eric sprado

Thanks John!!! I had visions of having a hard time chiseling the lot. The holes will help that immensely.

Is it okay to ask how you made the pivot bracket on knocker for Welsh Cottage Door? Hey: Just saw the post from Peter76! Love those too !!!!!!!!! I've done some with welded backsides too.. Just was wondering how else to do it.. THANKS to all, Eric

Is it okay to ask how you made the pivot bracket on knocker for Welsh Cottage Door? Hey: Just saw the post from Peter76! Love those too. I've done some with welded backsides too.. Just was wondering how else to do it.. THANKS to all, Eric

Is it okay to ask how you made the pivot bracket on knocker for Welsh Cottage Door? Thanks again, Eric

John B.: Whoa---Thank you SO MUCH for all the wonderful ideas with PICTURES no less!!!!!!!

Larry of Monster Metal does bit sharpening as part of his shop jobs. He always has lots of old bits for sale VERY cheap if any of you want to contact him. They are great for all sorts of tools.....

Leon: The Holocaust Museum folks would probably be able to answer that.They have some VERY knowledgeable personnel. Just "Google" it.I have two acquaintances who are survivors that I'll talk to next time I get into town.. Not too often these days. Jewish view of Heaven is kind of varied but basically explained in Ecclesiastes 12:17. I never have quite understood the rules about tattoos,piercings, and the need to be buried "whole",etc.,but interpretations really vary lot these days.

Some good ideas. Thanks!! I do have an assortment of bob punches I use for other stuff. Should have thought of that!

I've never made one with "traditional joinery". If the back plate of the knocker is flat against the door,how do you rivet over the ends of the hinge tenon? Do you make the base plate a little indented to accommodate the end? I've always plug welded parts from the backside ( is that like sitting in a confessional?) 'cause it couldn't be seen. Are my questions clear? thanks for ANY door knocker ideas. I'd like to make a couple of nice ones for Christmas presents. Eric

You guys lost me. Please explain how to work with bed liners for knife sheaths??? Thanks

The marks on his wrist were simply a serial number from the "camps".Relatives of mine perished there. My parents came to the United States before the war. My dad enlisted in the US Army to fight his homeland. We lived in an immigrant community and I remember as a young boy of about eight or nine going for a walk one day and seeing an emaciated man raking leaves. He had the same tattoo on his wrist. Somehow it scared me and I went home and told my mom. She explained the Holucast to me for the first time and we walked back up the road and she had me talk with the man.He was SO glad to be here!!! I grew up in a time when my( and hundreds of other families)family would go to the Statue of Liberty and cry tears of thanks for being here. Kids of immigrants were expected to "be something". Not sure I've lived up to those expectations other than trying to be good citizen,dad,and husband.Never made much money. Sorry to go off on a tangent here.. Mention of those times still make me react and cry...

I guess I need to quit sniveling about being too tired at 67 to spend as much time in my shop as I should!! Need to "buck up" as my dad would say and "work tired" An inspiration..

Albertzuger: Your post is confusing. Did the shot anvil land on the bottom one or in the parking lot??? At any rate,I'm with Frank T. on this one. Bad on humans that get hit and bad on anvils. If it had landed on MY 50's Chevy PU... OOOH Boy!!!!!!!!!!!

Albertzuger: Your post is confusing. Did the shot anvil land on the bottom one or in the parking lot??? At any rate,I'm with Frank T. on this one. Bad on humans that get hit and bad on anvils. If it had landed on MY 50's Chevy PU... OOOH Boy!!!!!!!!!!!

I made a slotted jig to go in my inexpensive Harbor Freight bender. Works like a champ.

Once you have established that an anvil has a good ring GET RID OF THE RING!!!!!!!! The ring does nothing but make you go deaf. Is that clear???

You will find it VERY Easy. Clinkers fall below the tuyere input so don't interfere with you fire. Remove them at the end of your forging session.

George M.: I love your remark about "not enough personality dysfunctions! In Eugene,Or. there is a bumper sticker that says "Just Because Nobody Understands You Doesn't Mean You're An Artist"!!!!

Tool on the right looks like another one to install sickle bar mower teeth and to straighten out sickle bars.

Go here: xxxxxxxx link removed xxxxxxxxxxxx for a zillion projects. Several ways to make tongs. PLEASE don't use the "twist jaw" tongs as you learning model... mod norte: link removed as per request of that sites owner,

Go to this site for a COMPLETE discussion of chimneys and how to make them work: http://www.beautifuliron.com/chimneys.htm . There will be something there that will fit whatever your needs are.

Richard Postman,strange as it may seem, is NOT a computer person. You can call him on the phone and he is very helpful. Can't seem to locate number right now...

Another Cavalry Forge story. Any of you old enough to remember the "bomb shelter" craze of the early sixties? I bought my cavalry forge from a surplus dealer in Southern California who was selling the blowers to folks to pump air into their underground bomb shelters.Pretty bizarre..

That is a US Cavalry portable forge.Some were used as late as WWll in Burma Campaign. They had a delightful little anvil that fit in the box along with legs and blower,but I have only see ONE in all my years of drifting around the WEST. I used one horseshoeing for 25 years. They show up for sale on the West Coast for around $100 to $150 dollars. Even though they are interesting historically,I rebuilt and redesigned the grate in mine several times. That seems like a ridiculously high price. I found one for a friend a couple of years back for $100. He would probably sell it for that. Don't know what freight would be to your world from Oregon..

It's a sickle bar "anvil" as smokey says!!! I thought there were more farm boys on here!!!!!