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MilitaryMisfit

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    for the next thre years....Guam.
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    Building Choppers and Hot-Rods, playing the Bass guitar, hiking, and a few other things.
  1. First off, thanks for all the well wishes. The information and opinions everyone provided helped me quite a bit, and the two Adobe files were awesome. Thanks. I've narrowed it down to two Anvils now. The Ozark Pattern by Tom Clark, and the Nimba Centurion. I'm not sure how the added pritchel holes or the lack of a step will effect me or my future endevors, but we'll see. All I've ever done before were blades, two "Ed Roth" styled shift knobs, and a few basic handles. Like I said though, I plan to branch out and do a lot more. Anyone ever use an Ozark? Boats, I didnt know you were that close to E City. I have some good friends around your area. One who looks just like Kazoo from the flintstones. Mr. Sarver, I was leaning toward the Nimba originaly for the fact they're based in the Seattle area. I love it there. I spent many nights in a tent up around Mt. Rainier. I'll probably be back there in two years. Oh yeah, Ive condensed both of those forms and some other info into one chart if anyone needs it.
  2. Hey Brian,
    Have a safe deployment. Come back and crank up the forge, heat some iron, and bang the heck outta it.
    Mark<>

  3. Hey all, I have a question. I'm taking off for a three month deployment, and when I return I'd like to pick-up a new anvil. Before I do i'd like to get everyone's input on what they think. Right now I'm looking at the 200 TFS Smithy, 275 Peddinghaus, Centurion Nimba, or a 101kgs double bick Vaughan. I'll still plan to do blades but would like to move into other areas as well. Right now I have a home made anvil made of 1/2" mild plates welded together vertically with a 1/2" plate weld horizontally on the top and hard faced. It works well for a free fabrictated anvil. Before I transfered here I had three to choose from, the smallest was 200+. The big one, twice the size of the little one. They were the machine shop's at the base I was stationed at. Anyway, This will be my first real anvil I've ever owned. I understand all four anvils are pricy but I have 3 months of E-6 pay that will be saved. And the military will ship it free to guam once it gets to California. Thanks for any input.
  4. Hey Brian,
    Tell you what I'll try and do. Whatever blueprints they post tonight, I'll try and copy the link for you and send them to you in a message. At the top of the page in the blue bar is an area called Pages. Click on that and on the right is an area called categories and in that are some blueprints. They are working on them so there aren't a lot yet.
    Mark<>...

  5. Thats kind of funny... I'm on a Buoy Tender. I'm an MK1. I brough my few hammers and portable forge with me thinking they'd have something like an anvil (for the heat and beat) but nope. They have a 1/2" steel plate bolted to 14" X 14" wood block. So I stoped by a few metal fab shops and steel supply shops. I asked all of them if they knew anyone with an anvil and they said "What's an anvil? What do you use it for?" crazy huh? When I asked the steel shop if they they had any 6150 or 1065 they had no idea what i was talking about. Come to find out they only carry mild steel from china, it's basicly pot steel. Anyway, do you think the stack idea would work for a few months?
  6. Hey, I forgot to mention. On every tuesday at 2200 eastern time, there is BP's or Blue Prints. Log into the chat at the top of the page andd there will be a bunch of smiths there. Glenn the Administrator will post two to three plans on how to make things plus you get to talk with other smiths. Tuesday at 2200 eastern. See you there.
    Mark<>

  7. Hey Brian,
    Welcome to IFI. There's a great wealth of knowledge here to be gleaned from. Everyone is willing to share their knowledge and you get to pick and chose the advise you want. I've been retired since 97 and now work for the NCDOT. Retired as a BM1. Love blacksmithing, getting better all the time. (slowly)
    Take care and enjoy the warmth of Guam. Cold here.
    Mark...

  8. Hey all, I'm looking for some opinions on an idea I have. First, here's my problem. I'm stationed in Guam, it's really hard to get anything here, shipping takes forever, and the cost to ship anything here is astronomical. I'm deploying soon and would like to have a small portable Anvil to take with me but dont have the time to wait for shipping. So here's what I came up with. Take 1/2" X 4" flatstock cut into 7" lengths. Drill 3/4" holes through them like this |--------------| |-o---o---o--| |---o---o---o| |--------------| you get the idea Then blast and sand each piece untill they're nice and smooth. Then take 1 piece with holes and 1 without, put in a hydraulic press, compress, then weld the two pieces together. All sides, through the holes, and then fill the holes. This 1" piece will then be hardened. After that, continue to add more unhardened pieces to it in the same fashion. Flipping the pieces so the holes are off set on each piece and welding while being compressed. Do this untill it reaches a thickness of 5" - 7". So what do you think?
  9. Hey all, Just dropping by here to say hey "Hey" and let everyone know who I am. My name's Brian, I'm still new to blacksmithing but I've been working with metal since I was 13. I'm in the US Coast Guard and currently stationed out in Guam....Yay! If anyone is in the area drop me a line. Later all
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