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  1. turbo7
    What Jeddly said
  2. turbo7
    Yes
  3. turbo7
    Never tried it: but how about filling the lip with water and using hammer and chisel, fill drum with water to do side cut and cut from top down, turn it upside down and do the same as the top, cut rim edge with hacksaw.
  4. turbo7
    start bigger, fill it full if dirt/ clay and dig it out fill it in as you learn
  5. turbo7
    Cage gaurds are to stop you falling onto a part, plate gaurds are to stop bits flying out, they do need to "contain" all the broken peices if something goes wrong
  6. turbo7
    Knowledge is not free it is earned, information on the other hand is desired by those without the knowledge they wish to possess (myself for instance), the exchange of knowledge, especially for free, is up to the good heart of the knowledge holder. The best way to pay for free information is with respect, and can be shown with hat in hand. Remember Blacksmiths earned their knowledge the hard way.
  7. turbo7
    Welcome to the site mate. Look at top of page for last heading, need to get on home page then scroll down to find groups
  8. turbo7
    Congrats to you and yours, and thanks for the black feet pic, got a good laugh at that one
  9. turbo7
    Frosty, Thank you for the lesson sir
  10. turbo7
    Heater fan out of a car (Thanks Moony)
  11. turbo7
    Your Dad and Family are in my prayers mate
  12. turbo7
    Have you looked at chaining/clamping it down to quieten it ?
  13. turbo7
    If you use it for a post vice base... you've still got a good upsetting plate!
  14. turbo7
    Max I had good hammer control... Untill I spent a bit of time with an eperienced Blacksmith. There is too much in hitting hot steel not to warrant at least one visit to an experienced Blacksmith IMO.
  15. turbo7
    Mate you got a good anvil AND a good upsetting plate in that deal imo
  16. turbo7
    I've got the bottom one full of crusher dust, a smoke shelf in each one and welded together, not anchored down but could be done. A cover from an old welder for a "side hood" (?) to help with the smoke and fire fleas
  17. turbo7
    I made my forge out of 1 and made my chimney out of 5, good draught.
  18. turbo7
    Have you looked at a heater fan out if a car Fewrkr ?
  19. turbo7
    Do a search here on working temp for stainless mate, might save you some grief right at the end.
  20. turbo7
    He may have been payed contract rates for the nails, which could be a lot more than wages, I used to work at a sawmill and often made a weeks wages working Friday arvo and Saturday morning on contract rates.
  21. turbo7
    Mate instead of bending over the anvil try bending your knees, a lot better for your back, better for your hammer control and better for your legs, until you can get your anvil set at the right height. Just re-read your post, at 18" to the face and being 6' tall you may want to try kneeling. Try it and see what you reckon.
  22. turbo7
    Well come to IFI mate. There is literally a ton of good information on here from blokes that know what they are doing, your at the right place. There is no need to sink a lot of $$ into this as a hobby, the only trouble is your wife will want you to make stuff for the house :). Good luck mate.
  23. turbo7
    Anything you can control the rate of burn of mate could be used, from waste oil to paper wetted down and rolled up real tight.
  24. turbo7
    or get 1/2 doz 5gal drums mate, do a similar thing with them as the 55gal forge, put 1 or 2 horizontal if you need to go through a window, be aware of fire fleas with charcoal mate, especially if your taking the smoke outside.
  25. turbo7
    That movement is what you need to take out with the adjusting, there is a lock nut and a cone nut at each end, tricky bit is you need to make a thin open-end spanner (so do I) to hold the cone nut while you do the lock nut up, mine has same problem, has been apart for a while, let me know if i can help anymore
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