Cretedog
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Thank you Sir.
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Hello- Would anyone have their AIA handy to date a recently acquired A&H 81lb? Serial #20943. Thanks in advance! JMc
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Nothing to understand Josh- just said I remembered the warranty statement I read as being on the waist weld only, not the complete anvil as was Fishers. I'm still a Fisher man at heart, haven't converted to H-B quite yet. ;) Regards, JM Fishers 30lb 80 100 150 150 300 350 and probably more I'm forgetting
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Nice press 78!
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Got the 8" Columbian No. 508 I picked up last fall cleaned up and back together this morning. Not quite as substantial as some older 8" vises, but still a thing of beauty and in great shape.
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Put one in your lathe and turn a long taper on it. Attach or mill a square peg into it to fit your hardy hole, and you'll have a dandy cone hardy.
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"...home of Channellock." and Hollands, and Yost...
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Haven't done a thing with mine this winter, Knots. Too much to do at the 'real' job, plus the usual other stuff we all have. Like your tooling examples. The socket and shoulder idea looks good. Gives me food for thought for next winter. You've also got my curiosity going now- don't think mine has the dovetailed work plate. Good excuse to run out to the blacksmith shop this afternoon and check. :) Regards, JM
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I was sitting in my chair thinking the very same thing the other evening Andrew! Flat belts, gear motors, idler wheels... all sorts of possibilities. Then I remembered that my partner is much bigger and stronger than myself, and is in need of much more exercise, so I figured that he could 'walk the circle with his hand held high', and I'll deal with the iron and the tooling. :)
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Followed me home the other night. Huge with a slow thread, but way cheap and in pristine shape. 2-3/4" screw with 42" flywheel. I'll be happily making tooling while the snow blows outside this winter....
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Hat's off to you for taking the time and effort to secure an anvil and put in in a teaching situation! You cannot take a shop class in middle school here anymore- in a city of 50,000. High school shop offerings are not even a shadow of what they once were. Junior high shop used to be both a 'growing up' place, and a learning place. Even for kids on an academic track like I was, it provided a great and enjoyable balance to the 'other stuff'. Your efforts are appreciated.
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1" plate drilled and tapped for hold downs and hammer rack. Rebar welded to plate. 4000psi concrete with black coloring. Poured upside down. 1/4" rubber mat spray adhesived to bottom. Hammer racks are 1/4" x 1".
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Some anvil stands coming along this weekend: 430lb A & H setting down A couple of 150lb Fisher Farriers
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I would think it made your whole year! Congrats, it's nice when one can hit on a deal like that.
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Now THAT is an anvil. ;)
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8" Yost No. 99 / 208 About 285 lbs.
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Wow Cretedog! I'd love to have a chunk of really BIG rebar like your pencil holder. Any chance of buying a 12" piece?? Robert in Texas Sorry Texas, all I have is what's in the photos.
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Put those rebar cut offs to good use Brian & Mark! #18's from ND missile site PS Brian, I have anvil envy.
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Daughter asked me to whip one up quick for her wedding a few years ago. Some blacksmithing involved, but mostly modern construction. North Dakota's oldest brand inspector was present- told me I'd have to take a grinder to the intersections or they'd burn and smear