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Anvil identification
Everything Mac replied to Moose Iron's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
Raised lettering = indicative of cast construction. Lack of pritchel hole/ pritchel larger than the hardy hole = indicates an ASO. A ring/ rebound test would confirm this one way or the other. The cast "USA" brand is a well known cast iron ASO type anvil. Better than no anvil at all but unless it's really cheap or free, personally I'd pass and keep looking. All the best Andy -
I've heard of putting a stainless steel tray in the bottom of the forge before. That might be worth doing. Andy
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Oh yeah that's a big boy. Bet that works well. All the best Andy
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Basics video series
Everything Mac replied to Everything Mac's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
First video out in a while. Restoring a set of tongs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT5tI3W48Jk Language alert All the best Andy -
Thanks Glenn.
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Hi gents, Skip in a couple of minutes to see the jig and how it works. After the video was filmed I bent 20mm (3/4") square and 25mm (1") round mild steel cold. As mentioned I'll be upgrading the cross bars or bottom dies if you like to something much thicker. Ideally 2" round but I'd settle for 1.5" round. Just depends what I can find next time I'm down at the scrap yard. Sadly this is simply not a priority for me at the minute. Cheers Andy
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Anvils: A beginner buyers guide
Everything Mac replied to Everything Mac's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
That's a rather ingenious way of doing it. Well done sir. All the best Andy -
Peter Wright Anvils
Everything Mac replied to Col Defender's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
Couldn't have said it better myself. All the best Andy -
Cool. Best of luck with it. Reading back my last post I didn't word it very well. I meant to say that you could cast the flat portion of the roof as well as the upright or "post" section on one side so that it's all one piece. With a bit of stainless bar in the posts it could then be bolted to the floor portion. Hope that makes sense. Those stainless needles arrived by the way - they're a lot bigger than I was expecting, maybe 30mm long and 1mm diameter. They look more like shavings from some machining than anything else. All the best Andy
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What did you do in the shop today?
Everything Mac replied to littleblacksmith's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Ah well there's no rush eh. Like I say you'll be surprised how often you use it. All the best Andy -
What did you do in the shop today?
Everything Mac replied to littleblacksmith's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Fair enough bud. Get that welded up ;) Andy -
Looks great so far. You won't regret spending the time on it. All the best Andy
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Ok Joel, it's really not too hard at all. You mix it with water and treat it like mixing concrete. It has a tendancy to clump though and you get dry bits, so get in there with a mixing attachment or a bent bit of 1/4" round in a drill. You get a good working time but I couldn't say how long exactly. half an hour maybe? It seems to start getting hard after a couple of hours. I always leave it a couple of days to dry thoroughly before doing anything with it but that's been purely because I'm busy rather than anything else. There's three types: dense, insulating / light weight and medium wei
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What did you do in the shop today?
Everything Mac replied to littleblacksmith's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Looks good bud. You'll be surprised how much you use it. ;)