broncstomper

well i have some old mule drawn plow sweeps and they are a perfect fit for the vise. looks like it is for forming or reforming plows.

sorry i cant get these pics bigger.when i took my grandpas forge apart to relocate it to my shop this was mounted on a post set in the ground just outside his smithy. ive seen it all my life but never asked what it was for. now papa and daddy are dead and i cant figure this thing out. the arm works like a cam. the jaws are molded to match each other. theres a pin inside kindof like a tooth. thanks for the replies.

the dang pic is small and upside down. it was mounted on a post and has a 6 ft post for a handle.

Hb 120 . cant read the sn but its been in my family since it was new. i use it all the time but it is bout wore out.

I have tools from 5 generations of family farm blacksmithing amd this is the only one ive never used and dont know what it is for.

I think coke would get the least amount of smell.

I was thinking cottonwood forge because my shop is surrounded by cottonwood trees but i see it is already in use, so I been saying cottonwood iron works. What yall think.

when i was a kid and my grandpa and me would be working cattle he would always say "slow down, we're in a hurry". So slow and right beats fast and wrong every time.

I like mine to be as lite as i can stand. Looks good for a first try.

that is a good idea john b , wouldn't cost anything to try.

my stack is tall and black but still just doesn't draw well enough. I used a barrel standing on end with a 10x10 hole cut in the bottom and placed right at the fire pot. it makes a 90 straight out of the barrel to get outside and then 90 up but its not perfect 90 or flat it angles upward the whole way. i wonder if the barrel is the problem. Oh yeah i took the rain cap off and it made no difference. I don't really understand the injector .

I have 8" stove pipe and want to know how to make a forced draft chimney for my forge.? i can't figure how to introduce forced air without burning up blowers.

thanks for the replies but i scrapped the dryer motor and used a 1 hp motor i had on the farm.

o.k. the colors of the three wires that actually come out of the motor are,orange,green,and black. If i hook black to black and green to green it does nothing. If i hook blk to blk and green to green and orange to white it runs but gets very hot very quick. I tried unhooking the orange wire once it started running but it just stopped running. also If i hook blk to blk and white to orange but leave green unhooked it just hums. I'm confusing myself now.

no I'm not sure its wired correct. I figures the black was hot so put 110 on it and tied the other two to the common and the ground. i didn't think about a start circuit , that would need a momentary on switch or a hand start. How in the world could i figure out which wire it is.