Square Nail

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

Duraboard is a good product. EJ Bartell used to have locations in Spokane and Portland but they were bought out by Distribution International and may still have stores there. Do a web search for outlets and what they carry. It's where we buy refractories here.

Frosty The Lucky.

Thanks Frosty! Distribution international still has outlets in both places. Thanks for the leads!

Thanks Mikey! That's pretty much what I had figured was just hoping to find a supplier somewhere close. Guess I will just bite the bullet and order some!

On 2/24/2017 at 4:36 PM, Frosty said:

The T is shifting in the drill vise. I had success holding the T by the arms, but even with a machinist's experience and a high dollar 4 way drill vise it was shifty. This is the main reason I finally came to the head slapping realization a floor flange is THE way to hold the T and jet assembly in a drill press.

If nothing moves one tool follows the last on the same center line within the drill press's tolerances. Once I drill the T I don't remove it till the last piece is drilled and threaded. You can drill and tap the brass fitting full length if necessary. 

A pair of channel locks will turn the drill chuck if you can't get enough leverage on the chuck key.

When you're hand turning the drill press UNPLUG IT!!! You'd be amazed how easy it is to flip the switch on even if you don't mean to, it's a long learned reflex to tighten a drill bit and turn it on. Unplug it.

Frosty The Lucky.

Frosty, you are a genius! The floor flange works great, however, I drilled out two of the holes on the floor flange to accept a 5/16 bolt and bolted it to the drill press base. That allowed me to swing the T out of the way to change bits and swing it back to the same exact spot every time. I was also able to thread the brass fitting backwards through the T and drill and tap the fitting the same way using the drill press rather than by hand. 

Long time since I posted on here The last time was talking about my coal fired forges but now have decided to build a square tube propane forge. I have all ready made a couple of Frosty's burners and the forge body is being fabbed now. Which leads to my dilemma I would like to use duraboard or something similar but not stuck on anything in particular. Have have read hundreds of posts here and several different web sites which has completely made my head spin as to what is the best for my use. Money isn't too much of an issue but I don't like just throwing money away either! 

I have been unsuccessfully trying to locate a local supplier of Forge lining material in my general area. (Eastern Oregon, Western Idaho etc) At this point I am not set on any one style or brand but would like to be able to see what I'm buying before paying all the shipping and handling. Does anyone know of a supplier of these materials in my general area! 

Thanks

I have a large hand crank buffalo blower that is filled with oil.
What is the oil used for? (Cooling I expect?),What type of oil is used, how do you tell if there is enough oil, how often or is it even neccesary to change the oil?
I also have a smaller hand crank blower, but it has no oil.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The serial NUmber stamped on the front is 30314. I misstated the weight in my original post but have corrected it. The weight stamped is 191 pounds. The 297 pounds is with the stand.

The stand came with the anvil, and I believe it was the original stand that came with the anvil.

This is my Anvil, a Arm & Hammer, 191 pounds. Belonged to my Father in Law and handed down from his father. I believe that they were the original owners. Does anyone know about how old this is?

Thanks Frosty, I actually have two forges, a small round one and the large one described above. I'm not sure that I will keep the big one yet because of space constraints.
That brings to mind another question! Where can I find coal for the forges??

Howdy all, Just wanted to introduce myself and ask a question or two. I recently retired and moved to a little town in the extreme Northeast corner of Oregon Where I intend to create horse shoe art as somthing to keep me occupied.
However, I recently inherited a complete blacksmith forge, tools and anvil from my father in law after he passed. We had played a few times with it before he died but I didn't get the opportunity to get all the details from him on what He had. How do I find out how old my anvil and forge are. The anvil is a Arm and Hammer stamped with the Arm and Hammer logo on the side and Wrought Iron underneath the logo. There is 191 stamped below the this.
It has a 1" hardie hole and 9/16 pritchel.
The forge is about 2' by 3' with a buffalo hand crank blower.
Any info would be greatly apreciated