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I would be tempted to find a large bearing to mount it horizontally and see if I could make the wind move it with a cycloidal drive! Just the size of it as yard art would be awsome!

These are 2 of the smaller cut off pieces from the main landing gear of a Cessna 207. The larger pieces are from a Cessna 208 are outside in the cold and dark where they can stay tonight! I can get some pictures of those tomorrow if you want to see them.

I have been collecting from my work various Cessna fixed landing gear springs that have been scrapped due to damage beyond acceptable limits (dings, scratches or corrosion). I know from the tech specifications it is 6150 alloy. The biggest problem is that it is all tubular (from 5/8" to 1/4" wall thickness) and usually tapered to minimize weight which will make cutting and shaping it into usable pieces difficult. What I dont know is how much more difficult the Vanadium will make it to forge and will the added "toughness" help this medium carbon steel be suitable for punches or drifts and could it be chisel material?

If a reply disappears we will have to rethread it! Seriously though make my hand hurt just looking. A tough lesson learned.

Did you actually talk to a tech support person or was it just someone behind the sales counter? Distinct possibility that someone behind a sales counter wouldn't really have the knowledge or experience to answer that question.

I can bring my small portable if you think it will be big enough and there is the need The pass thru hole would let the 1" stock pass but not the 2". If just working the ends it will work fine. I need really need to get my portable anvil setup completed. Will see what I can find to donate to the cause

Your getting there. Here is a pic of the best looking RR track I've ever seen. They put alot of effort into that one!

16 to 32oz ball pien and a 2lb cross pien are a good starting point. You can get both from Home Depot or AIH, the tool trucks ( Snap-On, Mac). Once the garage sales start up in the spring they might have some other types.

There is a cold cut and a bottom swage on craigs list but they are asking way too much at 75 each. Well done finding the anvil! Hope you got it for a reasonable price!

My bad, I read normalized but was thinking annealed. Sorry for the confusion!

Normalized is the unhardened state. If your pieces have not been hardened yet then they are in the normalized state already. Heat treatable steels usually come in a normalized state so they can be cut, machined. This allows the final product to be heat treated to their required specs. If a piece if steel has been hardened it can be normalized by heating to the critical temp but cooled down very slowly. Different alloys have different specs.

With the back being totally closed off if you put a couple inches of kaowool then the hard fire brick it will heat up quicker. The hard brick takes a little while to get to temp but once it is it really helps hold the heat. I could not tell from the pictures, have you coated the interior with a IR reflective coating, ITC-100 or equivalent? That will help if you have not done that yet.

Wash it with tide powder detergent (caustic) with as hot of water as you can, rinse with hot water and also get the anvil warm with the hot water. Wipe the face and horn with grease where you dont want it to start aquiring patina. Rinse the rest with some muratic acid and place it in a warm humid place and it will start to rust quite quickly.

Welcome to the forum. Im sure there is a group in your area that you could get with for an introductory experience. Looks like S/N is 56456 which would have been made in 1905. It appears to be in excellent condition and ready to be put to use!

Buyers beware! On some tools, chainsaws, lawnmowers the big box stores will go to the manufacturers and give them specs and a target price and minimum order quantity for an item. The mfg then sees what they can do to meet those requirements and maintain a "reasonable" quality. A common cost savings is bushings instead of bearings, wider tolerances, switches that are rated at a lower cycle life. Quite often you will see the same chainsaw for sale at a proper equipment shop for say 500 but the same chainsaw HP and bar length but slightly different model number is at Walmart for 300! Operate both for 8 hrs per day 5 days per week and see which one quits first! A little research can be beneficial on a power tool that will be seeing every day use.

Free metal is always good, free known alloy metal even better.

Also be aware that whatever particles are in the air are being sucked in and burnt. Sweep the floor in the shop while the forge is running and watch the dragons breath color change.

Those smaller forges like that are very popular garden ornaments. The few I have across up here in AK have all been in gardens being used as flower planters and missing various parts. If the price was reasonable it would sell quickly!

Yes CDL stands for commercial driving license. Within the CDL there are different classes regulating size of vehicle, type of vehicle, type of cargo. Once again no common sense. Reminds me of how almost every day you see someone cut across multiple lanes of traffic to make a turn or exit. To go around the block or get off at the next exit is too inconvienant for them.

From the logo it was made sometime between 1910 to 1930 and should be 169lb. As Ethan said appears to be in excellent condition!

With the horn facing right you can see 3 numbers at the waist a 1 then another 1 and an 8, they are spread out and are the hundred weight system. (1x112lb)+(1x28lb)+8lb = 148lb. Just above the numbers you can see some writing which probably says PETER WRIGHT PATENT Its not uncommon for the stampings to have been obliterated over time due to using the side and some stampings were not very deep to begin with.

Yes that is where the mold halves came together. On the cheap cast iron ones they dont even bother grinding the face flat, they get any flashing off then they are done.

They are both good quality anvils. The Soderfors should be cast steel, I havnt seen one like that before. The Wilkinson is a built up anvil with a faceplate. Test both for rebound and pick the best one! Or better take both home if they check out good!

A picture of the setup and a few more details, propane pressure, what type of regulator would be helpful.

Im not sure about how your burner is set up but to be able to maintain 25 psi pressure through a 3/4 burner you must have one heck of an air compressor! Assuming with a oriface of .0625 ot 1/16 and being a blown style burner In a coffee can with a minimum of 1" of insulation it should be plenty hot. I think you have some tuning issues. Some pictures of your setup and while it is running will help with a diagnosis.