Dragons lair
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Mines about 50feet contains welding/fab/CNC plasma and smithy.
AC in the office as well as microwave, fridge, coffe maker and water cooler. Heat in both spaces.
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My 2 cents Use what is comfortable for you and what you are working on. thicker I go lower fine work I go higher. Older you get (64) harder it gets to see. Extra fine stuff is at about elbow height.
Alwin will be stopping bye soon.
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Quench, Have you watched DB's utube of the idler? The needle came on my 2 burner. The ball valve and hose goes between the tank and needle. Dennis is a great guy I picked my stuff up at his place. Going to visit soon.
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later production and the 70 is weight in lbs.
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Hey Jeff, try running the flux core with gas. Welds hotter and cleaner.
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Blue wing, If you ever get out to WNC drop me a line. I am in the Asheville area. Lots of us out here.
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At my shop rate of $50.00 per hour an 80 hr anvil would be $4,000
plus mtl, rod and electric. In the last yr have found and bought a
100lb vulcan 150lb trenton 142lb H-B 88lb H-B 141lb mouse hole
and a 60lb vulcan Lowest price $35 highest $250 Anvils are out there if you look. Time invested in my 35lb RR track with square hardy pritchel hole step and horn ( first anvil) would be about $2000. Time is money. -
As far as I know Hay buddens were made a couple of ways cast/wrought with a plate and like mine wrought bottom 1/2
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Hey Jeff, "a splash on a cold one will crack it" Just joshin.
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Salamander on a timer and thermostat. Starts 1/2 hr early. has my
18X24 shop at 68+ when I get there.
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Might try a dimmer for a ceiling fan works for me.
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Half a diamond, weight stamp on foot, says Trenton. Weight on left serial # on right. Stick fingers in ears it will get real quiet unless you can hold the hammer in your teeth. Enjoy.
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Mike, Little cool this morning? Need a little heat in the shop. Got a spare readdy if you want to try it.
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Have been doing this for 30+yrs. school is great IF you find a good one. Have worked aero space and mil spec jobs where the forman did all the tests for you. Have worked aircraft jobs where the Shop
provided certs. I have owened and operated a welding, CNC cutting, blacksmith shop for 6 yrs. No schooling. Try starting out welding thermoucouples inside .020 tubes. You can learn on your own. It aint easy. Have had cert testers tell me " I never did it I went to school" Sorry but I went to the school of hard knocks. -
Wannabe
Most of the yards in W haven area closed to the public about 30 yrs ago, Due in part to an idiot tring to pull an axel out of the 4th car up in a 6 car stack. Left Conn in 75 so can't help you out. Good luck and welcome. -
Where else would we be born? Semper Fi
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hibjib, We have many schools here in WNC. John Cambell,Penland,Dillsboro, and several collage/tech schools.
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Bear in mind this anvil is solid swedish steel. No wrought no cast no Welded on top plate. If mine I would probably fill in the voids.
I have to ask myself if grandpaw had the means to keep his anvil looking like new (welder beltsander stoveblack) would he. And yes I have tweeked my tool steel hay budden. -
quietest cooler is to hook up to a water line. No noise and no worries about over heating. Only works well if your welder has a solonoid to turn it on and off. No water in the shop now am using a bernard SS unit.
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Hay Budden late model wrought bottom half all tool steel top half.
I have a 142lb same type. will belt sand to mint if desired. Paid $250 and thought I got a deal. Enjoy.
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Looks like a vulcan to me. Sells about $2.00 lb in NC
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Phil, Is his name George located south of you?
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serial # is in wrong place for H-B. Numbers look more like trenton.
Can't make out # on left. Trentons had weight on left serial on right. H-B serial on left.
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Looks like peter wright stone weight is 114lbs. Nice find.
Ken
Anvil abuse,
in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
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NO O/A Had a 150lb Trenton neighbor had cut 13 places with the blue wrench. Luckly only cut thru 1/2 the top plate. 14.5 inches total. Welded up and ground and saved it. 88lb H-B hit with too big a hammer. Horn gone from 3/8 in from table. Studded and welded a 31/2 rb cut and shaped looks like new.
Ken