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    Pine Grove, Pa
  • Biography
    Great-great grandfather, great grandfather & grand father were blacksmiths.
  • Interests
    making inventions
  • Occupation
    bicycle repair blacksmith & handyman shop

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  1. Your deductible might be high enough that your company won't have to pay you one cent if you only have a small claiim. If you have any problems, each state has an insurance commission. Call your state commission and ask to talk to a complaint specialist. Probably can do it online also. That's some advice if your company gives you a runaround. Companies do not like to be investigated by the insurance commission. If your policy has a replacement cost clause, they will have to pay current new price without any depreciation. Call your agent and get the facts for your own protection. Guess why I am no longer an agent. I got tired of the games they wanted to play.
  2. Beware of that insurance adjuster. He sounds to me like a vulture. I was an insurance agent for 11 years and never heard of such a practice by an adjuster. You have a contract with your insurance company to be paid for your loss. The Company itself has either their own salaried adjusters or else send an independant adjuster to settle the claim. None of my clients ever had to find their own adjuster and pay them a commission kickback. Sounds like a scam to me unless your state has some different laws than mine. Call your agent for more information. Good luck and sorry about your loss.
  3. Exactly what kind of information are you looking for related to branding? I have made branding irons for use by woodworkers, leather smiths, taxidermists, and for my own use for decorating wood objects I make in conjunction with forged items.
  4. Good for you. Your first forge weld is a moment you won't forget.
  5. I have been using a grinder that size in my shop for over 30 years. I would say it is a good size to start with. My other grinder has 8" wheels. I bought that one about a year ago. On my 6" I have a wire wheel on the one end. It is nice for quick rough polishing. I have also seen brand new 6" grinders at Tractor Supply for under $50. I have some of their metal working tools in my shop and have had no problems. Of course they are imported. But then again, what isn't. They work and that is the main thing.
  6. Those are the first forged dog heads I have ever seen. Great pictures. They are so neat. I know if I show them to my wife she will get on my case to make some. We have 3 black labs and she is a dog lover.
  7. Those are certainly nice looking horse heads. Keep them coming.
  8. Here is a new folder I just completed. The blade was made from a super heavy duty reciprocating saw blade. I got it from my brother-in-law's butcher shop. I'm not sure what kind of metal it is but by the sparks from grinding, it definitely has a good amount of carbon. The antler was one I had saved a few years. The pivot pin is copper. The orange thing in the end is a stained glass nugget that I got from my stained glass supply bin. I'm not sure if I'm keeping the glass in the end. I thought a turkey spur sticking out at the end would be neat. Any ideas?
  9. Welcome to the forum. Be sure to post some pictures when you get some knives finished. We like to look at pictures. Have fun.
  10. I was just thinking about you the other day. With the icy weather mess Kentucky had I was wondering if that had any effect in your area. I hope all goes well for you. O/A welding isn't too bad. That's all the welding I did years ago when I worked in an autobody shop. No mig welders invented at that time. Our frame man got to use the stick welder. If I had to give up my electric welders, I could survive and I'm sure you will make a go of it too. I wish you all the best.
  11. A chop saw works well and if you don't have a chop saw, a cut off wheel on a right angle grinder will also work.
  12. I read one time where before the Revolutionary War, England wanted to control the iron making so the colonists would have to buy the nails and other stuff from them. It is said that in the winter, the colonists families would sit at the fireplace and forge their own nails from whatever iron they could find. Another thing I read was that a person's wealth at that time was determined by how many nails they had hammered into the outside of their door. The nails were used as a deterrent for the Indians trying to chop their way into the house through the door. Thus the saying came about, "dead as a door nail". When I make nails at demos, I usually tell the onlookers a little bit of the nail history I have read.
  13. One other thought. When working with fuel tanks, be sure to take every safety precaution. If you can't braze it, maybe JB Weld would be something to try. Good luck.
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