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Thanks I'm glade it worked

You know it worked and I'm happy with the results

It was cracked before I bought it. So I split the cracks with a cutting wheel to reduce more spliting then we preheated in our oven at 400deg then we bent it

It's got some good amount of weight haven't put on a scale yet

So I got this post vise at a antique barn/store it was tool heaven by the way, I have never seen so many tools it was insane. Anyway when i found this vise it looked good from a glance well i must have been drunk or still in aww of the insanity that was the barn. Because this thing was in rough shape being that its metal i can fix it... Well there was alot of surgery to be done it was bent and cracked so when it was completely closed it was off by an 1" so I split it where it was cracked and sent to our press at work had them get it straight, welded it all up grinded and sanded it, powder coated it. All I paid was 40 bucks! Oh and when i was cleaning it came across some numbers theres an 8 on the mount and a 2 on one of the bushing and also 65. does anyone have a clue what these mean?

i used a 2" ss pipe 3/4 id. and didnt have a torch or forge handy to flare the nozzle so i got out my 8oz ball pin hammer and my 16oz, put the 8oz ball of the hammer in the hole and used the 16oz to pound it in. Do this till the ball is about 3/4's of the way in and switch to the 16oz ball of the hammer and i had a 3lb sledge to pound with worked perfectly..Oh i would spray wd-40 in the pipe and ball to prevent it from getting stuck..

does your welder have a pulse setting if so i would try that on some test metal. It worked for me when i welded a copper cup out of mig nozzles worked great but the only challenge was getting the heat right.. not sure if this helped

thanks guys

Thanks guys I can't wait to start forging. I do plan on putting shut offs for all burners.

improved forged

All the guys at work think it looks like some from transformers. What do you guys think

So i we build the radiators for the CAT 797F for those that don't know what that is, its the 2 story minning trucks. Anyways we had some scrap parts from one of the tanks so i turned into a very comfortabe chair great for seating in front of a firepit or something. The holy back is what the call the header plate the rest is just random scrap all tig welded, will be painting it in hot rod form flat blk and chrome and metalic blue.. will show complete pics later

Here the pics of small but stupid thick and improved old forge with rack extensions for long material and a mounting bracket for plumbing of burners

Ok so I thought about it and when I finally had some free time at work. I pulled out the plasma and cut the 2 pipes out and am going to put 3 new holes with 5 inches between them hopefully this works.. I also had time to build a ten inch forge with some scrap 1 inch( over kill I know)

Will trade for anvil!!