jimw

I recently moved from the southern tier of new york to hotlanta. I just threw anvils, vises, and tongs in the back of my pickup truck and off I went!

41st and havorford? 16th police district, lol

I sense the imminent demise of a mouse...

Ted is one of the nicest people I have ever talked to. He is totally a class act. My prayers are with you, Ted. I am stuart, on a friend's computer!

Some guy asked me if I shoe horses. I said "I shoo horses, but only if they bring flies and horse poop". "NOW SHOOOOOOOO"!!!!

I visited a mexican blacksmith shop many years ago, when I went on a vacation in Mexico. Boy, was it hot down there!

it's a Rubbermaid................oops, that's the trash can!

1x112=112
1x28(quarter hundredweights)=28
18x1=pounds=18
112+28+18=158
You stole it for 150 dollars............158 pound peter wright is quite a bargain at $150

i use semi-open dies to forge just about everything in my shop, which basically swage barstock down into shape without having flash. On my bottom-dies, I have vent-holes for scale to escape out the back of the die. Rule of thumb for a swaging-dies.................twice as wide as deep, to allow the hot metal to deform without creating flash.

I save money by cooking my kielbasa over my coal fire...................sorry about that, Kingsford! I also trade my scrap to scrap dealers for anvils.....................which I sell to anvil collectors for mega-money on ebay, which allows me to buy more new steel which results in more scrap to be traded to scrap dealers for anvils, which allows me to sell them on ebay for mega-money to collectors on ebay, which allows me to buy new steel, which ends up in scrap which I trade to scrap dealers for anvils.........................you get my drift!

Greed is just as bad as ignorance. Both can spell one's undoing. Message to promotors, and all others who think they are slick......................ya' don't realize what you had 'til it's gone!

at 75 dollars, you should KISS the guy selling it to you!

that is a fair price

your anvil is the sovereign of all anvils, and you bought a particularly nice one. Hay buddens are worth their weight in gold............the BEST! Congratulations and happy forging!

it is absolutely a blacksmith ruler..............I have dozens of them that I have been accumulating over the years............bill gichner used to sell them for fifty bucks apiece!

I made a fire dog using corn as my fuel..........................I sure love corn dogs!

you landed a beautiful peter wright 127 pounder! Congratulations...............by hammering hot steel on it, the rust will disappear, right before your eyes! Let me tell you, the price was right! The greatest cure for a rusty anvil is working hot steel on it, which polishes it everywhere you work on it!

The inevitable question "do you shoe horses"? always rears its ugly head. If I like the person, I usually respond with a simple "no, farriers do that sort of work". If the person is a heckler or a wiseacre, I simply look at their feet and say "no, but I do shoe jackasses and mules"!

collusion is illegal in all states. It is a form of conspiracy to defraud the auctioneer out of funds in a free market auction. The tough part is PROVING it!

judging by the pictures, you lack several elements, easy to fabricate. First, you need a grate, that fits over the hole in the pan in the forge casting. To make that, drill a flat piece of flat steel with a quarter inch drill, drilling many holes in that plate, which should measure about six inches by six inches. When fanned underneath by your blower, the air goes upwards through the grate, fanning your hot coal. Your air delivery system seems complete, just attach the blower and firepot which bolts and attaches via bolts underneath running through the underneath boltholes in the cast iron forge pan. The next step is making the legs for the forge. to do this, just bend pipe legs, and fasten them via bolts threaded through the casting, which holds all the pipe legs in place. All these legs should be bent identically, so that your forge sits level. Your forge is portable, and can be used outside. After you fabricate all the missing parts, come back for the next step, making a cowl and vent pipes to remove the smoke from your forge, should you choose to use it indoors. BTW, your forge is a very good one, and should provide pleasure for decades!

I like my anvils big and loud..........can I get a dolby anvil? Congrats on the score!

fisher fused formidably founding fragments

fisher mining company, english center, pennsylvania

make sure you have enough room for a refrigerator stocked with a case of beer! .... ....or soda pop!

nothing better than a cold soda after a hot day of forging

I see in your last photo that you are "gearing up" for some great work!