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  1. seldom (dick renker)
    welcome aboard you will like it here
  2. seldom (dick renker)
    great picture. while it shows a large amoun of horse shoes you can also tell that other work was done there. thanks for sharing.
  3. seldom (dick renker)
    And people are educated(?) by hollywood. Did you ever see a movie that had a blacksmith scene in where he was hammering on any but a horse shoe.?
  4. seldom (dick renker)
    Oh and yes my back is shot.
  5. seldom (dick renker)
    Randy, My background is a farrier as well although I have pounded on iron befor I started that. And I can understand your frustration. One of feeders to this problem is exposure. I gave demo's at schools, group meeting , 4h and the list goes on. Plus when you are working at a stable you exposed to the public even more. So today as soon as someone hears blacksmith, right away they think horse shoes. I guess it just comes with the territory.
  6. seldom (dick renker)
    looks like a table off a milling machine or a shaper. should be stout enough.
  7. seldom (dick renker)
    mitch, nicely done
  8. seldom (dick renker)
    Old n Rusty's Dancing Frog Hammer
    oh that's cute. dick
  9. seldom (dick renker)
    Well after reading all of these anvil topics I decided that maybe this one would fit. I have a PW and have had it for 40 years. Always figures it weighed about 120 lbs. after all the dicissions I put it on a scale and got 102.6 lns. The markiings are 0-3-20. Has wrought in a circle. Paid 40 bucks for it in the early 70s. Used iit for horseshoeing so it was right size to carry in and out of truck 6- 8 times a day. May have to get a bigger one now.
  10. seldom (dick renker)
    Ian, looks really nice. sorry you didnt win but if my wife saw it she would want it. good job.
  11. seldom (dick renker)
    i generally keep a small wood stove going. does the job nicely. no frozen water all last winter. this year a couple of times because i didn't keep a fire going.
  12. seldom (dick renker)
    looks like you have a great helper. you are well on your way. nice finds.
  13. seldom (dick renker)
    welcome. you will enjoy this place.
  14. seldom (dick renker)
    Sorry, I value my camera and comupter too much.
  15. seldom (dick renker)
    ciladog, I agree. I am sure someone will get their panties twisted over this. But you can not be spoon fed and think you can do the job.
  16. seldom (dick renker)
    great stuff. keep waiting for the sheep shearer to straighten up.
  17. seldom (dick renker)
    Before I would get to crazy I think I would give it a good lub. There is obviou rust howing around the screw stem and that could also be in the hinge pin. Good luck
  18. seldom (dick renker)
    zigmund, welcome aboard. beautiful work.
  19. seldom (dick renker)
    private entrance, if that trailer ball has a cap on it it means the boltgoes all the way through the ball. in other word its iin two peices. when you tighten the nut you have to be real careful that you dont squash th ball. basically they are junk as far as towing goes. i think you will find the ball itself pretty soft. they are hollow.
  20. seldom (dick renker)
    The oil that they use is thick like molassas. try talking to the folks that are restoring the steam loco and see if they have any leads.
  21. seldom (dick renker)
    woodyarmourer Sounds like your having fun. I'm thinking that if you run this by steam or air you will have to make sure that either one is saturated with oil for lub on the inside. This is simular to a steam locomotive setup. You don't have to wring it out of the air or steam but it needs to be there.
  22. seldom (dick renker)
    nice peice good job.
  23. seldom (dick renker)
    Nice Wayne, practical and attractive
  24. seldom (dick renker)
    welcome aboard cheesehead
  25. seldom (dick renker)
    Nice work. I am very envious.
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