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Look great. But does it have sufficient rebound? Perhaps when using a striker a lot of rebound is not necessary. Frank

I live in holland i might just go this fall. This is a great change.

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I don't know if you have some sort of welder. If you have you could make stuff like this. This is some of the stuff i made as my first projects. If you don't have a welder you could try animalheads.

Hi Joe welcome i'm dutch too Frank

@keykeeper The vice has a full leg, The Bottom tightly sits in a piece of pipe that is welded to the main baem (stand). There are also some smaller beams welded to the main one for extra strenght in de concrete. @yesteryearforge I don't know the brand of the vice, there are no markings on it. This type is very common here, i think it's German. Also the plate riveted to the side of the vice is practically standard here.

BP0917 I had problems with finding a thick steel plate as a base, so i made this thing. So what do you think?

By JB you mean John Brooks? Were can i find infomation about them? Whats the differents between Vaughan Brooks and John Brooks?

Sask Mark thank you very much.

Hi Today i picked up this anvil. I live the Netherlands and I haven't ever seen a Trenton here. The number on the foot is 70 225117. It's face is in very good condition. Can someone tell me when and were it was made. Thanks In the pic

I think that anvil is upsitedown. And that's not a hardy hole in the center it's one of the holes use to grap the anvil while it was being forged. Frank

I was thinking about an straight grinder it seem to me that they can get into tighter spots then the a 90dgs one.

Hi I’m thinking about buying a die-grinder. To get at hard to reach welds and so.I can’t decide if i should buy an air powered or an electrical grinder.The air powered is smaller so it can access small places better, but i’m worried it doesn’t have the power.(my compressor delivers 400 L/min). And then there is the price a good air powered one will cost me about 100euro’s (135 USD) the electrical can cost up to 300 euro’s(400USD). So do any of you have experience with this type of tool all information is welcome. Frank

If there is such chance it can go wrong i ‘m not going to weld the firepot. The forge works very well with the cracks so i’m going to leave them in. I have the forge for 3 years now and the cracks haven’t grown. Sometimes clinker sticks to the cracks but that’s not a big problem. I tired to attach some pics i hope u can see them. Thanks a lot for all the advice.

Thank you very much moya034 for al the information.

Hi The only experience in welding i have so far is mig welding. I recently bought a new Tig Ac/DC welder. Which can also do stick welding. And I found en bunch of different electrodes but don

Hi Ron I'm also dutch. I got most stuff from marktplaats (dutch Ebay) Goodluck searching Frank

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