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orgtwister

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  1. well most cartrige cases are brass but i have seen a lot the big cartriges from the A10 warthog plane that are steel (i live a few miles from there range and seen them out side there range on the ground )as melting brass it melts around 2300 f and if your doing this make sure you are were protective clothing i have seen this DO MAJOR damage to some ones body i have never melted cartriges but have melted hundreds of pounds of brass with my buddy makeing turn of the century motorcycles parts so every thing we have melted is thick brass witch is harder to melt i'm not sure of you furnace setup we use a reverbatory furnace with a stock becket oilburner with a gallon an hour tip it melts a pot of brass in about 45 min
  2. come on now your giving away the secret of using corn to forge with
  3. i see some good stuff there but my question would be whats on the bottom of the boxes i had a guy on craigs list claim he had a box of blacksmith tools (the pics were not to good )he wanted 150 for when i got there it was mostly masons chisels and star drills and scrap metal so i drove 60 miles for nothing
  4. i would get it off ebay but then again i'm ebay junkie can't help but to go there first
  5. well not sure what its is made off but its tuff *****. all the years of plowing i have never seen it bend but seen it break many times and its almost imposable to drill also
  6. i would just like to know were this guy on ebay has goten all theses anvils hes been sellling for the last few months
  7. looks like an old anchor ring that conects the anchor to the chain (ships anchor )
  8. when you open them up the ring lowers and you would slide the ring over the stock you want to grip and then you close the handles and pick it up or atleast thats how i would use them nice work on them
  9. i kinda like a woman that can do work that most people think is a mans job for all the woman out there you go girl
  10. i picked this up at the scrap yard the other day got it for .15 cents a pound each one is almost 200 pounds i think it will make a good base for a rusty hammer
  11. well it can't be any worse than the hazardest wast i use to clean up and my grandmother washed alot of cloths in the years with it and she lived to 90 so i guess i will hold my breath from now on
  12. so is that the bear just before he tryedto eat you
  13. hot iron were in pa are you its a big place if your on the east side there at least 2 spring shops in jersey i know of there mercer springs in trenton and r&h in wall across from wall stadium in my opion if your really going to race this vehicale i my self would let the pros doit cause as i'm almost 40 now and have learned to value my life more now if i was 17 again well lets just say im no sure how i'm alive now
  14. i think it is i would go with the 100 and make plate that swings over the hole to cut it back theres some pics on the site from others that have made them my blower really is to much i can melt a rr spike in 5 min on full blast on the blower so i just cover the blower opening some to cut back cfm
  15. it should 100 cfm maybe a little much but make a slide gate valve to cut it back
  16. heres some handled tools and a drift i picked up the last few fleamarket trips the crosspeen was 5 bucks the rest was a buck the hot cut they thought it was some weird hatchet
  17. well for low cost the electric is the cheaper that i have found i paid 7 bucks for the blower i have got it at the flea market a few years ago and have seen many out there you could use a hair dryer also
  18. got a free postvise tonight i was helping a friend moving some stuff around and he said if i could use it take it it was in my truck in a min the only thing i see is it has a home made nut on it i'll go over it when the sun comesup
  19. eddie here s the info on the school 20183 West State Highway 8 Potosi, MO 63664 (573) 438-4725 (573) 747-8648 (fax) (573) 438-8483 sales@ozarkschool.com
  20. i no about the fridge thing that there the same in side but try to convince the oldlady of that its not worth the savings let her have it and your alot better off ;)
  21. i used to work for a company that made race car parts and we used 304 stainless for the tail pipes and you could polish it and it would stay that way the rest were 403 stalless and that would oxidize or get this rusty like coating on it i think 304 is food grade now i don't know if there is a way to tell that would be cost afective
  22. my friend has one and i know he has a 110v hobart mig in his shop that he uses and so fare no problems with welding with that i do know that he had to give up running his race boats cause of the msd ignition system would set his defibulator off so if you or your friends have racecars or any type of race engines beware that could set it off . he told me when it went of it was like geting shocked from a 220 buzbox so if you try any welding make sure some one is close for the first time in case you need them
  23. well i look at it like it probably started with a fire and 2 rocks then came a hammer of some sorts a piece of metal as an anvil as things progresed hey came up with a power hammer so on and soforth i'm sure if they had a welder 150 years ago a smith would have used it i have seen smithys have metal working machines theres pics here of hofi's shop with a lathe there and cutting torches and stuff in my real opinion if you are happy with what you are doing thats all that matters
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