eco redneck

Hello everybody today I acquired this huge post drill hand crank in very good shape very little slop and play in the spindle the only thing is it seems to be missing any kind of mechanism to turn the feed to lower it down as your Drilling not a big deal I just I would appreciate if somebody would have pictures of what it should look like so I can make something work for it did excellent drill and all their minus this part

In not new to this . But you have to understand that I ground the face because of all of the massive pitting from miss use with a chisel at some point. Now I admit that now where it's at I realize that I more than likely shouldn't have done that. But Imy more than willing to work on it to repair my mistakes

It does have a steel free so I can tell by the spark  difference between the face and the base that is cast iron but I don't know I looked into getting some hard surfacing rodds  would that work to build up just a little bit I appreciate any advice on this thank you

38 minutes ago, the iron dwarf said:

or ground off by the previous owner maybe or just started out as an ASO.

what markings does it have on it?

 

It has next to none 

A 56 and a 13 or something 

Ahh 

I'll back away from the grinder 

Didn't take much off at all but sitll

Well tilted says it . Picked up a anvil the other day. Has not bad rebound. The face has been beat up really bad by chisels so I figured no big deal as people can be hard on stuff. Well upon future inspection while I was grinding away the pitting. I realized that the face is extremely soft and dents very very easily looks like I just bought a hundred and thirty five pound piece of cast iron

Hello everyone 

I have been throwing around the idea of a used oil forge or a diesel forge design. Now I know there are many threads on the idea but hear me out. I'm totally new to the idea of liquid fuel forges and hAve no idea where to start. I have all the tools and such needed to build one but I just need some starter or a how to oil forge for dummies ideas or pages to look at. Simple plans would be nice 

Thanks 

Where would one get his hands on liquid sodium chloride?

So as you can see in the picture in front of that little bin is this white plastic calf huch and in order for me to start smithing in that bin behind it I need to move this thing to get some crap out of it and only thing is is that it's the dead winter in Alberta and this thing is frozen to the ground solid its plastic so I don't want to wreck it and I am I going to do it I have no clue how to do this ran out of ideas already

Any helpwould he appreciated and just don't say wait for spring because spring doesn't come until June allmost

After 10 years of stuff piling up going to be a pain to clean her out but I'll get it done within the next week or so before Christmas hopefully have shop set up sometime after Christmas its
It's plenty tall enough for a shop but she's got a slight lean into her for probably only being 75 or 80 years old so might have to deal with that but other than that she's good

Hello every one

So i am in need of a shop i have a few old square grain bins at hone here abd im thinking of turning on into a shop. I was just wondering on how many people have done this the Ben will probably use is probably with me 14 by 14 or whatever it's not that big any ideas?

Hello every one
So i I have been looking at different styles styles of homemade clinker Breakers lately I've noticed that there's lots of variation in different styles of breakers and gates I guess I've seen some made up from ball bearings washers pieces of tube even so I was wondering if you guys can post pictures of your home a clinker breaker or a gate just to give everybody else some ideas if they need for homemade builds


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Eco

Never got it it went for 450 bucks i was willing to pay 300 but thats only because i have a small peter wright

ya i am going to go to the auction this is the first no cast iron anvil that i have seen at the auction that in not out in the sticks i can actually get there in an our not five like all of the other auctions with any good anvils in them

thanks i had no idea what it ment

thanks eco

hey all

this Saturday  there is an anvil at an auction but i dont know what to think

the listing says its an Peter Wright #19 anvil but that makes no sence to me

i would like to know what you guys think it should sell for all the listing has is two pictures good anviles dont come up around here that often so. idont know

thanks eco

http://www.globalauctionguide.com/imageviewer.php?iid=14278751

http://www.globalauctionguide.com/imageviewer.php?iid=14278752

Rehearing five or six time to get the piece right-side-right on the anvil will result in backward-ness or upside-down-ism.

you dont know how many times i have done that!!!

where could i get one made

would it work to store the coal in wooden grain bins

i would just weld it up dont think it would hurt it

you need a lot of heat for it to work

so a huge pile of coal would be safe to keep out side for a few years

i have the same problem but bigger where i live here in alberta our good smithing coal in 50 lbs bags is about $75 from home hardware they get it from ontaro but to get good coal from home here is hard because the suppliers woul let us buy it un less we get 100 tons or more i dont know how  if possible i could store this much  space is not an issue but a 100 tones how wuld you do that

i would use any ideas i could get

thanks eco

I bent the springs for mine (or had them bent) cold under a big press.  You could, however, use them just as you find them.  It gives you a longer, lazier, motion.  That is assuming that you're thinking about a Dupont linkage.  There are several variant versions, some which use straight springs.  There is also a rocker beam guided helve design, which uses a straight flat pack of springs.

 

First you need to sort out which style of hammer you want to build, and don't overlook the tire hammers.

 

Geoff

yes the dupont linkage  and i like the idea of a tire hammer because of how compact it

is