notownkid

All the above works on one type of tire or another including the starting fluid which I've used many times when desperate and stupid, as Mr. Stevens said NOT RECOMMENDED.  Now after 55+ years of doing them all I've discovered a better way , 1 800 fix my flat time.   

and here as well,   I wish the best to him and his family and loved ones. 

Glenn

Your right antiques are uncomfortable as a rule but still hold me up after 150 years where the recliner is letting me down after 5.  Interesting you mention Harness I just spent the weekend cleaning and oiling up 2 sets of work harnesses that hang right where they were when the last teams were sold 25 yrs. ago but they are still in good shape and usable  at a moments notice.  Plus  today I ordered new handles for a walking plow that would plow a garden in the morning if needed.  I'll never use either again maybe the family will.  Too Good to throw out.    

A buddy of mine was brush cutting and hit a piece of old rusty barbed wire about 1" long drove it into his lower leg out of site.  He thought he had been hit by a bee.  4 days later he couldn't walk on that leg, went to the hospital when puss started running out.  They operated, nearly lost his leg, out of work 6 months still limps today 20 yrs later! 

I don't start one without my logging chaps on and buckled up, not fool proof but better than jeans. 

The wire cup brushes are lethal all around always throwing wires all over, try never to use them.  Can't ever wear enough eye protection with them. 

Decent looking anvil, looks like a good price and certainly beats the daylights out of a rr rail, Don't worry about the pedigree, But as Frosty said above heat some steel and put her to work both you and her will be happier. 

My father use to say "It costs money to go to School", Your lesson of the day was anything is only worth it's scrap value or if you're dealing in livestock meat price per pound.  Don't want it?  Put it back on E-bay and keep your lesson to you're self.

Certainly is cultural. my X spent a number of years as a small girl in a Catholic Orphanage, she was going to be a lefty but the Nuns made her learn right handed only by tying her left arm to her side for months while she learned to write, even while playing in the school yard.  They told her it was shameful to be left handed!  She did end up being Ambidextrous.  Her dominate eye was left.   

Looks like a good example of "BUYER BE AWARE"  They seem to like the word Vintage.  Steve is right it's closer to an Ironing board than an anvil. 

It's worth about 25 cents per "weighs a lot" lbs.

I was ASE tested and certified every three years for most subjects, did it mean I was a super mechanic?  No I wasn't but I employed others who were and they talked to me on a different level than if I hadn't been, they could not pull the wool over my eyes.  It proved I could read a book and take a test and pass it, you would not want me working on your truck. 

I can't get it to work either??

Glad you bought it, if nothing else it's a starter anvil and will help you get down the road for as long as you want.  Now if that anvil could talk with it would teach you  a lot of blacksmith knowledge and worth it's weight in gold.  Good Luck  Once you get going you'll never sell it either, might replace it but you'll keep it as it's your first.

DON'T SHOOT IT!  BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE.

After 30+ yrs. as a firefighter, fire chief, & fire investigator the best answer to using an unlined chimney in my estimations is NO!

The problems including problems with "code" & insurance requirements, are just too high in likelihood of disaster.  With age mortar dries out and falls out leaving holes for fire and sparks to get out, seen it a number times including a fatal fire involving a child. 

Just not worth the problems that will be coming.  Lining chimneys has been used for years and I've not seen one that wasn't expensive and not always a workable repair.  If this chimney is enclosed in walls it might be a possibility but if it is an exposed chimney tear it down and do it over with liner and blocks and do it right, bricks would be nice if you have extra $$.  Replacement shouldn't be that much more than lining but will cure the present problem.

I've seen a number of fires starting at triple lined insulated metal chimneys as well.  My Opinion for what it's worth. 

Yes.  The first project we made at a class at Champlain Maritime Mus. in VT instructed by Peter Wells was a poker as described here.  That was 6 yrs. ago and the  poker replaced one at my fireplace and has been used MANY Times since and it holds together, no problem what so ever.  It was the first day of three. 

I would buy it in a heartbeat for that money ALWAYS resellable for more.

Just think of the stories this anvil could tell! Take good care of this she deserves it.

If you're a Volunteer Fireman, you have the forge just right, the technique figured out, things going good, a few more heats and you're golden, the Fire Alarm goes off and it's down the road from you, no hiding today.   

Check out the New England Blacksmiths web site. They sell new fire pots, swages and hardie hole cones for a decent price to members, memberships are $20.

My father in law had a large new car dealership and parts kept coming up missing off used cars.  He tried new lights, put up a complete chain link fence kept loosing parts.  Finally he got a guard Dog only known to him and a nephew, after the first night they found a bottom portion of a police uniform pant leg complete with stripe and blood!  No report to the police dept. for an injury on duty.  Chief didn't want to hear about anything.  They kept the dog for a while but no additional parts came up missing. 

You have to protect your own property, no one else will.  

Just what I had built for my new shop except it's 16x20 and 2  4' rolling doors on the end nothing on the side because of snow falling.  Steeper metal roof line. 

I have 2 others larger for other shops or storage on the farm.  Faster to build,(2 1/2 days in our case) a lot less expensive than standard construction.       

Start with the basics get 2 new belts.

Gates no longer make matched sets of belts.  They claim manufacture is so good all belts match?????

Try to get the Industrial, equipment type belts, Gates & Napa call them Green Belts, they are better for this type use than automotive belts.   

Be sure to clean and sand the pulley grooves to get old oil or rust build up out.

Belts look for a reason to slip.   

It would appear in the picture that the age old allure of the blacksmith shop is world wide.  2 guys working, 2 guys watching, one standing in the doorway could be in any shop in the US, but I'll bet they have no liability insurance problems.  The fellow with the rock, he's big enough to  be a striker in anybody's shop. 

Thomas

You can please some of the people some of the time & some of the people all the time, and then Thomas there are some you just can't please!

If someone doesn't like what you write they don't have to read it, what's the big problem?

Looking forward to more of your posts, maybe you can hit 20,000!!

Best type of a horse herd to have, no feeding nor cleaning up after!  Nice Job.  About what size?

Thanks Frosty that was enjoyable, plenty of Railroad Rails and spikes there!  Now that was a  Model Train Layout!