Kevin Olson

You need a deeper rotor. Find one from a pickup truck. Heres mine. Its 3 inches deep and 9 wide. Thats a nickel to show hole size. It has no filler to slope it. I just left it square in the bottom.

If you have the dough get both. That buffalo is amazing. I've never seen one like that. Definatly a convesion piece too. Can you post more pics of the buffalo

8 bucks a pound , yeah right. That's stupid. And it has damage. Walk away

Buy it. As you stated you needed one once in awhile and it will fit your needs even if it isn't perfect its still an anvil. 95 isn't that big of an investment. If you dont like it then sell it. I think its worth 95 all day long and someone without an anvil would swoop on it.

Hey Nobdy Special. Can you say what you charge for the harpoon openers

Blacksmithing is funny. Beat up anvils, anvil shaped objects, low rebound anvils are bad. But a soft cheap hammer that's ground right or wrong, in the right persons hand is good.

I tried the forced fan exhaust I have a 8 inch stack and installed a 4 inch elbow in it just above the super sucker hood that would blow straight up inside the stack. I hooked up a fan from a clothes dryer to it. The fan blows like crazy. I thought it would create a low pressure inside the hood drawing smoke into it. It kinda worked but results were disappointing. I removed it,plugged the hole and it works even better now. And yes, I had a door open for makeup air too. The idea of forcing air into the work space would have to work because the air going in has to go out the path of least resistance(chimney)

You could make money just giving tours. Nice place. But anyway. 1. Is the space insulated. 2. Being a line shaft rookie, are there clutches or some kind of disengament devices so that every shaft doesn't turn all the time.

OMG. Thats beautiful. Like stepping back in time.

http://www.beautifuliron.com/chimneys.htm. This is a long interesting article on forge chimneys and hoods. Good information.

My quick search showed a melting point at 1400 f. Coal gets much hotter than that so it looks like not a good material for a fire pot. Maybe the ash buildup might insulate the pot IDK. It sure would make for a bad day to have a roaring fire fall out the bottom of your forge. Just get some 1/4 mild steel. That will work for a fire pot. Then use the stainless for everthing else.

If its all you can find and it doesnt kill you budget then yes

I wonder why the handle broke. Any theories. We've all seen some of them that look like a banana. Could it be some kind if high carbon steel? Is the darknesd on the one side a previous crack?

Cool. How big is it? Is this a powered machine or do you crank it by hand. I would like to see more of the shop. Looks like a nice space. I see a line shaft. Cool!

Bruce, you done good for your first project. Feels good don't it. Going from basic drawing and tapering to making something more artistic is cool. 1/2 inch to that is a lot of work. Check out Brian Brazeal or Alec Steele among others for drawing out tips using the different parts of your rounding hammer. Proper technique lessens how hard you work. Its still a lot of work, but when you done you can say "I made that". Then you go ice your arms and sleep for 12 hours :-)

That space is going to be awesome. Im curious as to how that odd sized building with cement block walls no less came to be. Why was it built like that.

My scale goes to 11 :-)

If i drop something and it points towards the door its time to eat or get a cold beverage. :-)

I do apologize master Frosty. Grasshopper has much to learn. :-)

I like it! By the way, how big are those model's

Wow. I can see 16 forges. Traing facility? They look quite young

I will say it for frosty, we love pics. The More the better. If taking with cell phone hold it sideways and the pics will post correctly and not sideways.

CAE. DO NOT stare at your fire. Coal produces Infrared radation and can damage your eyes. Order a pair of shade 3 clip on Welding glasses from amazon. 10 bucks. They will block the IR and save your sight. I have some and they work great. DO NOT use sun glasses. Heres a pic of my brake rotor. Its 2.5 inches deep and 9 wide. Sides are not tapered and when im coking coal around the edge of the fire the klinkers form down in the bottom corners and not over the air grate.

Yes. Shade 3 clip on welding glasses green colored.

Your first design is good. The 2 extensions on the left leg make it like a 3 legged stand. Maybe like you said make each 3 inches wide. That makes your contact points 14 inches apart on the left which i think is fine. Put a plate on top similar to to your mock up so the beams have maximum stability then tie the legs together near floor to prevent spreading. Do an image search for anvil stumps and we see most of the stumps really are not that much wider on the floor then the anvil base. So your dimensions are good. Dont overthink this and make it overly complicated:-)