Dave Huntress

Another good link, thank you sir.

I have not but thanks for the link. I need to buy a backup motor.. altho I did learn something about my blower motor. I tore it all down hoping maybe it was a loose connection. Well when I pulled the motor out and took the cover off I found out that it has adjustable brushes... wow! what a bonus... seems as they just sort of wore down some and all I had to do was loosen two screws and rotate the brushes block until they touched the windings and I had power again... those guys were thinking back then... so right now I'm out of the woods but I'm gonna get m e a back up because I was really discouraged when that happened...

yesterday. Hi guys, where can I find another blower motor for my Buffalo Forge? Anyone have one for sale? Mine is a No. F-6145 Type E. Has a 1/2" shaft 2-3/4" long. Thanks in advance.... Dave

I didn't weld it someone else did. I got it welded to a plate. I just added the stand. Believe me, it doesn't move when your working on it. My shop is a custom welding shop. I build mostly motorcycle frames and gas tanks. But I fabricate a lot of other things too. I am always moving the furniture around sort of speak depending on the projects I'm working on. So to have the vise mobile around the shop is actually a good thing. The shop is only 36' x 24' and I have a lot of equipment....

Here is my vise...... has "800" in raised numerals on the side of it. Took 3 guys to get it out of the van. Came from my brother in laws house in MD. His grandfather got it from Amtrak railroad station in DC. I had this on the floor for about 2 years and finally built a stand with wheels for convenience purposes. I attached the stand with it upside down on the floor, I had a hard time flipping it over onto the wheels at first. I was a bit afraid of it throwing me actually. I had to use a 6' steel rod to roll it over. This is one heavy vise and I love it....

I have noticed myself that not all coal is created equal. Not to hijack your thread but I started buying it a couple towns away from me. It's Donson coal (nut coal) and then I found out the sand and gravel place up the street from me sells coal but it's a different brand and I have a hard time lighting it and also keeping it burning.... I have wasted more time trying to light my forge than I can believe. I was using sticks and newspaper because it's cheap but have been using cedar shingles because they burn nice and hot with the blower on of course, but sometimes that doesn't even help. Last resort was using the acetylene torch but both the shingles and the torch cost money... I still don't understand the pre-made coke thing either, all I know is it's coal and it burns..... thanks for reading....

I think that was the boss......

Glad I could help Bill..... and I agree this is a great community....

I have my own full time welding shop and use propane for my torches all the time. I dont gas weld but use it for heating and cutting on occasion. It doesn't burn as hot as acetylene but it is normally cheaper and easier to get. How much will it cost you to fill a large tank like that? And how big is your shop that you will have multiple work stations that need the propane?

what kind of material is it made out of? Is it a cast or is it sheetmetal? If you can't repair it with the mig ship it to me and I'll tig it for you.... I repaired my buffalo tuyere with stick weld...6011.. it was cast..

awesome/ thanks guys... really do appreciate the tips here..... yesterday morning I had a better day.... I had a nice deep fire of hot coals and got thru the job I needed to do. And yes Frosty I mean the air gate...I normally start off with green coal. So far my best method for lighting has been paper with kindling sticks from the woods but I can't be doing that in the winter months. I'm not about to go collecting sticks with deep snow fall. So coke is the whitish looking coal that hasn't been fully burned yet? Do you guys use charcoal to get started at all? I better do some more reading... okay again thanks you guys for the tips on the technique... it's huge for us greenhorns...go figure when I bought the coal I was thinking, ya big baseball size coal for big fire... but I was looking in the gallery and saw one guys pics of his forge and it's filled with the 3/4" size... but I found that out I've been breaking it up.... good thing I only bought 3 bags....... can't wait to finally be able to post pics again..... :)

ahhh... a bolster plate..... thanks.... was I punching or drifting? I don't know.... guess in Blacksmith terms it's called drifting.... either way I need a bolster plate.... thanks

thanks phil ....

oh man I just don't get it.... I will eventually learn but two days in a row my coals just sort of died on me... my buddy that sold me the forge stopped by and at the time about 10:00 am I had a nice pit full of hot coals. By 1:00 the coals were just dieing down. I mean I'm constantly tending to them and feeding coal in there but I just don't get it why it died on me.... too much air? burning too fast or not enough air? how far open do you guys keep your flue gate open? Also do you break up your coal pieces and just feed smaller pieces in the red hots or do you put in big baseball size pieces? Any tips for a greenhorn? thanks in advance....

sometimes the obvious we just don't see.. thats a great idea.. thats why I am here! ..to learn from you guys....plus I don't have an anvil and I have no jig with a pritchet hole... I think thats what it's called... I know the square one in the anvil is the Hardy hole... but I don't have an anvil yet so I'm going to have to get to jig making for what I want to do...... still a green horn ya know.... cheers...