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  1. Randy Bill
    I'm still studying the base and mounting. What anvil?
  2. Randy Bill
    AIA says 1900 and postman feels the "A" prefix stands for "anvil". and I agree with what Vaughn agrees with...
  3. Randy Bill
    indeed it is a 70# badger. I have one and it is an excellent anvil, my everyday anvil. cast body with steel face and not much info in AIA.
  4. Randy Bill
    what smoothbore described is a fascinating technique well worth learning. My dad taught me how to wrap the ferrule part of golf club heads (linen string, not wire) and recall he called it "whipping". I've used it with much success with copper wire, mechanic's wire would be great.
  5. Randy Bill
    No, just our local re-enactors. I keep telling them "bronze daggers only!"
  6. Randy Bill
    Altar cleanup after the winter solstice rituals has gotten to be too much and I swear if I have to sharpen one more broadaxe abused on stone...
  7. Randy Bill
    While I prefer leaving an existing finish for the next generation to ponder, I appreciate seeing an old tool returned to like-new. Hard for me to imagine that at one time all of our stuff was new; consider what the inventory looked like in a hardware store in 1900. Not museum stuff, not patinated movie props, but brand new colorful shiny tools!
  8. Randy Bill
    1919. A beauty. They look like they're going fast just sitting there.
  9. Randy Bill
    Hmm... 8th or 9th century? Looking forward to discussion!
  10. Randy Bill
    That was a parting gift to Mr. Hoffa, put it back please.
  11. Randy Bill
    For those interested, Roy has a several excellent texts. I never come away from Roy without learning something more than woodworking. "The Woodwright's Workbook", 1986, Chapel Hill, has a chapter on the reconstruction of Anderson's Forge at Williamsburg. It's about much more than Anderson's Forge; If you're not moved by the chapter see your doctor.
  12. Randy Bill
    I agree with SJS, what you have does look great. My thought on the horn was that it looks perfect for now; I've removed metal from projects and later wished I'd waited.
  13. Randy Bill
    Please don't grind anymore off the horn yet!
  14. Randy Bill
    Well, I for one think it's just plain good sense to have the anvil large enough to not require a stand.
  15. Randy Bill
    What Vaughn said. Would most of this have come from England? I have exactly one buggy axle I've saved for projects; any idea of the carbon content in them?
  16. Randy Bill
    Holy cow Glenn, I'm picturing a WHOLE bunch of us running for the 3/4 inch wood sheeting stash. Your description is fantastic. Gotta go check something....
  17. Randy Bill
    Forgive me for saying so David, but I think your fine piece is better in it's natural state. Your art needs no applied finish.
  18. Randy Bill
    Dave, this RR rail enthusiast would like to hear how the top was machined if you would. Did you have an indication that the top was indeed work-hardened?
  19. Randy Bill
    Caulk is defined as "nightmare in a tube" if you get it on you or your clothes. I've seen posts on the caulk thing and would ask our more experienced what's working out there. If it's allowed to bond how does one get it apart? (heat?). Will plain old caulks or silicone ever harden or do they remain a gooey mess under there for eternity? Like when I change my mind in a few years.
  20. Randy Bill
    Damion you may wish to hold off on welding that beautiful piece down...bedding in caulk of some kind is really the best current method for making an anvil and stand one. I used plastic wrap AND non-stick cooking spray to ensure I was bedding only and not bonding. I've been known to change my mind.
  21. Randy Bill
    Your inventory is remarkable. I think I get pains when I have to purchase new metal for a project. We're carbon-rich here (ag country) and even some quite old "iron" turns out to be miserably tough steel. The worst was a simple old piece of shaft I tried forging into a hardie tool. Near white hot heat needed.
  22. Randy Bill
    Who's the lucky devil with the beautiful stuff in the background in the middle image?
  23. Randy Bill
    That looks like a disk (disc) plow (plough). Just doesn't have the old enough "look" to be wrought; ag implements utilized steel early on. But I've run into some really crappy stuff to work with.
  24. Randy Bill
    No but I hope you bought the other cool stuff in the image too.
  25. Randy Bill
    Really neat. Looks like that saw works great; a reciprocating saw? Man why didn't I think of that. Could you share some details on blade, etc.?
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