seldom (dick renker)

glenn, first 6 words had me wondering where you were going with fire lighting, then i got to the rest of the sentence. seldom :)

nice fish and yes thats a good thing

i use 3 peices of paper wadded up and the add some bark and twigs from my wood pile. use a light draft on the blower and add coal. takes about 8 minutes to have a nice fire.

not a bad looking anvil. i have a pw 102 lber that i really like. is he offering for 1k (one thousand)? is so way out of line. if for 100.00 you have a deal in the works and dont delay. seldom

ok cool. if at some point you cant or dont want to carry on just pass it on the someone in need glad to help

alan, just checking to see if package arrived ok. dick

just shorter i think. so far.

nice job beth

Alan, Package went in the mail today and should arrived at you abode on Friday or Saturday. hope it can help you get back on track. Dick Renker (seldom)

oh boo hooo, i couldnt even see the ad to get all excited about. im so distressed about it. right.

the building i am using for my shop has a 10 foot ceiling in it. if i build another i will have it 12 foot at least. when its hot like it is this year it really holds the heat even with fans running.

went to an auction last night and a nice delta belt grinder followed me home. 45.00

whirly is right. i almost went by them because of thier size, glad i didnt. pretty neat.

i can feel him breathing already

i have a concrete flor in my shop and i hate it, but it came that way. i put down a rubber mat an inch thick that i had left over from horse stalls. it is right where i stand at my forge and anvil and makes a world of difference on my feet, legs and back. if i had my druthers i would havea dirt floor.

congratulations. great pic.

cleanup is just part of the job. i use a file and a heavy cold chisel. chisel is used like a scraper, just slide it along and most of the spatters come right off. i use the file to knock off sharp edges and it softens the metal. i had a wakeup call one day in a craft shop when i looked at a piece that when i turned it over to look at the bottom was still covered with spatter and fume dust. determined right there that my work would lok better than that.

he has the knack of stepping in a pile and coming out smelling like a rose. glad he's my freind. :)

today was road trip day. picked up divermike at about 8:45 this morning. finally got us home abot 3 this afternoon. laying quietly in the back of my p/u was a 178 lb trenton in pretty good condition. now i just have to figure out how to get it out, it took three of us to put it in. all in all drove 200 miles for the day and spent 250 bucks. figure it was a pretty good day.

nice job

if the customer is happy, whats left? Just remember what you wanted to do different for the next time. nice job.

thanks matto, much appreiciated. dick renker (seldom)

welcome aboard josh. you will find a lot of help here and there are several from your area of ohio here on the site. good luck.

when i was shoeing i always used forshner's hoof packing packed in the handling hole for pritchel lub. worked pretty good and was good for hands as well.

just went to the shop and checked mine. my spring is about an inch and a half above pivot point and opens fine. i agree that perhaps the spring needs attention.