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thank you steve was not sure what the correct term was so was probly searching wrong

i was over at a much older excoworkers house yesterday and his wife had little candies with shapes in the center like xmas trees and oranges watermellons and it got my brain working so i looked up how they do it for candy and was wondering if anybody had succesfuly got a specific image in their pattern now i am not expecting it across the hole billet just the end of like a round bar or square i was thinking it would make for a cool end for a cane or a pommel i have seen some vids close but the al seem to be going for the side of the billett not the end

i dont smile alot for pics i got some teeth issues that make me look like meth head i was on dylantin and tegretol for almost 30 years and ruined my teeth but soon i will have new top teeth we found a place that will do complete upper dentures and remove whats left in one day for less then a new car my insurance will cover the extractions hopefully then i have to pay for the new chompers it has been harder finding a place to get this done then finding a #400 anvil for $100

my plan is to make a half moon shaped with the blanket on all sides with kiln shelf on the botom on top of the seam of the wool then refractory cement on all the exposed surfaces of the wool with a split metal door lined with wool that opens like french doors with a notch out of the bottom corners of then to alow handels to stick out the bottom will be 3/8 plate with the moon part being 16 gauge with a lip on the front about 2 inches down from the top with wool wraping the lip so when i close the doors its wool to wool makeing some what of a seal at top and sides of doors then having a multipe burner set up it will be about 18 inches deep with the back end closed off for now with a plan to put a door on the back later i will takes lots of pics and post once i start my orignal plan got scraped cause i had to use the pipe i had for a different project '

when i search i look for 1 inch thick 24 inch wide then compare prices based on equal lenths and shipping i know the density and how many layers will affect the performance and coating it . my main concern is this isnt a name brand more expensive typ like Kaowool but possibly a chinese knock off i keep seeing the same quantity from 100 and up plus 30 to ship on most the sites. the #8 is 83 with free shipping from zorro thru walmart . i know that is a lot of product but what i dont use for forge can go on a shelf till i need it since there are people on amazon selling the same thickness and width in 31 inch lenths for $50 i can always cut it in 3 foot lenths and sell it off to make my money back more profit then selling other things and no fear of paternaty test

has any one used this brand http://www.walmart.com/ip/43062374?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227030820775&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=55974472856&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=99933964376&veh=sem if so any thoughts on it its about half the cost but that kinda scares me cause i know you get what you pay for (ok looked little more this only #6 but they have #8 for only $83 for 24" by 25')

we have a local foundry here and i have often wondered about having an anvil cast but figured it would be cost prohibitive even if i made the prototype for them to make the mold from . i will def be following you post to see how it turns out

not gunna have much luck finding AIA in a libary from personel experience my local has access to the index of every libary in illinios and the only one that had it was the school libary at carbondale but i have an awsome mom inlaw i mentioned it one day while at a book store and 2 months later got it for xmas its only like 65 on amzon right now i would just go for it

here's the Arm and Hammer i use when i get the chance to weighs out at #172 on a scale got good rebound and a nice ring it toned down a little when the chains were tighter but the stump is starting to split on me so i am gunna hit the scrap yard they have a 12x12x 24 peice of solid i want that would work as a nice solid mass under it but i wont get it set up till i get my garage done so i only have to move it three times i am going to copy three leg design for i-beam i saw on here till then

thank you BIGGUNDOCTOR that was other part i wasnt quite getting was it seemed like a weld rod on all the vids but the bit that came with it looked a little weird compared to the set up for a arc welder honestly after asking on here i might mess with it to heat some some small scrap just to figure it out but wont go beyond that alot of sites seem to say dont do anything but straight mig welding with this welder cause the boards will go bad faster if you do and the boards are about the 1/4 of the cost of going and buying another welder so its got to last till i can save up for somthing better like a lincoln 180 duel or a hobart 210mvp

thank you KRS this machine has a ton of funtions compared to the other welders i have used . it works nice . dont want trash it its got spot and stitch funtions also i might play with i got so i could weld small projects with out blowing the fuses in the house cause most of my 120 outlets only have 15 amp breakers so when i was given this one i changed the end so can plug it in behind the stove or the dryer depending where i need to work doesnt blow the breaker that way. just to be safe i had a buddy come over and weld a bunch while i was in the basement running my hand over the wireing feeling for hot spots all was good for what it is worth snapon customer service can mail the pdf for ya205b owners manual for the ya205a deluxe you have to call the minn. teck line for lincoln then they can email the pdf to you i am saying this cause it seemed when i was looking for the manual lots of forums had the question but no one ever answered if the found it and if anyone wants it on here let me know and i will post the file somehow

the mig i i was given recently is a snapon ya205a earlyer today i got the manual from snappy . it explained what one of the little tools on the shelf was .it is a carbon arc rod for heating sheet metal then throwing a cold wet rag on to make it shrink while digging on the web i have found carbon arc gouging for use with an arc welder looks like a arc welder clamp with holes to blow air down at arc to blow away the puddle i am wondering if its posible to just use a metal tiped blow gun and strike an arc with one hand and blowit out with the otherhand my other thought was to screw in my attatchment with a peice of heat resistent tubing the mig tip end then run regulated shop air to the mig hose like what they show on the arcair handle. the pic is the piece i have it srews in the end like a tip you pull your wire out of the lineing then turn up voltage touch to surface pull the trigger and then back away alittle to heat up the panel i havent tried yet so not %100 sure on trying it cause if i am wrong i cant aford to replace the welder and it does an awsome job as a mig alone

sorry not a horse person just know he had same horse for the entire show it was one of those tid bits encore talked bout when they had critics intro the shows and my only personal experience with a horse is trying not to get licked while digging things out of a collapsed shed on my aunts place they had a black horse that she said was a butthead and every time i would think i was safe he would sneak up lick the back of my head then turn around and walk off when i got done digging out the stuff she wanted and was safe out side the gate the old lady wouldnt stop laughing the entire time im worried about snakes and wasp and the dang horse deciding wether or not i taste good enough to take a bite of . she also had emu too that had already done its thing all over the ground around the shed not a fun day but i got my revenge later while sitting on the deck going thru the steamer trunk she pulled the tray out of i saw a big old snake and i swear yelled snake as i stood up and walked in the house but they say i dint yellit till i was behind the glass door either way i wasnt dealing with it

definitely want pics of chair when done that looks nice

has any one used a on /off foot switch with this kind of set up so its not always on put you piece in step on it once it stays on then when yu take it out step again and it turns off like the foot control for a christmas tree

because of health issues i was stuck in the house and close to the grown ups if went anywhere so i got sit and talk with all the old fogies when i was a kid . at home it was lots of old westerns and the musicals like 7 brides for seven brothers and visting family it was stories like quote ( back in ot 9 me and your grandpa went skinny dipping in the misisippi with the johnson twins) look across the yard and realize the johnson twins are 300 pounds each and 89 years old que cold shiver up spine but i wouldn't trade any of it i got a lot of words of wisdom from some xxxx good guys like dont trust a dog you dont know and dont pee in the wind and never doubt the shooting ability of an old blind man especially if its a moving target

here is a better pick of the anvil and hammer

actually the guy who played festus was a singer and very handsome he stared in a couple previous episodes of the show as a sweet talking out law before playing the festus character none of the main characters were crippled in real life but the chester character did have a gimp leg dennios weaver was the actor if remember right the blacksmith played by burt reynolds was also per the show a half breed to add tension to some episodes when he would woo the ladies and their families would get upset the only characters to remain on the show for entire thing was mat thge marshal , miss kitty and matt's horse the chestnut bay i love the show and encore western has it on all the time one of my favorite episodes has lenord nemoy as an indian that knows where a secret treasure is buriued but its false and he is using it to get revenge on the men who killed his freind

this isnt the one i use . this rr anvil was bolted to back of my grandfather welding and black smithing truck he passed away a year before i was born my granny used it to hold open her bed room door when she want the breeze to go thru the whole house when she passed away this was the only thing i got to keep i starde my hobby smithing on it then when i up graded i set it on the shelf 2 years ago when i got married i polished it and the hammer then stamped the wedding day into the hammer after the preacher said i now pronounce you man and wife he hit the anvil like it owed him money and it rang out across the whole lake the hammer is mounted on a piece of rustic cherry with the word love on it the anvil sits below on a side table now

i needed a frame welded up for a fire pit since i didnt have a welder at the time took it up to a buddy at the shop he worked at he welded it right on the tail gate of my truck while he is zapping away i just turned around and smoked my cigg my diamond plate box reflecting it in to my eyes the whole time after that i dont even stand in same area with out proper ppe now that i got my own welder its not such a problem makeing sure i have ppe on . but if im visting some one and i even think they might be welding i wait outside tell i hear all clear nothing feels like arc flash in your eyes honestly think i would rather super glue my eyes open and then sit in a sand blasting cabinet

cut a plate like a picture frame bolt the blower to the plate then bolt the plate to the forge

i look at it like the gun buying craze . there for a while you couldnt buy 22 ammo for first born child and a left arm so i sold every bit i had and stock piled the cash now that things are cooling off i walk in to farm king buy it cheap and put back in the safe once my shelf is full again spend the extra but i do that with every thing . when i worked satilite install new guys would hire on work a couple weeks then quit i would buy their tools penny on the dollar as spares or sell to the next batch of new guys for a profit . remember when OCC was on and every dink in every town started a bike shop now you can buy most of those bikes for under 5k less then they payed for the motor back in the day when this is over and fad dies there will lots of good barely used tools for sale cheap. i know i am just a hobbiest i dont even fel comfortable calling my self a smith i make things for myself and for freinds and family . i have never sold a single thing i ever made on my anvil i probably never will i do this to as my meditation cause i get to play with fire and wack stuff with a hammer instead of people plus i get a swell of pride when i make something cool looking that i can give to some one i care about casue i know they will never get another one like it

took these with my lap top so not as good but here are the other sides

my plan was to take three and scarf two cross ways with the third verticle but my bucket only had 2 left so here is the cross i made for my exboss

i was wondering the same thing when i looked at the link above one of the items was a shop vac and then it clicked all my vacs have hose ports for useing as a blower or directing air away when ive done drywalling i fire one up and put hose out the window to help keep dust down but they get alittle hot on the motor i will have to investigate this more