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Some double sided tape might work. Weld a hardy on e'm and you could use the horn like a cone mandrel.

Well its fixable.The one I have did the same thing to me,only I never got around too fixing it.But one thing I noted when useing it, is the gear mesh needed to be adjusted after it was warmed up or they would bind,but mine is made different,so it might not apply to yours.

Well, went and got it Saturday! I don't think it's 200 lb ,at the foot its stamped 175.I think it's a Trenton, on the side I can make out half of a diamond but thats about all.Did they stamp a serial number on the foot?,because it has a bunch of extra numbers there. One thing for sure,when he said it rings he wasn't jokeing.I need to do some work to quiet it,or wear ear plugs .

I'm looking at this anvil and trying to find out what it is before I go look at it. He says that he thinks it's a trenton,it is 30 inchs long and He thinks it's alittle over 200 LB and he said it rings. He's asking 450 for it and from what I can find thats not to bad. So what do you all think,dos it look like a trenton? Sorry about the picture being grainy,I'm haveing trouble uploading.

I like useing a stump,its easy to find and most of the time is free.But mostly I like how the anvil feels when its on it.Right now it's just sitting on the ground and it will move alittle at times.If you can,try setting it in the ground like they said.A well set up anvil will help your work alot.

I use 30w motor oil non-detergent.In my 400 blower it's never given me any trouble when it's as low as 20 F out,but I'm sure it get's a little colder there .But I would think anything that you use would need some viscosity to get up to the top gears. I do agree that 90w is way to much.

Thank's ! I think I'll just go with the cheeper one for now,and if I don't like it I'll find a good one latter.

I hate to ask somthing stupid like this , but I was looking at this and this do you think the last one is worth paying a extra $10.00 for (looks like better straps)or are both over priced for what they are?

I can't get any pictures to load,every time I click on select files it shows (error on page) Whats up,I didn't have any problem with the last one I loaded.

Ok I'll get a few pictures.I'm not sure but I think it could be wrought, or mild steel,If I go slow I might be able to build it up with the welder.

I'm trying to set up my vise to use , but I ran into a little problem. The key that keeps the screw box from turning in the back of the vise is partly broken off,and so it spins.My first thought was to cut a new key and braze it on. Is this the best way to fix it? Sorry if this has been asked before but couldn't find anything in the blueprints or the search.

I use mostly fire wood,just whatever looks like it has a good grain and dried nice without alot of splitting.Also I'v tried apple ,it works very well for hammers that are used outside in the mud and rain ,but the only thing I didn't like is it's almost to hard for use at the anvil,it lets alot of vibration get to your hand.I don't know how good that would be in the long run.

I'v melted it in my forge before,wasn't hard at all.If you use cans crush them or they will burn,the best way is to get a little pool started with some thicker stuff like a old lawn chair and then add the cans. As for a crucible (pot for melting) you can weld a plate on the bottom of a pipe ,but it would need to be a water tite weld.And you do need to "season" it,bring the whole thing to red heat and set it out to cool slowly that will allow scale to form and keep the AL from eating it. As for cupcake pan for ingots,they use them alot over at the metal casting site so I guess they work ok.But I haven't tried it yet. MOST IMPORTANT, safety .I would go to the metal casting site to read about safety melting metal in a home foundry, backyard metalcasting, metal casting Molten aluminum & water is a bad idea,don't do it in the rain or on wet pavment.

It could be I didn't get all the dirt out of it.But I think your right I just need to practice welding.I might try something easier than chain,this stuff was hard to keep together when welding.

Well, I know this may not be the way to start at this, being that I'v never made a good weld before.But I thought I would try it and I was happy with what I got.:cool: It's made from a motorcycle chain.The problem is I got a cold shut at the tang on both sides when I was drawing it out. I didn't finish it because I think it would brake off if used.Also there are a few surface cold shuts. So what do you all think I did wrong? I'll try to post some better pictures when I make them smaller,this one took 17 min to load because it was so big.

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I think I know what wood you are talking about.A friend of mine was building a deck for some people and he got some cutoffs.It's some nice stuff,but hard to work because it cracks easy when working it thin. I hear the reason it's called iron wood is because it almost has the same burn rate as steel.We tried burning a little cutoff with the cutting torch, it will not burn,it will blacken and the torch will cut it but as soon as you take the flame away it go's out.My brother made a whole knife from it for our friends wedding cake. And Ijust wanted to add that you do very nice work!

I tried to cut a few with a brick hammer and it didn't go to well.You can get a good cut if your just trying to make a half brick, but I don't know about doing it the length of the brick. Check your blade and see if it's a dry blade.If it is ,you should have everything you need.Dad has one of those blades and it works good,and yes you need a mask because they make alot of dust.