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Certifications? Who said that? Gripes? Post #1 had no mention of size or materials. No mention of type of equipment No pics. Just how to. So before I go sit in the corner one question. The fuel light is on in my work truck. What type fuel should I get and how much to fill it up? LOL Ken.

Yes if your calculations are right. Should be stamped 122= 170lbs

The whole post is serious.Back in the 60s a friend and I played with cannons and rusty froze up sat nite specials. Buddy found a rusty 44 bulldog in of all places RR tracks. oiled sanded and scraped that thing. Finally tied it to a tree and pulled the cord. bang then again bang. Cool untied it aimed at a can and BOOM. Most of his right hand and right eye went with the gun. Do ya really want to start out with a rusty spike? On another note yes ya can blow up a blackpowder barrel. Try forging with no depth perception holding hammer with thumb and pinky. I only had to wear a patch for a week and its a bi h. Just saying be careful cause ya may be like my buddy and me(bullet proof) atleast back then. Don't ask a blacksmith gun questions or a gunsmith forging questions

How come nobody says take a welding course or offering to teach how to do it? How many posters are welders? Here is my questions Is your airplane going to stay up. your submarine stay down.your nuke stay cool. Ask your self can I weld unde a 40X microscope or a 4,000 lb turbine. if not please say so

Moony, its everywhere, My welding/smithy has been closed for most of 1 1/2 yrs. Lucked out with my last big client. Offered a saleried position with him and get to do my thing either there or here. Works if ya have enough gear to equip both places. Might wish to find a nice cave inna outback just in case. Ken.

Strange thing is the 1 standing proud. My H-Bs have inspectors # stamped in not cast. Ken.

Anyone else read the discription? "Is used to convert preformed H came for bullseye windows". It is not a came maker. Ken.

Ok here's one for ya. Ordered in a 8" round bar for a coustomers project.After cutting, machining and welding.OOps sent leaded bar, 200 pieces had to be recalled. Know what ya need and what they sent. Ken.

Just my 2 cents worth. Man said Henry Wright (old english). pic showes 141= 225lbs but not possiable under british system. I would have to pass on it. Ken.

Yeh I am with ya on that. Mine is a 100lbs heaver but I don't have to carry it up and down stairs. Shoot I don't even want to carry the 88lb H-B anywhere. Ken.

Frank I have to agree with the best answer. As for why. Its personal preferance. Some drive Chev some Ford or whatever. Some vote one party or the other. The most honest answer I get from those is "Cause my daddy and grandpdad did" We have members who won't have any thing but a Euro or Fisher or Hay Budden. "For what reason"? Coal gas or induction? Mechanical or air hammer? German,Swedish,Hofi or ballpein hammer? Ours is not to reason why it's just to hammer till we die. Ken.

Vise would be far from stout. It is hollow cast iron. Do not beat on it hard it will break. Same for the anvil(not hollow) but looks to be cast. I stuck with hammers smaller than 2 1/2lbs when I had the 100lb Vulcan. When passed on it had no dents,dings and clean edges. Ken.

Just a thought. How much of your car/truck is goo/glued together? How about your house? Ever had a fitted wedged handle fail? Took a triple wedged soaked hammer to school once. Another student borrowed it. 2nd heat head flew off. My gooed handles are still tight and shock mounted. My wedged handles have all been re done atleast twice in the same time.(Hate it when the go devil head launchs on the up stroke) Ken.

Just a small update. It is sikaflex 11 FC Ken

Alright, My welding shop/smithy is rough sawn siding with paneling inside. Spray foam(fire retardent) inside. Metal roof. Weld and run a gasser inside. (with gas and carbon monixcide Detectors) inside. Yehh they went off today. Too much OA/ACT brazing. OPEN THE DOORS AND VENT. It's a bitch to open the doors when it's in the 40s outside and 70s inside. But it's better than being DAID. Ken.

Here is the quiz. Can ya take 2 12 inch pieces of 1/2 X 4 HRS and forge weld it into a 24 1/4 piece of 1/2X4? How long to cut out 10,000 inches of 1/4" letters with a chisel? A power hammer can and does 200 BPM with a 50lb hammer. Can you? Do any one here really belive if offered to an 1800s smith any of the modern tools they would refuse? I see it every day " coal forges add carbon to RR spikes gas forges do not" and "RR spikes make the best knives as they are high carbon". Why do we hunt with a 300 win mag insted of a .32 or .45 cal front loader? Use what ya got and are good with. An acre with a sythe or a diesel tractor upto to ya all. I hammer when I can and modern when its best. Ken.

Are we picking the nit here. How about steel Many grades but its all steel. Same for SS or Aluminum or Ti or even cast iron. A few on here have access to the equipment to actually test stuff. For the rest of us it's a crap shoot. Can't even go by the steel suppliers all the time. 3 times in the past I have gotten 8" steel bars specs specified. parts were cut then CNC machined then welded into a 3/4" plate. The welds started cracking right down the center.Oops they sent leaded bar. They replaced the bars but we lost a week of machineing and a week of welding. I lost another week cause they wanted to save the machined plates.Spark tests? Do green,gray,brown wheels and grinding disks all show the same spark and do we all see the same? Did the Wi come from a marine salvage a manure wagon or an out of the weather source? To me it's sorta like. "How long does it take to forge a 6" taper" Red yellow or white hot. 1.5, 2, 2.5, or 3lb hammer(or power hammer)Is the Wi once worked twice or 3-4-5 times worked. Ken.

One big issue is if the power co comes out. They look at total draw. Are ya gonna be welding at max while machining at max and running heat and cooling at max. Try to tell them ya can't run several things at the same time. When was the last time ya popped the main breaker? Ken.

Phil, Have ya ever noticed bolts subjected to heat tend to be impossible to remove or they snap. Welds don't have to be pretty in a fire pot (mine do)Best thing is a drop in pot with welded corners No fuss to repair. Ken.

Not sure how we got on forklifts but my favorite was a V80 cat diesel with dual air tires. Qualification was take a 20ft bundle of steel thru a 12 ft door and a 8 million dollar motion ride(20Ft and 12+ thousand lbs) out the 12 ft door across a gravel lot thru a 10Foot chain link gate across a crowned road. Be able to wizz across the shop and crack a hardboiled egg with the fork. now in my shop its a skid steer with forks. Thru the door square turn and set it on the bench, Damm I miss that big cat. Ken.

Gouge would be removing metal. A chisel cut or punch dimple is an upset mark. And as stated "Wow he cut that huge anvil my tool must really be sharp" Ken.

Just a thought. Yes england had to be on "exports" about 1910. Anyone know if homeland anvils were so marked? Ken.

The weight mark is on the side under the logo and is in lbs. The 8 under the horn is a inspectors stamp. Ken.

Ya just need the right 12 step program. Stack all your anvils up. Pick up the stack and take 12 steps.Repete whenever ya start thinking of adding another one. In really bad cases make the steps up the stairs. Ken.

Just a note here. A solid tire lift will word most places IF ya know what ya are doing. Worked in many shops that said hard tires only on concrete. One boss told our mgr if i got the hard tire stuck I would be fired. unloaded the truck and dragged the air tired lift inside. Moved up to 10,000 lbs outdoors with a hard tired clark. Ken.