Robert Yates

I love the Broad ax hanging up in the upper right corner of the 6 th photo i have a few of them and they are Awesome for hewing logs and many other things round these parts you just don't see them that good anymore that are for sale . <Grins> great find and buy ! Sam

Prayers From Tennessee Sam

Read this Thread Mate , '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> it will help you a ton literally and I am sure many here could send you them for the price they cost and shipping . they are the best rods . However , I am Not saying your equivalent rods are garbage the folks here in the USA just do not have them or can not elaborate on them as to their function and dependability feel free to look up both rods and compare them against one another . Feel free to post your info here on what you find . myself and others can help you out as to what we know works . however your ability to do the repairs is up to you or a good mate to do them properly and Safety first . Best Regards Sam

Dave can you post a photo of what you intend to weld ? As I do hate to weld blind <Grins> Sam

Man Frosty, You let the cat out of the Bag not many know we have that forging Technological Ability now days . <Grins> Sam

"A Circle Of Life Never Ending ! " Is our Motto with a Department I served with in Mineral Springs, NC. Prayers sent to the families & friends that have endured this Great Loss. RIP Brothers Sam

Til Oct then LOL ! Sam

I am Still ROTFLMMFAO after reading this thread . I guess That is All I have to post as I am still trying to catch my breath . Yet I am very surprised Many of the Vet Smiths posted as many times as they did to warn of the impracticality of this project . Best Regards Sam And Bless you Smiths that did not loss your composure on this one !

Gundog, I really need to come to Kent for a visit I could come see you and Brother Neil as well there is an Awesome Pub that sits On the corner it is real cool too it has a very cool garden out back also . it is one of the oldest ones in Kent you may or may not know of him he works with the VA as a retired Vet his name is Neil Muir . Sam

I did not know him I will pray for his family and give the Anvil a ring . Sam

Well round here we use old buggy springs they can be ordered from "The Old Cumberland Store" they are not cheep every one round here takes them to a local fab shop that rolls them to match an old one they punch a few holes in the for the new cutter and put them back on and get back to work . Sam

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Josh Much nicer name LOL Thank you Jim for the bit of education by the way . Sam

Looks like what we use round here called by a vet, for cutting the strings to the nutts Sam

Man that is some sweet digs there . Sam

Welcome to IFI Sam

Squirrel Cage ! Man way over thinking things High school welding shops do it all the time and it works good small flex tube with a duct work hood and your done ! Sam

Sweet !

a few more photos of the other sides would help . sam

fill out your profile Brother folks may be close to you that can help you . nehmen Sie zu Ihre Profil-Bruder-Leute können Ihnen nah sein, die Ihnen helfen können. Sam

Thank you Rick just when you get a chance will be fine . Sam

WD 40 rub it in sam

Why not make your own Scales or handles for the and have a Family heirloom? Sam

Facing Trials Like a Blacksmith One day a friend who was not a Christian stopped at the little gorge to talk to him. Sympathizing with him in some of his trials, the friend said “It seems strange to me that so much affliction should pass over you just at the time when you have become an earnest Christian. Of course, I don’t want to weaken your faith in God or anything like that. But here you are, God’s help and guidance, and yet things seem to be getting steadily worse. I can’t help wondering why it is.” The blacksmith did not answer immediately, and it was evident that he had thought the same question before. But finally, he said “You see here the raw iron which I have to make into horse’s shoes. You know what I do with it? I take a piece and heat it in the fire until it is red, almost white with the heat. Then I hammer it unmercifully to shape it as I know it should be shaped. Then I plunge it into a pail of cold water to temper it. Then I heat it again and hammer it some more. And this I do until it is finished.” “But sometimes I find a piece of iron that won’t stand up under this treatment. The heat and the hammering and the cold water are too much for it. I don’t know why it fails in the process, but I know it will never make a good horse’s shoe.” He pointed to a heap of scrap iron that was near the door of his shop. “When I get a piece that cannot take the shape and temper, I throw it out on the scrap heap. It will never be good for anything.” He went on, “I know that God has been holding me in the fires of affliction and I have felt His hammer upon me. But I don’t mind, if only He can bring me to what I should be. And so, in all these hard things my prayer is simply this: Try me in any way you wish, Lord, only don’t throw me on the scrap heap.” Quoted By: Lynell Waterman Blacksmith “Robert Barnes, My fellow fine, Can you shoe this horse of mine?” “Yes, good sir, that I can, As well as any other man; There’s a nail, and there’s a prod, Now, good sir, your horse is shod.” The Anvil- God's Word Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith’s door ! And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime; When looking in, I saw upon the floor Old hammers, worn with beating years of time. “How many anvils have you had,” said I, “To wear and batter all these hammers so?” “Just one,” said he, and then said with twinkling eye, “The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.” And so, thought I, the anvil of God’s Word, For ages skeptics' blows have beat upon; Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard, The anvil is unharmed – the hammers gone! with this Posted Yes it is Very Spiritual at least for Me ! as I have survived Just a few years of 42 years and I am still in the Fire of life being forged into what the Good Lord wants me to be . Samuel Cro

Prayers Sent Brother . Sam