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darnit. sent to soon... anyways these are the 2 pics of similar grinders I found that I am loosely copying. Both stands are pretty pretty simple.

It was out of round by about 3/4". Angle grinder and diamond wheel brought it back concentric. It is out of balance by a fair amount, but if I took all the chips out right now I'd have very little stone left. I do agree a far more ornate stand would be nice. but at the moment I'd like to get the old girl back in service. The stone is the beautiful part to me though. Never seen one quite this size.

Steel finally came in so I can start building the stand for my 32" grindstone. Have a feeling that the arm I made for it could be quite a bit shorter. Guess the shorter it is the faster the stone goes but less torque. For reference the squared end of the shaft is 7/8" sq. The other thing I have been hemming and hawing on is small gussets in the corners. I know it won't make a lot of difference strength and racking wise with the 2" tubing, but it does give it a little more finished look. What are your thought on it. Guess that's about it for now.

Any chance that it could of had a new face welded on at some point and the x may have been to mark it for that? just an idle thought I had.

That would be a bead breaking hammer for tires. I have the dubious pleasure of using one on occasion to swap out tires on our logging trucks.

carve a hole in your stump to mount it and it looks like it'll work great. it's a nice little score

That would be them. Funny how stuff slips away when your not using it. You'd think something like that would stay stuck after driving a team of Percherons for 2 years logging.

Thanks anvilman appreciate the info. Newbie don't know about the marks but they really look like the end of a cold chisel and a there area few that look like center punch marks. Not sure that tongs would beat the side up that far down. Maybe something to do with plows or horse shoes being turned I really don't know other than there is a lot of dings.

face is solid other than chunk missing this one is in pretty nice shape nice ring to it and good rebound all over the face. who ever had it before tired every punch and chisel on the sides unless there is some other job that marks up the sides any ideas what it might be? all three side by side

$120 bucks worth of anvils the first one I find fascinating because you can all the hammer marks on the sides and bottom that made it along with weld lines for all the various bits it took to make it up only marking I can find on it are 0 2 9 on the ones side so that puts it in the 65 lb range. any ideas on just what it might be? next up is the broken fisher any ideas on what al the casting marks mean

I know Frosty, just one of those lucky breaks. Think I impressed him a little having a pretty good idea what most everything was and what it was used for. guess that's what you get for reading up on stuff here all the time. He's happy to have it go to a home that will value it. Rather than stuff it in the scrappers bin. but yeah spent 5 bills and pretty stoked :D

Have a good wife she took a bunch of pics when I first went there to check things out. Got most of the important bits. assorted tongs 65 lb anvil by the stamp on the side not other markings I could see can see the end of the large bolt tongs next to the stump post drill post vise and assorted goodies broken fisher on the end harness bits adze and other stuff broad axe hammers etc, broad axe might be a lefty can't remember which side the flat goes to more stuff hanging up vise and unknown anvil good edges and face no marking left other than the ker billion chisel knicks on the sides the outside looking in, girls are checking things out rivet forge with a champion blower on it, needs a little tlc but runs pretty good.

Friend who has a barber shop set me up with an old guy he knows. The gentleman had a blacksmith display in his yard for years. He's figuring it's time to start thinning things out due to age and health so I managed to pick up a rivet forge a 64 lb anvil moderate shape, another 60ish undetermined make pretty good shape a 50ish lb fisher w/ a broken heal and a piece of face missing. 3 post vices really nice screws and boxes. a beauty of a post drill. 2 broad axes an adze a heap of assorted axe heads. small hand crank grind stone but it's pretty cracked. heck of a pile of assorted horse shoes, ends off singletrees and double trees few bit of harness old wooden Haynes (? think that's spelt right the bit that goes around a horses collar) pulleys scythe blades mostly worn right out, a circular saw blade w/ blacksmith shop painted on it few interesting hammers few log tongs and a bunch of hand forged chain hooks both slip and grab. a sack of what the barber thought was axe handles but was wagon wheel spokes. a bunch of wagon wheel hubs heap of chisels and drill steels. also a die wrench w/ the 10 12 and 14 tpi adjustable to whatever fits thru. a bunch of tongs along with a REALLY big bolt tongs made for 1.5- 2" stock that's about all that I can think of right off the bat. There is more to go back and get yet. some shafting saws a 4-5' sandstone wheel on a 2" dia shaft in pretty good shape. would love to pick up his metal lathe an old belt drive south bend with cast iron legs that look like the old singer sewing machine ones. guess he missed a 300 lb anvil at one point otherwise I might have had that as well. gotta get it all spread out and sorted and then I can get a few pics up here. the fisher is cast 1889 under what is left of the heel and a 3 and a 6 on the left foot looking a the back. under the horn is a big 5 this would be the weight when new right?

went to a yard sale not far down the road missed a 50 and a 100 lb anvil that were sold for $75 for the pair. missed them by half an hour... woulda coulda shoulda....

lightly sand the edges at most. looks pristine compared to my anvil. looks like it is ready to go to work

cruise around in this set of forums... http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/ lots of guys making stone and bone blades and tools here

things of beauty! very nicely done

I'd be more worried about failure of the frame. If it lets go it could be quite explosive. Usually there isn't much you can do to a bottle jack. I'm sure someone with more experience in presses will chime in.

Mostly back together again few final touchs. May have to tweak the bearings a little. The fan blade needs moved just a touch further in so it doesn't rub on the outer case when the halves are tightened together. It makes a turn and a half after you let go, not the smoothest but it is working. Feels good to have it making air. The pits on the shaft didn't matter after all, nothing rides there. For the tabbed washer I turned the out side of a washer down and carefully put a dab of weld on an inner edge a bit of filing and voila!

double post...

Tap and die finally showed up. Theaded the bore and parted off the cone and nut. Filing the flats on the jam nut Cone with one end to face still Nearly done, have to make a washer up for it and dress the ends of the gears just a little to take off the burrs. Ended up witha few pits in the shaft where the balls are to ride after a few genttle touches of a file. May have to build them up depending on how smooth everything runs on a test fit. Pretty pleased with it so far.

I have a possible line on some loose bearings from a nearby machine shop that supplies our shop. Don't know just how cheap those bearings from mcmaster would be by the time duty exchange and shipping is all added in to get it up to me. But you are quite right about using the right balls. The ones I have will at least get me started and are easy to change out down the road, alot depends on how well the cone turns out. If it's nfg then wouldn't matter if the balls were made from unobtanium :rolleyes:

So I had found a set of cones, washers, and jam nuts on Ebay but didn't manage to get them. Ordered a tap and die , it missed the bus so could only do so much today. Started turning a cone on my lathe. seems to be looking good so far. Did a little wire wheeling on the various blower bits. Found a stamped number up on top 849 I believe would assume this might be a serial number. Better picture of the clamp that holds it to a pipe Looked a little closer at the handle. It looks to be bent in 2 planes. may have to warm it up and adjust a little. Not to sure just how much bend its supoosed to have though So once the tap shows up I might have some good progress. Found some 1/4" slingshot ammo that should make passable bearings.

Little rusty but the formula for cutting speed I was taught was 4 x cutting speed (100 give or take for HSS in mild) / Diameter = Rpm therefore 4x100/ 5/16" = 1282rpm adjusted up or down dependant on feed rates, tool rigidity, work holding chatter etc. it gets you a a pretty good ball park most of the time. Hope it helps

Little rusty but the formula for cutting speed I was taught was 4 x cutting speed (100 give or take for HSS in mild) / Diameter = Rpm therefore 4x100/ 5/16" = 1282rpm adjusted up or down dependant on feed rates, tool rigidity, work holding chatter etc. it gets you a a pretty good ball park most of the time. Hope it helps