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ergoman

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  1. worked in dad's welding shop, farmer with grand dad, machinist, slum lord, student, industrial engineer, student, ergonomist, lawn care operator, student, occupational therapist, bought my 40 acres, student, higher paid ergonimist, farmer, workers comp troubleshooter, bum living on savings, cognitive therapist for brain injured, business sellout, blacksmith trainee, bum, blacksmith trainee and farmer, student.
  2. Best friend i graduated from HS with, top 5% out of univ. of michigan in mechanical engineering. Flown all over the world for interviews. Takes a job in detroit with the big three. This guy is as cheap as they come, actually still has a bicycle driven air compressor that he made while were in HS and actually will use it once in a while. Calls me up, (while I'm still in college making almost nothing), with his new BIG idea. Tear down dorm lofts (beds frames)for $35, label for later assembly and sell in the fall for 100-250 installed in dorms. We did pretty good for the first year and noticed that lots of great dimensional lumber was thrown away by the people too cheap to pay us to take them apart:D. So we are doing some diving right in the middle of campus to top off our load and he pops out to greet his old HS girlfriend from about 1", ftf. She was shocked, he grinned and asked if she had a loft already:D, I about died, he laughed, she turned white as a ghost and we havent seen her since. Alro steel is only 20 min away and will sell thier cuts for scrap price if you are polite to the foreman.
  3. Adding material to the handle to increase the strike angle? I have done this in manufacturing with heat moldable material. Technically called wrist eversion, its increasing (moving the head of the hammer towards the shoulder) the distance from the pinky to the forearm during the strike, keeping the wrist neutral. Its important to set that angle acute so the force has some room to absorb the shock. The material also significantly decreases the shock felt and is heat formed to your specific hand.
  4. any chance you could post a pic of a "steer head" I'm curious as to what this would look like. thanks Ergo
  5. thanks for the information. Now I need to try and find a used gas forge...brother is giving me our one grandads leg vise and our other grandads ancient drill press. Ive collected some of the tools over the last 10 years or so. I'll post a pic of the anvil next week if someone could take it as an email. never posted one on the www. HWooldridge... Are you insinuating theres a coorelation between the size of a mans anvil and .....:D
  6. just spoke to the guy, he said its in excellent condition and he's had it for 25 yrs, said the numbers were cast into it, (means its a cast anvil?=Bad?). Will meet him next week. He said theres "numbers cast all over it". thanks again. Could I pound RR spikes with an anvil this small you think?
  7. He sent the second set of info after getting home. Need to call him in the next half hour. Think its worth messing with? could I pound out 1" square stock on something this small? RR spikes? thanks again, Ergo
  8. Been looking for a short time. Would like an anvil for my shop. Dont have a forge yet, but found this anvil. The person wants $30 for it. . Its a vulcan and he states; "The anvil measures 13"long 5.5" wide and 8" tall" and in another email: "Length of face 8" width of face 3.25" horn is 5" long Heigth is 6.5" Been reading this site for only a week, great info.
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