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Thanks Charlotte, Robert Taylor

My first tongs were made from hot-rolled flat bar. The reins were drawn out long and thin, the sharp corners hammered out smooth and comfy, the entire tong(s) being light yet very strong. Also, the fulcrum position is a force multiplier, so thinner on the reins and thicker on the biting end is something to keep in mind. Robert

Mrs Taylor is putting you on her network - thoughts and prayers for protection and healing Ian Mills - Robert and Sheila Taylor

You started this thread from "Tools, General Discussion". Have you tried a "Tongs" search from that location? I just now tried it, and perhaps even just skimming over the topic previews is a treasure trove of the answers you seek. Welcome, and happy self-determinate researching! Robert Taylor

Easy on the eyes :-)

Yep, it don't look broke to me....

I don't believe that I have ever seen a more gorgeous screw! I concur with Thomas and Caintuck's plan of attack, but I would add that when pounding from the front, keep the vise open just enough to see slack on the thrust washer. This gives you the most ideal alignment of the assembly, and spreads out the stress between the screw and box. I recently had to use a brass hammer and wedges on the backside as well as pounding from the front, but I would NOT recommend this. A brass, or harder hammer may be too hard for these potentially BRITTLE components. Thomas, I like what you say about giving time for the penetrant to work - that also goes for the pounding and cajoling. I walked away from that vise repeatedly over several days lest my ham-fisted road-rage spoil the job. Glad that I did. Robert Taylor

Is the pool feature buried in the ground, or is the entire installation above ground? Perhaps a rubber coating AND a sacrificial zinc anode? Good luck, Robert Taylor

Always a good day when things go surprisingly well......... Robert Taylor

Good work team!

Holding All in our hearts, Robert and Sheila Taylor.

wow.

Wow. Splendid thread. I am fascinated by far too many things to be accomplished in a single one of my passions. Years ago, when we bought our little place on the side of a small mountain east of San Diego, I thought I had found one simple art that I could focus on and excel at. What could be simpler than mud?? WRONG! I built an elutriation column which produced an ochre micaceous "liquor". The tendrils shown here were fired to red heat with a propane torch. Ever since I have been bogged down in the mud studying van der waals forces, colloids, and thixotropes. I am growing black locusts for lumber (I have a thirty foot log curing) and for carbon. Growing mulberry and olive trees and anything else that pokes up. I enjoy scrap lumber carpentry, prospecting, mineralogy, shooting, industrial anthrpology, blah blah. Our mountain is a giant block of iron ore, so I hope to pass on while following my dream of developing iron-infused ceramics. Mrs. Taylor helps in the shop, is a domestic engineer, is a counsellor and comforter to many, and supports me so I can keep a full-time job. Latticino: Very Humbling to post right after you, and your exquisite photographic resume, not to mention all of those who posted before you. Robert Taylor

Well done - I am working on the same concept, but with a different attack angle. I will do my best not to let your excellent execution contaminate my thinking - I was not sure I should even look at this thread, but I think I will be OK.

Glenn, I have always regretted not being able to pick up that gorgeous steelyard in the junk store some years ago. And yes, the B-52 is a marvelous example of the genius that resides not in computers, but in the human brain that conceived them. The A-10 and the CH-46 are further examples. My father and several siblings almost succeeded in teaching me how to use the sliderule. And as for the steelyard, what could be more elegant in it's simplicity! Anyone can construct one out of just about anything lying about. Like your teeter-totter: 1:1, 2:1, 5:1, 10:1......

All I'm trying to tell you you have to pay whatever you feel a piece is worth to you, and as you gain experience, yesterday's bargain becomes today's embarrassment. Good luck, Robert Taylor

Klorinth - your request is somewhat difficult to respond to. Only speaking for myself, when I shop for this stuff, I have no idea what it weighs except for the question of whether I can lift and carry it with the implements at hand. I always start with: "dude, that sure makes your yard look trashy, shall I haul it off for you?". If the treasures' owner balks, I then ask what the rusty old piece of junk is worth to him/her. If the seller wants too much for it, I might say, "On second thought, it looks pretty snazzy right where it is." If the price is just right, I might scrunch up my face and start to just slightly rotate away, which usually elicits a drop in the price, and then I more often than not walk away happy in either the truth or the delusion that I HAVE SCORED!

Our prayers and condolences, Robert and Sheila Taylor.

Spanky Smith, glad to hear you are on the other side of the procedure. Mrs Taylor and I continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers. In the last two years, Sheila has had both carotid arteries done and her left shoulder replaced. She is doing very well now. May your recovery be swift. Robert and Sheila Taylor

As in using water pumps to move hydraulic fluid?

Hello Lulabeast, I agree that shop at the AG&SEM is fantastic. I too hope to volunteer at Old Town before I keel over. I'm east of you in Alpine. Robert Taylor

My small horizontal rail anvils are all proud of the jobs they do for me - yours is a beauty.

https://youtu.be/Xw1n0IeQM9A Air hammer forge - how silly (wink) or Jesse Sipola in case of inoperable link

Natenaaron, thanks for the response. My application calls for the nearly spherical condition - but as Thomas Powers says, some may drool for that "just right" shape. If you ever found it convenient to acquire an image or two....... And yes I have read some of your other content and know that you have plenty on your plate as it is. Robert Taylor

Good call Daswulf.