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i think you guys are doing a great job every thing new takes getting use to i would like to thank glenn and all the other admins here for keeping the site up and running and up to date with the new stuff i'm sure in time you guys will work out all the bugs keep up all the great work guys and have a safe and happy new year tom

well i keep seeing everyone making small ones so heres the biggest i have made so fare it made from 7/8 stock its for my pop to hang in his new house out in Arkansas the bigger you make them the more of a pain in the butt it is to twist them and for cutting them i think the next big one i do i'm going to clamp it in the mill and use the slitting sawas it was a pain trying to keep the saw straight for the long of a cut

i'm not an expert but i'm think its cast and its not really big i would say a 100 pounds is on the light side for anvils

if i was makeing this and was going to leave the side plates straight i would get thick wall tubing for the spacers and i would bore the holes so the spacers would go through the side plates and then weld them to the side plates and also weld gusets from the spacers to the side plates for more suport .now if i was making it and hadn't allready drilled holes i would fab the hole thing from pieces so there was no spacers and welded the off set in it like to arms that are flush with the boom to a plate that was wide enough to meet with the wider plates off the auger then guset it for more stregth

bigcity i don't know how big the molds you can get are but i have seen them from small to like a thousand pounds the big ones could be nice anvil steel and also the ejector pins in the molds should be h13 also as they maybe a nice size for punches

i made this big twisted cross for dad for christmass as he doesn't have any thing i have made

we call that here you idiot you cut it short as i have worked with some helpers that say they know what they were doing and still cut it 1/2 short

i have one of those sanders it has worked great for squaring up some holes i had to do i would recomend it if theres a store close and theres allways a 20% coupon floating around on the net and magazines

frosty glad to see you back . around here no one wants a horizonal mill so they go for next to nothing or scrap this guy just wanted it ou of his way when i handed him the hundred he didn't want to take it but as he threw in the tooling and a nice lyon cabinet i made him take it he got rid of this to make room for a harbor frieght mill&drill and said the tooling don't fit well i wasn't going to argue with him as he made it clear the he new more then i would ever know so i guess 30 bucks for r8 arbor wasn't worth it for him

there is gs tongs i think he maybe a member here GS Blacksmith Tongs i don't have any of his but they look good

thanks for that link unicorn its in a working state as it is but i think it may have ran off a line shaft at one time but a previouse owner had modified a car tranny on top of it insteed of the upper cone pully and its missing the power gearbox for the table feed it will be the winter project as i'm allmost done with my logan so as soon as thats done i'll start looking for the missing parts to put it back to as close to new as i can get it

jgstroh first welcome aboard heres the locals places for you to check atlas welding supply ,industral welding supply both are lakewood i have used both and and had good luck with them just so you know atlas is closed on sat and open on sunday as there a jewish run shop hope this can help ya tom

this brown sharp #OY followed me home today for 100 bucks i had offered the guy a month ago or so as he kept listing it on craigslist for a few months for 300 and when i picked it up he also threw in all the tooling for it that i didnt see listed so i feel it was a good deal :D

nice video there but the anvil's got a xxxx of a ring to here

well it would all depened on what it is going to be for now the right way would be cut pipe square bevel the edge space it tack it in many places then a root pass (as this is not to warp it with less heat) then the fillet weld then cap it with 7018 now if its not a big deal cut it square take a 1/8 welding rod nock the flux off bend it into a v and space the pipe with the rod then tack the pipe all the way around many spots on the plate this lets the pipe expand and contract when welding at least thats what i was taught in welding school and the pipe fitters

wishing every one here a very happy thanksgiving and a safe trip if your traveling this weekend

its a sheet metal planishing hammer its great for smoothing sheetmetal untill you slide your finger under the hammer a few people i know have one they say it happens alot owch

its high for my tast i paid a 100 for my peter wright that weighs 147 and i bought a 175 fisher for 125 this is in the last few months

i have experiance with those treadmill motors but if your looking for one you want the the dc motor so it is controlable if your not familer with them if you look under the mill at the motor its small and there is a circit board by it don't under estimate them small motors most are 2-3 horse the grinder i'm colecting parts for im using one on it i have one on my logan lathe but at this moment its all apart as im rebuliding it if you need any info on them motors pm me on here and i'll try to help you in that direction just remember if you find a treadmill take the holething as you will need the motor and the controler and wires the motor are real simple to hook up most that i have goten have wireing diagram by the motor as i have about 6-7 motors and controlers

welcome back there frosty you had me confused on the other name and we were lost with out you glad to see you on back on here

450 for a truck here you can't find a clunker for a under thousand

i'm glad to hear hes coming home as for the the posts i beleave its a newbie with same name i checked frosty posts and there are no new ones

seems to much for me i bought 6 for less then that if you ever get down to the jersey shore i'll sell you a vice alot cheaper than that

now why would you quit day dreaming isn't that how you come up with ideas to make or do things

i don't think your idea of forgeing a die around your proto type would work asmost dies i see and made are bigger than what you end product is so forgeing a round them i think would just transfer heat to to your proto type and deform it the dies that i made were made out of 2x3 steel blocks i used a 4 inch grinder a die grinder (with good us made cutters and stones no china)and a welder to give you some idea of dies if you check hofi's blue prints he made a die for forgeing balls on shaft for a gate or something like that out steel real simple (to me anyway)heres the blue print number BP1042 Forging 1-1/4 inch ball