tinkererham
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On the casting of the firebox(?) I saw "Centaur Binghamton(?) Wis. I have no pictures.
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I want to make a fair offer for a forge my friend left with his heirs. (I miss him!) It is a rusted unit that needs a new pan at least. His estate has not been settled yet and I don't know anything about the real value of this forge. the clinker breaker still turns, but the cover on the bottom seems to be rusted in place. I only used my bare hands to try to open it. Any suggestions?
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May I ask, would the financial standing of the weapon bearer have some affect on the value of material used to make his weapon?
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I gotta agree with CurlyGeorge about the guard. I had a valve spring on a BMW R65 break under normal use with only 90,000 miles. Pieces can fly when not contained. -
I'm new here, this subject intrigues me. My favorite people I allow to pay what they think my work is worth. Usually they pay more than I think they would. Repeat jobs I can do a good quote for, although I'm sure most of the time I could get more money. The most recent experience I had was a mistake on my part. A man asked if I could weld a small bracket for him and how much would I charge. I should have put my glasses on, after saying I could do the piece for 20 bucks he agreed to have me do it. After walking away I looked more closely, (putting my glasses on) then realized I had a cast iron bracket! After some thought on the way to my shop I realized a remake of the piece using hot rolled carbon steel (which I had in stock) would probably be faster and easier considering my equipment and facilities. The customer seemed thrilled when he got delivery, and I made $5 an hour, but stuck to my quote. I will wear my glasses during evaluations hence forth!
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I've worked with metals some, and computers some, made mistakes with both. Forty years ago we had metals shop in high school and I liked it. My friend had a shop down the road that I could use but now he has passed on. I want to set up my own shop. I like to try to fix thigs that others throw away. Six years welding for a large co. gave me some insight into steel fabrication. Hope I can hel...
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quote name='don't tread on me' timestamp='1290013091' post='197855'] A friend of mine gave me this forge and another one just like it. The other one is werthless becase of a big crack running threw it but this one is still good. I put a shovol handle as the pump handle and am going to put a lether belt on it when I get one. It has a small crack as you can see but someone bolted a 1\4 in steel plate over it to hold it together. I am going to change the blower to another one that I have becase this one only has 3 good blades. Other than that it is perty good and will work fine.