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monstermetal

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  1. My dad took some weight numbers down today. The frame is 23,500 lbs. The anvil block is 9500 lbs. Sow Block is 1000 lbs and the dies are 200 lbs each (so total anvil weight with a die would be 10,700) John I dont have a 2B. I have a 60KG SayMak, A Nazel 4B, A 50lb tire hammer, a 150lb KA/Grant Sarver hammer that run and a 300 lb Beaudry that is in the works. The plan is to install the Chambersberg at my dads in Idaho. Someday I hope to move down there and set up shop.
  2. I am sure some of you saw this hammer on eBay. My dad and I bought the thing and he went to gather it up today. I saw this hammer run years ago ( I even have a picture of my wife standing in front of it) The long term plan is to get it installed at my dads shop in Idaho where eventually I'll move close by. I really think 750 lb machine is the sweet spot with a self contained. Its the largest hammer that came with a treadle. Anyway just wanted to gloat a bit :-)
  3. No marks or two marks ( Grade 2) on the head means they are soft/ low carbon bolts
  4. I hosted a workshop where we built 16 tire hammers, The build is featured in the current issue of the Hot Iron News ( NWBA newsletter) I think its a great machine and very user friendly and easy to maintain. If you have any specific questions there are lots of folks with them that can offer advice.
  5. $1000 is a gift, You could use it for 5 years and double your money when you sold it
  6. I checked yesterday on the price to fill my 500 gal tank $2.89/gal which is 30% higher than the last time I filled it but a whole heck of a lot cheaper than the $4-$6 I am hearing about on the east coast
  7. "real" hydraulic pumps are rated by how many cubic inches they displace per revolution not in GPM, half the revolutions half the volume.
  8. I don’t sell little items nor am I an artist. I build functional things all of which are paid for by someone who has an idea what they want. I have had lots of folks bring in a picture and say "will you build me this?" The answer is no unless it’s totally generic, and the reply is something like “we can use that as inspiration” Or “we can adapt that feeling to suit your situation” It is not ok to duplicate another’s work exactly, but every piece of ironwork on the planet was influenced by something. We all develop our own likes and skills based on what we see others do. Don’t knock off another’s product though with the intent of selling them. My feeling is its 100% fine to make something you saw someone else do for yourself, or to give away. We build skill buy challenging ourselves and much of that happens trying to replicate others work. Making a stack of them and hocking them at a street market, not ok. Even if you are building it for a gift or yourself be a man (or woman I guess ) and call it what it is. If it’s a Darryl Nelson bear head call it a Darryl Nelson bear head, If it’s a Brian Brazeal horse head then say “hey, check out this Brazeal horse head I made!” Its yours, you made it, but they get credit for the design.
  9. Keen Kutter stuff is very collectable... probably would have been worth many times what a similar post vise would bring.
  10. I have a Norton deep 6, Balls are 28lbs each. Mine are fabraicated but I did weigh an actual deep 6 ball to get proper weight. I forged some 5" solid balls and they where too light (took all day to forge a couple balls from 2 1/2" round bar) I ended up ordering two 6" hollow balls from King Metals and welding a pipe coupling in so I could fill them with lead. Welded a square tube through to sit on the handle. Works perfect as you can tune the weight to just what you want (although 28 lbs is reall close to full of lead shot)
  11. A D series with a swivel base sells for over a grand new... If you could have bought them for $100-$200 you cold have made a mint reselling them. Just the swivel base will bring $200 alone Cheapest one on eBay is $425, most are $599
  12. You are an amazing asset to the blacksmithing community Brian! Aarons tools are beautiful and have the unmistakable look of a disciple of the Brazeal method.
  13. I got your machine inbound Dave... That thermite is impressive but I think you would have a hard time doing much forging with your hunk dripping on the floor....
  14. I bet those where stolen by a worker who planed to come back and get them later... Used Kurts bring $400, they dont end up in dumpsters
  15. I dont know that I have ever seen a picture of that hammer Geoff..... Really cool I have quite a assortment of hammers. I have a 60lb Tire hammer, A 150lb KA striking hammer, A Nazel 4B and a 60 KG Saymak. I also have a couple others but those are the ones that are in operation. I could make due without any of them other than the SayMak and make the same money I do now, All the others make things easier or faster but really the SayMak is the money maker in the shop.
  16. The down side of the Milwakee is its big and heavy. If you are using dril bits to bore 1" holes then big and heavy is what it takes. I have a big Milwakee and a small (904) Hougen with the drill chuck and for 90% of what I do the Hougen is much easier and better to use. The Milwakee is a good tool but if you have to dril a bunch of half inch holes at the end of the day moving a 30lb drill around as opposed to a 70lb one is a big deal
  17. That is a cool vise, The Wilton 800S though is something special. I only know of a few out in the world (I have one and my pop has one and a few others) With a retail price of over five grand and the "good guy" deal still three grand there are not a lot of them getting sold either. Congrats! You'll have to start a big vise display :-)
  18. You can get a very even heat, I have forged up to 3" round in my induction machine, soak time is important for larger stock but for normal work it is hot all the way though almost instantly
  19. I am not a damacus nor knife guy but I think bandsaw blade is 15N20. its a couple % points nickel that makes it the "shiny" bits because the nickel does not etch. Its the 10 series steel that is the dark parts (mostly, other things are used for sure)
  20. It was a great event, some real skill on display. that Freddy was amazing! and so was every other demonstrator
  21. I think your making a issue out of a non issue. In my production operation I heated and forged over 50,000 breaker points in the same unisulated coil. My machine would run at 90-100% output for up to 6 hours at a time (not on and off but full power output with several parts in the coil at a time) I even shorted out the coil to the point of burning a hole though it but a quick dab of solder is all it takes to go back to work, I didnt even remove the coil from the machine. In practice the coils are very durable and some sort of a covering in not manditory. If a simple, cheap cover could be found thats great but my experiance is unprotected coils are simply not an issue.
  22. Dont sand blast it! I hate to see blasted anvils as much or more than painted ones :-)
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