95silverstallion

Cool videos. thanks for puttin the time and effort in it.

The shape is real similar to a friends Wilkinson anvil.

Man you guys are lucky. I live in Flint, MI. A heavy industrial town with TONS of scrap yards. Theres is not a yard in town willing to sell anything out the yard. I mean nothing. Once it makes it through the gate it cannot be resold. One guy even told me he thinks its actually illegal here to resell scrap.

Assuming you have a mode of transportation, I suggest going to all the big truck, tractor trailer shops and ask them if they have any scrap brake drums they would be willing to part with. Most places wont give you one because they get scrap value for them and theyre heavy, typically 100 lbs for a single drum. Just go and tell them what your going to do with it and youd be surprised that one place may just give you one. Maybe even offer to do a bit of clean up around their yard for a drum. Heck might even find your way into a job.

Thanks I appreciate it.

I'll do a forge table build thread once im closer to done with it. I'd rather nail ya with all the build pics after im done then have a slow drawn out build process drag on in my thread Thanks, Brian

Thanks again for the compliments. Not too bad for a guy sitting on his garage floor in 20* temps. The toughest part was cutting the 1/2" plate with a 4" cut off wheel. It took not quite one wheel per cut. My bandsaw needs some work. It has a cracked pulley and hasnt been used in well over 10years.

Ya, I ended up working saturday. So I lost that as a day of messing around in the garage. My work schedule through the week doesnt allow me any free time M-F.

...plus its welded the same on the inside of the pot.

Heres a couple pics from the plate welding. I used the .025 wire since I had it and it was already in the welder. First pic was just an intial pass to fill the seam and put some heat in it. Second pass I just weaved side to side. I ran out of wire though so i'll use some .030 for the rest. Although I borrowed a stick welder from a friend so I may do some with that just for the experience. I think it came out pretty well.

Thanks for the compliments on the welds. A few years ago I decided I was gonna learn to weld so I went to the store and bought the MIG and just plugged it in and started welding. I have alot of fun welding stuff up. I dont do it often but when I do I enjoy myself. Thanks, Brian

Couple pics of a few welds on my table. This is a Lincoln 135 MIG (not 140) using Argon/CO2 mix and .025 wire

Turns out my Grandpa has a stick welder in the fiery depths of his garage. Ill go out there and weld it up.

Im still going to atleast tack it up and then maybe see how much someone would charge me to weld it up.

I probably wont get to it until next weekend. Worst case I can have someone stick weld right over my MIG welds. Im sure ill be fine though. Thanks again, Brian