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put a clay liner on the inside...mix it with broken fire brick. you can also add some wood ash. have to replace it every few years but what the heck

don't forget Lowe's as they have several sizes of re-bar also the 3/4" stakes in several sizes are got to make tongs from

how large is the big hole...if it's like 5 inches you can weld a floor flange for 2" pipe in it then use 3" conduit to make your air pipe used a 2" niple screwed in the floor flange use a 2" union plug welded in the 3" conduit air pipe weld up a drop gate and a right angle air inlet. set the whole thing in a table with a hole cut out ...

the blacksmith Depot has some http://www.blacksmithsdepot.com/Templates/cart_templates/cart-detail.php?theLocation=/Resources/Products/Supplies/Safety_Equipment/Gloves is this what your looking for?

who ever is running the web site needs to change the type font!

you didn't tell us how big of a vise you have. you can use a large coil spring...it just pushes the front jaw open

I have two a slash pein and 3 1/2 -4 lb rounding hammer old style (square) both are nice
the finish is nice the handle is the same type as the Hofi one would expect that as Hofi showed them how to make his style they just expanded it to meet the American market,from what I can see.

way to go, I like that. glad it worked

I found a new one in a pawn shop for $40.00 a few years back needless to say it went home with me before the guy could change his mind.it was not as big as yours but a Wilton

A good spoke shave works really well if one does not have a draw knife. as for plans for the shaving horse I know Mother earth news had plans also Roy Underhill the Woodwrights series had plans I think even foxfire series had them.
here a google search http://www.google.com/search?q=free+shaving+horse+plans&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

most of the lawn and garden chairs I've see or owned were either 3/8 or 1/2 depending on where you bought it most seem to use expanded metal for the seat and back . the old ice cream parlor chairs were made of 1/4 stock

Guess our posts crossed - sorry to be redundant.

instead of a spike I used one of the bolts you find along the tracks I cut the dome of the head off and welded a handle on and drilled the hole then then drifted from the bottom and filed a radius on the mouth so the nail will release...works good for me also I cut a section of leaf spring then filed a notch about 3/8 wide in the center with the cutting edge about 1/16 below the surface so it will not cut all the the way through so as not to cut your hammer face.

hey Ed welcome. check out the pages section when you get the chance I'm sure your find something you'll have to make

not bad ...now your be saying when you pick one up in the store ...do I want to pay good money for this or go home and make one

I thought this guy sums it up about as good as it can be explained.

heck got to Lowe's and get a big nail ..already has a head on one end; slide it in, measure it, and cut it off, then heat it up and form the other side.

Is there a source for it in the US?

have you looked at Nathan Robertson's hammers ...see here http://www.oldworldanvils.com/hammers/index.html
there like 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2...

somewhere on this site were posted pictures of blowers from Viet Nam made from bicycle gears. this might be and option you look at.

might try something like this with larger holes as small lumps of coal will clog up the small holes http://www.centaurforge.com/Cast-Iron-Tuyere/productinfo/TUYERE/ or here from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/Blacksmith-Tuyere-Plate-Iron-Forge-Repair-Item-/270660778515?pt=LH_DefaultDo

I'll call around to some local machine shops and see what they can do for me. Thanks for the advice.

Dan

Hey Zig welcome...sounds like you have a lot to offer to us all . again welcome!

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you might have a problem taking the cap off the bottom to clean it out...might want to use shorter pipe on both the top and bottom...