Ulric

Fc, no worries on that. Just wanted to get some idea on time frame and found the lack of communication irksome. I had sent the request/order on the 9th, it's the 19 and the only 'contact' I've received has been the invoice. Not so much worried about being 'cheated' as a 3+ week wait for the order.

Do you recall how he shipped the item, Ie: Parcel Post or ? Not an...automated so much as some kind of response/information. 'Paid' the invoice sunday, sent an email asking for status info/eta Wednesday.

I'm curious, who may have ordered items from Larry Zoeller/Zoller Forge... What kind of response/turn around time did you have?

....far on a limb, perhaps a grape shooter. Ie: Think potato gun/cannon, but just use air pressure instead of flamable materials.

I have no clue on the actual orifice size of the tip... was one we dug up out misc collection of stuff at a cousins. In order to use the blunt mig tips, I either had to use a compression fitting or fab something to hold it... they're too small to fit the brass nipple. I'm kicking around the idea of cutting off 2-3 inches off the 1" pipe, putting on a reducing bell and going to a 3/4 pipe and see how it goes/what happens. We... played around with it a tad last night, cousin wanted to see it in action. Used it to heat of a brand he had, and branded some picnic tables & benches he'd made. On a whim, I took the 'flare' off and ignition point was within 1/16-1/8th the end of the pipe.

Give him some doubt, think of all the various 'experts' in other various fields that we've encountered at one time or another. Has every mechanic, contractor etc been honest and truthful? Sure he may have handled it wrong, but as you stated yourself... he's a kid. Don't take it personal and realize he's a product of the environment around him.

Started with a 12" black iron pipe (1" diameter), cap and 1"-1 1/4" flare... Thought the nipple, tip wouldn't be much a problem to find locally... uhg. You can find a brass one, but forget sch 80 black... welding tips, just the small, blunt mig tips. Found out in my search, that many of the small supply shops have closed up and disappeared in the current ecoomic situation. So I sallied forth... went with the brass nipple, and dug up a # acetelyne tip cut it down... threaded the nipple and the cut tip. I had originaly drilled and cut 4 slots at 1/2 x 1 1/2 in approx (cut with an angle grinder) after cutting the pipe down to 9 inches.. That seemed to..run oddly, so I cut 2 pieces out, making 2 large (and rough) slots. Smoothed them out a bit as best I could. Unfortunately ignition is 1-3 inches into the pipe instead of the flare. Was...interesting to play with and try to build, think I'm going to order a couple nipples and tweco tips online. Pics are included for the heck of it, 1 P1 @ zero register of guage, 2 & 4 at 5psi, pic 3 approx 1.5-2psi

My strongest impression, is serious overkill for popping the cap off a bottle. :0)

Part cleaning out/reorganizing the barn. Those were stacked in a drum, with several decades of rotting leaves etc. Cleaning em up, sell em next town festival or something and/or use with other projects.

Go for it, and I have to give Tim Lively the credit for the idea. :-) It will crack, how much etc dependent on how stable/solid the container and stand are. It's easily 'fixed' or 'patched' up by adding/smoothing on fresh mix. Just make a bit more than you need, and keep it in bucket, if it starts to dry out, add a bit of water and stir it around a tad.

Hemingray 34's? (Looks like the ones in the big group?)

Excellent idea, I've got a load of those things ive been trying to clean up.

Just a hammer head, but was suprised to find a mark on the side.

Ring for a really big wind chime.

Didn't have a chainsaw available at the time, only took 45 minutes to saw that sucker. I figure if our ancestors did it, I could at least do it once...and for a 'hand saw' it's pretty darn big. :-)

Have a lot of wood to convert to charcoal, but stand quality was/is hardy. Lot of pine, most the oak tends to rot out the center before the trees fall. Roamed around the 'pasture' a bit, and found a log that's large enough, has minimal splits and no rot. So I'll probably be trying this first, it's a rough 13-15" diameter.

What about when you get the light bill? :-)

I've got squat for welding exp & materials for welding a stand, but plenty of wood. With that in mind, Im thinking of two designs possibilities. Both are a rectangular 'box' of 2x12's, filled with concrete. 1 design, involves sinking a 3" pipe 2-3' in the ground, approx 15" above ground. Bolts/anchors can be sunk into the top (of the concrete) to be used to anchor the anvil down. Properly done this should make a relatively stable base and allow the anvil to the snugged down fairly tight... if I need to take the anvile somewhere it'd be a matter of removing the nuts from the anchor, lifting the anvil and then lifting the 'box' from the core. Alternative to using the anchor/bolts up top....is run a pair of smaller pipes through the box sides, to tie to as anchors. Again, if it's done right, it should be possible to loosen the anchors, pull the two pipes out and lift the box off the core, if I need to take it somewhere. The central pipe functions as reinforcement to a degree, an provides stability as well as an anchor to the ground. Based on rough (inner) dimensions of 12x9x20, it gives me a rough final weight around 250#+

Just...aquired 100# (approx) mousehole

Your links look to be working for me... however ebay on the other hand. I've got two... here in texas im watching, trying to guess what the darn reserve is and to see if there's a sudden rush on em.

Vulcan & mousehole(?) in E-bay, pick-up in seguin. Vulcan http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-Vintage-VULCAN-ANVIL-Insignia-/320586939891?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa4787df3 Mousehole http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Anvil-M-H-ARMITAGE-MOUSEHOLE-FORGE-c-1854-1875-/320586946360?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa4789738

Got some possums and a fairly large, 3 legged racoon that it appears I share the space with. So far he seems content with the current arrangment, don't think I really want to get into a discourse over ownership with the furry bugger. ...course he may be hoping for some shiny bits to run off with.

Haven't gotten anywhere near that far with it yet. Cleaning some easier stuff up first, to try to unload at the next 'heritage holiday'. Telephone insulators, bottle openers etc.

Not Blacksmith stuff, but... a little aged

Funny you say that, several family members have been hoping that a hurricane or fire it would take it out. So I've spent my time rebuilding and shoring it up. The old tools etc I dug up helped rekindle my interest and led to me to building the little forge.