extra shaft. I bought two broken blowers ( with different problems) to try and make one that does work. If it turns out I have two good worm shafts, I’ll let you know. As with others in this post, repairing these is not currently at the top of the heap.

At Colonial Williamsburg the blacksmiths make their taps first with a file. Once satisfied with the tap and hardened it, they punch an undersized hole, about the size of the diameter of the tap without the threads, in the piece to be used as a die, then heat up the die plate and run the tap through it while hot to cut the threads. There is a paper titled “Screw-Thread Cutting by the Master-Screw Method since 1480” available from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31756/31756-h/31756-h.htm that should answer some of the questions.

The 1688 is stamped in the upper right of the shield. The 1 and two 8’s are pretty legible, but the 6 took a good flour dusting to be sure I was seeing it right. Got a couple of others to look at it to be sure. I feel very fortunate.

If you measure the dimensions of the face, the total length, and the height, then look at the 1914 hay budden catalog on this site, you can get a better estimate of its weight

Been looking for a large stump anvil for a while. Found this one, sold some things and bought it. Is European, weighs 97 pounds and is dated 1688. The face is four inches wide. With the exception of a couple of inches of missing Horn, is in great shape for a 329 year old!