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hillbillyblacksmith

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  1. I enjoyed that, just wish it was longer. Thanks for posting it.
  2. I still say RR companies should get a fine for leaving junk laying everywhere to begin with, we would be so its only fair.
  3. Welcome to the side show, what part of the blue ridge are you from ?
  4. I was thinking brazing as well but if you want to stick with arc then I'd go with 7018's not as much penetration but smoother solid weld. maybe anyway, I haven't used an arc in about 6 years so the memory maybe foggy. :lol:
  5. In my opinion the rail road should be fined for leave junk laying around. I know if I was to leave 8 foot high stack of logs laying in my yard for years as well at large hunks of steel thousands on nails and sheet metal I would get a fine even though I own my land so they should too. whats fair is fair. just my two cents. B)
  6. It could be a problem maybe, maybe not but best not to risk it, what could be a bigger problem is the rocks you have inside the fire pot depending on what kind they are they could explode on you if they get to hot I know sandstone is bad about that. when I was little for fun we would place them in the camp fire and watch them pop. I would suggest fire brick, furnace cement, or refractory clay. just remember its always better to be safe then sorry even if it means spending a little extra time or money
  7. Looks like a old mining bit for automatic miners, guessing that its carbide tipped. I could be wrong but it looks like one I found at an old mine site that's diamond tipped.
  8. looks to me to be a stiletto dagger the three sides where for armor piercing. pretty sure that's what it is goggled a few before I replied too bad its not complete they seem to be worth a bit when they are old some date back to 17th century or more. either way nice find :)
  9. you never seen one of the big hydraulic crushing machines that leaves a neat square block of twisted metal when its done ? an anvil would be like butter in one of those.
  10. oh I did, and I made it clear to him that I would give him more then he would get from it as scrap
  11. congratulations that is a killer find. Now for a sad story of my own to bring the mood back down. Went to the scrap yard, and i asked if the had any anvils? Guy replies back; we had 3 of them but we just crushed them. man that sucked, What a world.
  12. yea, I have been reading a lot about the 55 but when I went to look for the original post on how to build it, it was missing or something but I have pretty much gave up on the large drum just gonna use it for a stand or something anyway I Think what I am going to do is just build a full table with a fire pot and flue.
  13. The messed part about that is not only is McDowell the leading coal producer its also the poorest county in the state. go figure.
  14. Here in WV since they started mountain top removal on a large scale as they are now there has been 3 times as many floods as normal as well as they are larger floods due to blocked streams backing up many of my friends lost their homes because of this but in reality it wouldn't be as bad if it was Americans doings all of this here. But the big "strip mines" as well call them here, has been bought out by Russians which as done more damage in two year then the American company did since they started the doing it i think back in 99 Anyway I'm just a hillbilly who loves his mountains and the people of this state more then money. The truth is they can get the same coal by underground mining that would also employ at lest twice more people cause it takes more to run underground then striping the mountain. all and all its just another way for big business to save money at the cost of the little man. I'm not trying to start a debate or a I'm right your wrong I was just say how i feel personally on the matter just giving my opinion on the matter. seeing as that I live right in the middle of the area this most concerns. p.s. every male member of my family has been a coal miner since they started mining coal in WV i even spent sometime in there myself. anyway that's all I'm gonna say on this subject politics and religion you should never talk about with strangers no ones gonna agree 100% And for you who don't know what is looks like google map where i live then look for a large gray and brown spot that's a strip mine bigger then any town or city around.
  15. I can get my hands on about anything to blow the air. The forge I have been using is a brake rotor with a hair dryer on cool air it works fine so I haven't bothered using anything else
  16. I agree with southshoresmith I live in southern WV and there is a lot of mountain top removal here kinda makes me sad really, a mine i don't mind much but destroying a whole mountain is just wrong. About 3/4 of the population in this area still use coal heat, I do and I wouldn't want any other kind plus i get great coal by the ton so have plenty for forging lol the last coal i bought was $172 for 4400lb it burns great leaves little ash and hits welding temp easily.
  17. yea, I've been going through the "show me your forge" thread and have been getting some ideas from there and I agree with you, I think I will just build one closer to what I have seen from others designs I think that would be an easier route then trying to build around what I have. Thanks a lot for your input
  18. i have a small one now but its not doing what i want it to do
  19. that is a 5 gallon bucket beside of it for size comparison
  20. yea, your most likely right cause this thing is massive it weighs about 50 to 60 pounds. I just came back from doing some forging work and i got to looking at the large brake drum and thought to my self I'm gonna have to have a big fire to get large pieces hot because of how deep the drum is. I think what i might do now is cut it with some torches to when its only about 3 inches deeps and then put it in the table but still open to any and all suggestions. When it comes to rotors I most likely can get my hands on any size I know a lot of people who run garages so any ideas on what would be best ? Thanks
  21. looks good but you might Want to change at lest that top pipe looks galvanized and if so it getting to hot can be toxic to you to breath the fumes just a suggestion
  22. Hey guys, I recently got my hands on the brake drum from a tandem coal truck, the inside area measures about 17" wide X 8" deep. Now my question is how big of a air inlet would I need for something this size the hole now is about 10" so I'm gonna have to put in a piece of plate steel and then cut a hole for the pipe fitting so what would be good? I'm guessing 2" would be to small? maybe 3"? I'm also thinking of building a 30"x30" steel table to place this in leaving about a inch above the table surface. any help would be appreciated. as would any other ideas you think i should try on the over all build. thanks
  23. it will work but it takes a lot of heating a bending to get it close enough to forge weld it together in to solid form, and yes i know exactly what you're saying about the metal and friends lol
  24. The same thing happen to me a few months back made some nice forge welded blades out of the springs and used the wood for handles. got to keep an open mind when it comes to what you can use
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