irnsrgn

A company wants a bid on 50 of these heavy duty gates. Anyone interested?

Yup a cast iron bottom, the raised logo on the side, and the line under the tip of the horn where the steel top and cast bottom meet, and the mounting bosses with holes are dead giveaways.

Anniversary of your last birthday that is. LOL

Jr and Cookie send knee mail to you both.

in the old days at least 5 ft deep, set it on some small gravel about 9 inches of it, to let the water get away, then tamp earth around it. the one in my uncles old shop, he bought another smith out way back when, when he moved and sold it the new owners went down 6 feet and still couldn't move it so they cut it off with a chainsaw and covered it up.

FWIW, the welds I made while mounting Carnival Rides, Ferris Wheel, Octopus, Paratrooper, still bug me, even after all these years, lots of peoples lives depended on how good my welds were.

One thing that farmers always hollered about was the time and patience I took when repairing wagon and hayrack tongues, the farmers usually don't keep the tongues tight where they mount to the running gear and they pull 3 or 4 or 5 down the road behind their pickups with wagons going every which way from the slop and what a beating they take. My answer to them what if your kids or grandkids or other family is in the minivan or car that the wagon takes out when the tongue fails while you are going down the Hiway and how good is your insurance, I sure don't want to find out if mine is good.

Sleep study gone really wrong. Hallucinations

I am a third generation smith, forced retirement after 55+years in 2006 when I hurt my back, galoot woodworking was/is my hobby.

The majority of the tools are antiques, what was too expensive to buy I made and a few of my own design, necessity is the mother of invention thing.

Yes, I have power tools, a drill press, spindle sander, bandsaw, lunchbox planer, jointer and my table saw I made back in the 70's, I do most of my mortising either with pigstickers or a WF&G Barnes Foot Mortiser, my scroll saw is an antique treadle model, my radial arm saw is an Emerson cut off saw, the forerunner of the modern radial arm saw.

its for making a wooden vise screw for a historic wood shop, the tap will be used to make the screwbox to cut the thread as well as a nut to make the vise functional.

and my demo set up.





it all fits in this trailer.

My tool chests, they were made with the tools in them.

My demo chests, made from salvaged wood from packing crates.







and my basement shop tool chest.

plasma torch

got to play blacksmith again.

2 inch 4 thd tap.







nice knot on the backside of that chunk of old oak I didn't see, cheater time.

Traditional Tools

3/8 16 threads. I make my own saws and blades and sharpen them the old fashioned way.

video, wood :: ripping01.flv video by irnsrgn - Photobucket

brushed with a brass wire brush at a black heat, brassy patina

Boy, Wow, What a beautifully designed antique Drafting Table. Now that is Art.

Hello Dave, I won't mention your last name, but I am Jr. of the PBA, if you check your back issues of the Newsletter, it has been mentioned many times, and Randy among others is a member here, in fact the PBA site was the first Smith Orginazation that had a sub forum as you call it on IFI, since 2006.

According to Richard Postman in his Book Anvils in America, yours is an Oil Field Anvil due to its low design, probably made of Malleable or semi steel.

The Taller ones are Bridge or Railroad Anvils and were mostly Cast Iron and the arch was used for bending things an ordinary anvil would be able to, and they were generally in the 700 lb range.

1. Just put it in the vise and straighten it with a wrench as best you can then finish it on the anvil with a hammer.

2. I doubt you can heat treat mild steel, unless it is some of that new mini-mill steel that has a high carbon content, and you have to ask yourself would you rather have it bend or break if you do successfully heat treat it.

3. Check for a worn out pulley, that will make a belt slip and tear it up quicker than anything.

4. Remove the tire and wheel so you can see what you are doing and allso lighten it up so you can handle it easily.

'E di'na ask Laddie.

It was made in 1895.

Take care of MOM, one must enjoy parents while one can, prayer list updated, good boy, wonderful MOTHERS DAY GIFT by the way. I'm sure she appreciates your giving your time as she sure gave a lot of her time for you when you was a youngen.