r smith

Looks handy for small stuff. Nice it rotates. The angled plate screws to a bench and the vice plugs on to that. But the best thing is he says he is a blacksmith and when you get there with cash he may "find" more stuff to sell cheap.

seems to small for that unless a push mower :P Is it the round weight? Still seems small, 5-6" across,3-4" tall?

Dont most grinders use 3600 rpm? Ideally 2 or 3 hp? if you slow the rpm of the motor to that you will likely loose power as well. 1/2 the speed= 1/2 the power. Think about belt reduction to slow the speed and use electronics to fine tune it. Nice to have such a fast motor. :D

The key is rub the items with oil so they look all pretty and make sure to take the pics with a red brick background :P

See, cheap anvils are available. I guess he didnt know how to look online to try and sell it :o , Good for the buyer though.

love it :lol: :lol:

He is right that some are not exchangable but some are, good idea to check it out though. Larger one for welding made by linde are universally accepted also ones that have no name cast/stamped into the ring seem to universally exchange as well.

Just make sure the valves are closed and safety caps on all the way, they sit in the sun on a welding truck so no wories about the heat in a box van.

Roberto Giordani from Italy did a sculpture out of I beam in cali at a CBA event.

It has been talked about on here before. The 50 ksi has some alloys in it to make it stronger not sure what though. It is harder to work than mild steel, power hammer should not care much. smith

That larger size is more likely to be grade 50 or 50 ksi steel, harder to work. It is a wide flange beam and the size is the height and lbs/ft. If you know the flange and web measurements a chart will tell you the lbs/ft if you care. The last beams I bought were W14/99. That means it is 14" tall and 99 lbs per foot. I think the flanges were 3/4 and the web 5/8"

I just measured my hammer and it is 41" not the 43" I said earlier, sorry. That height allows me to drop my tong hand as needed just by lowering my hand. Since it seems common to ask if the power hammer anvil should be the same height as hand hammer I had to show the absurdity of that thought.Of course no one will use a hand hammer on the lower die so why is there always the comparison of heights? For me it is all about standing upright, not stooped over.Also I dont see the relevance to of size of stock to die height until you get to be to large to handle with tongs. (The thought of big stock has to done on a lower set die) smith out

You should not confuse hand hammer anvil height with power hammer die height. Are you EVER going to use a hand hammer on the power hammer lower die? It would be hard. You need the hand hammer anvil lower than power hammer anvil due to the hammer that is in your hand. Using that logic the bar of metal you will be working on the power hammer should be at aprox the same height as your hand hammer handle. I have my hammer die at 43" up and would still like it a bit higher. I am 6' tall and do not like to hunch over to use the hammer. Set the die height to be comfortable on your back when using the hammer. After a few hours your back will thank you. smith out Edit to correct 43"-die is at 41" (still pretty high for most folks)

I initially made this forge to see if using a oil burner would even work about 5 years ago. It is simply a little house of hard fire bricks and the oil gun shooting into it at 90 to the stock. It is relatively easy to reshape the forge if I need to, sometimes I will make a tunnel with the burner at one end to get really long heats on pickets. Keep 30 or so cycling through at 24-30" heat. Point is you should be able to get a used oil burner for cheap and make a forge of the size you need using better materials than mine. Could probably mount multiple burners in one forge as long as they all started and stopped together. I dont think it would be good to have heat going out the non used burner if it shut down for any reason. Easy to wire the safety circuit to do that. Also the inside needs to be large enough that the oil is burned before hitting the opposite wall. Adjustable somewhat with tip choice.

Oh, the smell is more from the fuel being in the shop than the burned exhaust? My forge is currently outside and I am considering moving it permanently inside so I too am curious about smell. smith

There is a huge variety of oil burner tips available in many sizes (GPH) and spray patterns/angles. KZ- did it only stink on drain oil? I use the heating oil and get no stink once it is up to temp.

I have to go get heating oil so I use 5 gal fuel cans. I pour that into a small tank (3 gal) mounted level with the burner on the cart the forge is on. I should mount it a little above. No real fumes to speak of once the forge is up to temp but there is some smoke until then. Otherwise it is not messy unless I spill oil filling the tank. I like the small tank so as not to have to much near the forge at one time but it would be better to have bigger. I think it has a 1 GPH nozzle in it now so the 3 gal tank will last a little over 2 hrs- the outlet is above the bottom so as not to suck crud. I seem to have trouble with pics. I am trying to set up a nice filter station to be able to recycle oil for the forge. smith

Would you use recycled oil and if so do you have a steady supply? I use an oil burner and like it but I don't filter the heating oil so I spend some time keeping the nozzle cleared out, puts out good heat though.

I use some that are factory stock, I did not put that in the poll because I do not use those hammers often. Much prefer the squared up style of handle Hofi is known for promoting.

now we know why it is for sale :o

not impressed, I liked it better before watching that vid. Like bruce said "watching paint dry" that was painfully slow IMO. smith out

clinton made a mount that he shared with us a while ago.

I always wanted to twist enough wire together to make "rope" and use it to hang a pot rack from for the kitchen, wife says NO....

http://blacksmith.org/forums/threads/2137-Little-Giants-and-Other-Stuff-from-the-Forge-in-the-Forest-Olalla-WA These are in washington for a fair price.

lucky you, scrappies here sell for 50 cents lb