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This is very impressive! I tried taking the heating element out of a hair dryer last night and couldn't even put it back together correctly without blowing up that little fan i so desperately wanted to use as my new blower.... :angry: Bravo to you sir!

get a hold of stovestoker in Abilene and pick up a truck load of those sucker rods! He just made a post "no shortage of suckers".

territorialmillworks First off, are we sure these are acetylene tips??? Many people think all tips are used on all types of fuel. Post the manufacture and numbers on the tips or better yet pictures. I am in no way doubting your ability to use a torch but i would look it over from regulator to tip or have someone of confident knowledge do the same. In the mean time invest in some flashback arrestors if you haven't already..... Careful taking apart the torch and using any of these cleaning agents listed. keep in mind you have to hold onto it the next time you light it. A simple google search can show the damages caused by oxy/fuel set ups. At the end of the day, new tips are not that expensive. But figure out what might be creating this "soot"..

I learned from pure motivation and practice. My actual first time was in the family garage using my brothers newly purchased mig welder to fix the go cart that he had tried to fix multiple times but to no avail. I gave it a shot and the weld is still holding up today... I can't even tell you how long ago that was, but it was my sign. I then took high school classes, vo-tech classes, and then college. In college i became a certified D1.1 welder and decided i loved the work but due to medical issues i did not want to do it 8-4 while living out of a camper bouncing from hot job to hot job (seriously nothing wrong with this, only i could not do it) So i took engineering classes and became a continued an welding engineer career. I still weld every chance i get, even at work and of course in my own shop and a buddies shop working on pulling tractors. From tin knocking with a graphite gouging rod in a stick holder and tig rod in the other hand too laying down a perfect row of nickles using aluminum GTAW or programming a robot, I crave it all. I have also realized welding is one few things that truly puts my mind at ease. I literally can not get enough of it. There is just something about dropping that hood and melting things together, or raising your hood and someone saying i didn't think that was possible.

Great pic! Now that you are camera to computer savvy i too propose more pictures of the museum, perhaps a members gallery. Is the train in which you are pictured next too in the museum??? p.s. Fibonacci is the only reason i clicked on this one first :D I'm going to add this to my list of random terms in which i like to speak around others who have even less of an idea...

How does this happen to an anvil... Since i have never experienced this, other than the obvious; what kind of forces and misuse would cause this separation?

What is the going rate for an anvil in South Africa these days?

I am sorry if this has been posted, I did my best to search the threads for carbon phase diagrams with definitions. If printed in color this is a handy little quick reference, i have one on my wall at work and in my shop. in case the attachment does not load go to: http://www.tempil.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=Basic_Guide_to_Ferrous_2010.pdf tempil metallurgy.pdf

I agree on posting the in process pics. and clarity on how you achieved the edge pattern. Very nice!