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arkie

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  1. Robert, you mentioned that you sent the "S7" piece out to be tested...what did the testing show? I have never used S7 and would like to know if it may be a problem with getting truly air-hardening steel named "S7"
  2. I have noticed a trend lately, and I don't know if it's gonna be good or bad, but a large number of private practitioners, general MD's, specialists, private clinics, etc. have been abandoning their private practices and contracting with the 3 or 4 large regional hospitals in our area. It could be medical insurance coverage for them, or problems with their patients' medical insurance, costs associated with a private practice, job security with a large hospital, access to more facilities/programs, wider exposure, liability protection, job burnout, the list could go on.......
  3. When we moved to Arkansas, I told the wife that we needed to find a good doctor, one with grey hair and experience, so we didn't have to train one. Well, now it seems that the old, grey haired docs are retiring and now we have to train the new, young, less experienced ones......hmmmmm.
  4. Have you tried Google search??? Looks like pages of brass bells.....................
  5. An old friend of mine always said, "I would rather take a flogging with a wet rope than make a move"...now my motto.... I had been involved in many moves with my son and daughter, apts., dorms, houses, etc. The last one I participated in was a daughter's move from Eugene, OR to Arkansas. I told her "I don't do moves anymore, just supervise." I went up there to "supervise". She contracted PODS to load, move and deliver...greatest thing ever!!!! I helped her pack some of the last small stuff, some local movers put all the remaining furniture, boxes, etc. into the pod, slammed the doors and locked it up! It arrived to a storage facility near here in a few days (long haul)...I never touched another thing on that move!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!
  6. Sub.... Rebar is rebar...often characterized as being the "sausage of steels". Rebar is best used in concrete. No, it won't help rebar by trying to carbonize it. Visit your local car repair shop, spring manufacturer/installer, scrap metal/recycle yard and get some real steel from car parts such as leaf and coil spring, suspension parts, etc. and give the rebar a rest. If you're needing a specific steel, there are some retailers who sell for specific uses such as blade work, etc. It DOES, however, make good tent stakes since the ribs make it a bit harder to pull out of the ground than smooth rod. Rebar is marginal when it comes to a "practice" steel. It varies quite a bit in composition, being a steel "sausage" and does not forge uniformly. Happy forging!
  7. Rebar is not a suitable type of steel for a crossbow. You would be better served using one of your aforementioned steels in your query. It would indeed be a CSPS using rebar. Happy forging!
  8. I'm with Frosty on that one...looks like a darned expensive flue pipe there. A wire from each corner of the roof to it would be the best insurance, "just in case". Mother Nature can throw one some pretty nasty curve balls.
  9. Frosty, seems like too much/many of the past family shops and businesses in the trades are disappearing. My dad had to have his cowboy boots custom made due to a high instep...that was some 50-60 yrs ago.... made by a Mexican family in W. TX that had been in business for decades. During a nostalgic moment the other day, I was curious to see if it had been kept up by his sons (on the business' name; "Ramirez and Sons"). Alas, the last son closed the shop a few years back...sad to see. I still remember the smells of the leathers in that shop.
  10. Frosty, I just googled the name, out of curiosity. The sidebar had a red banner that said, "Permanently Closed". Some links on the google page had several photos of the shop, however.
  11. Round rivets are most common in things that are meant to turn, i.e. tongs. Round rivets are used for fastening as well, some structural work, machinery, ornamental work, etc. The square rivets would be used where any movement would not be wanted such as joinery work. You would forge out the rivet stock in a square shape if you started with round stock, punch a properly aligned and sized hole with a square punch and rivet the pieces together. The rivet head could be shaped either square or round.
  12. Sadly, the "new" wars going on in the world have shoved the remembrances of Pearl Harbor out of the picture.
  13. Years ago, first starting, I needed a hot cut. I used a mason's chisel and sharpened the edge more. The 1" handle fit my hardie hole perfectly. Now, I have too many hot cuts!
  14. Kathy, you might try the Tool Talk forum...google it. They have a section (scroll down the list of topics) on farm implements and tools. The info there is mostly for commercially made tools, but one can still give it a look.
  15. Billy, thanks so much for posting the music of Sturgill Simpson. I'd never heard of him, but his music and style gets your juices flowing.....
  16. Frosty, that might be a "shortgevity" pool....LOL
  17. Your snow pictures remind me of one of my all-time favorite movies...Dr. Zhivago....a classic. I guess that dates me, LOL.
  18. Beautiful job on the forge! A work of art as well. Have fun with it. Post pictures of your work when you get it up and running. You will be getting loads of suggestions, and you have probably already planned to do it, but a fire proof panel of sorts would be advised behind the forge such as sheet metal, cement board, etc. to ward off errant sparks.
  19. When you get your smithy finished, you need to add a final touch...a sign hanging outside made from sheet metal in the shape of an anvil....
  20. Pavers.....yeah, they're expensive. Ever think about making your own? I haven't crunched the numbers, but you could make several forms out of scrap lumber, mix your own concrete and pour several of your own pavers at a time. I did that for a small shed and the only negative is the time it takes to make them. Your shed is coming along nicely.
  21. I don't know if this has ever been posted on IFI before, so forgive me if it's duplicated. I ran across this youtube video of an absolutely amazing collection of anvils in an old fortress in Italy. I don't know if youtube video links are prohibited, but if so, mods please inform me. A young smith by the name of Will Stelter toured the fortress and took videos of the collection of hundreds of anvils, some weighing over 1000 to 1700#...eye candy for the folks with anvil obsession.
  22. Wow! That's a monster. Looks to be in almost new condition. You'll love having it in the new shop.
  23. Availability...yes, there may be some good deals out there, but folks seem to be having a harder time finding those deals. Prolific, yes, but the prices for anvils, old and new, post vises, swage blocks, hammers, tongs; the basics etc. have gone up drastically and made them essentially unavailable for many. I'm referencing retail items, not DIY ones. I don't believe inflation has a bearing on those types of things.
  24. Have fun with the shed! Constructing a smithy is kinda like putting together a computer back in the "old days", getting all the parts and pieces and enjoying the final successful effort (if it works..).
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