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Wonderful to see, but, not any safety protection at all. If that wire would jamb up somewhere someone's ankles would have been badly burned, no hearing protection either. I am not a safety nazi, those were wild times.

He makes it look Soooooooooooooo easy!

There's only one classification------ never thick enough!

Wonder if that miracle rod that solders to Aluminum would stick to Brass? If it did thin coat of braze could be assembled to steel, pressed in then finished with magic rod. Or am I in left field? Would not be first time.

I worked in a steel mill for about 9 months and was on the pouring platform once when they made killed steel.. These were old timers which did not offer much in the way of explanations. They said it took out the oxygen. To see a guy walking around with an arm load of soap bar sized Aluminum ingots, and, tossing 2 or 3 into each just poured steel mold was amazing. The Aluminum would just go "poof" and be gone. Watching closely, it seemed that a thin flow of liquid was spread across the top of the steel. Not much in relevant facts, just amazing that Aluminum would disappear so quickly.

Here I thought you would say," Are you smarter than a Blacksmith?":)

If anyone needs to crimp their own hoses, the method that has worked for me was to pick an appropriately sized nut and split it in half. Put in vise and squeeze, could also groove each side and crimp at 90 degrees for 4 sided crimp.

I have tried using cheap carbide ceramic and tile drills to cut hard steel, worked ok, only 2 or 3 holes though. Would not be pleasant if they broke off though.:)

And some of us just chuck it in the wood stove with no problem. Ultimate revenge!

I am using propane with a standard rose bud, and if it's wrong the steel does not seem to be cold when done!

Slingshot straight down!

Some people need their feelings hurt, maybe several times!

Todays Craigslist has a M+H mouse hole 186 lb. anvil and another ad for farrier tools etc. Just letting youall know, not seller, just trying to help. Ok to move if in wrong heading. Have to do your own research.

Wood peckers in this neck of the woods are no match for him!

Some one actually using bed rails for a............bed?
How interesting!
Right material for the intended use is always best

If belt is slipping an old time remedy is to smear some honey on the pulleys, run for a second to distribute it evenly, then let it sit to dry.

Hey Phil, the drive in at Columbus is not as good as it once was, live in Lancaster and go there every year. Last 2 years came home empty handed. Don't forget Caesars Creek as it has more, but also seems to be withering. Flea markets seem to be drying up here, hope the trend does not continue.

Wife wears tongs.... or is it thongs, can't remember the difference in spelling! :)

Some of my earliest memories are of my Grampa Harry swinging his scythe to cut wheat for bread in the early 50's........His mantra was ''BAKE SHOP BAH'' .........that is he thought going to a bakery to get bread was frivolous and besides it tasted like sawdust ! What a character......

Brass is sold according to hardness, full hard, half hard, quarter hard, etc. Even so, brass is kind of soft for a punch, especialy a thin one.

Yes HW- you are right on that one, this is my first time working with this inspector, the guy that used to do most of the inspections in this area moved to Vegas, and most of the work that I have done in the last 10 years has been out of the area and mostly light gauge. You know how inspectors are, they all have the one pet peeve, and until they get to know you and the quality of your work they tend to keep a close eye on things. I do know a good deal about inspection and I am very careful about leaving anything that may not pass.
We got the two trusses put back together (no easy task) after welding the 5 full pen welds on each one- surprise things do not want to line up- it stayed straight but with all the welding it got a little tweaked. here are a couple of shots we placed the 2 trusses together to do the welding on the saddles that will carry the glue lams- this gets a partial pen on the bottom then a 1/4 inch fillet on the vertical both sides, leaving 3 inches in the middle with no weld
And the boss wants this out of the shop today and I am down a man (hurt back) I will do my best and should make up some time on the next two trusses
Why ground closer than 10'? Never heard this before, but I am new at this.

Thats gotta be the nicest one off anvil I've ever seen. Do you have a maintenance shop with any hammers?

If you can stack fresh burns one on top of another!

Lennox and Starrett are some of the best.

I don't know how this would fit in the scheme of things, but a place I worked for sharpened their bits by recutting the angle with a cutting torch and dumping into oil. Cut off was small, just enough to get a point.