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My 50# LG was loaded out of a junk yard in Wala Wala washington on may 10 1980. The cost was .10 per pound so it came to 168.00. On the way home I was overtaken by what I thought was a huge thunderstorm.

Mt St hellens had blown and the ash cloud was catching up to me.

Sid sold me some new dies this winter and told me where to look for numbers, but found none. I do know it is an early style and there is a date of 1/1/1900 stamped on the hammer just inside of the ways.

Good, now I need to do something with it.

Thanks, I just found an old part in my pile that looked stringy, it had been forged welded and threaded. When I ground on it the sparkes looked simular to grey cast but when I bent it after cutting it with a hack saw it delaminated lenghtwise and looked like broken hikory wood.

There seem to be alot of old wagon tires available. What would the spark test look like if they were WI?

I have piles of stuff that came home with me, some of it beat me here. I will have to figure out how to post a picture of my 12' tall cinsinati belt slapper drill press.

love it, I filled some of my baskets with ball bearings, heat wouldn't be a factor to them either.

I want to try it. Did you tin the edges with brass?