Tommy Traylor

I just bought a 200 ton press at an auction last week. I need it for one of my projects but wonder if you want to buy one or just need something stamped.

Go to the Bear Hill Blacksmith web site and take the Shop Tour for some interesting vise arrangements along with many great shop ideas.

Jenkins & Lingle. I have one too. Tried to get a photo but it is buried in my dark barn.

About what would those pieces of 4140 cost if bought new?

I do not know what those tips are but if this will help I use 60 psi oxygen and 14 psi acetylene when heating with a large rosebud tip. Learned the hard way after melting the tips off a couple of expensive rosebuds. My gas saver works fine at these pressures and I would not think it is the problem.

Another alternative to gun blue is machinists layout blue. Comes in cans with brush or spray cans. Available from any industrial supply.

Cast iron will hold lubrication better and therefore last longer.

D Con. And don't worry if they crawl under a machine to die. They only stink for 3 days.

I am a little uncomfortable with the shaft ,009 out of round. A lathe with a tool post grinder will cure that.

Congratulations on your solution which appears to be at your fingertips. Remember with the husband/wife situation it aint done til its done. If it falls apart again 1, Listen to George. 2. Pursue the idea of building your shop with one or more rental spaces. 3 or 4 spaces might carry most or all of your payments. Immediately start talking to several tenants about your new facility. This will get back to the landlord and tend to reinforce his morals. Best of luck to you.

Try opening the tank valves all the way.

Go to bearhill blacksmith and click on shop tour. Best shop ideas I have seen. I am copying his table with the sliding extensions right now. If anyone tackles this here is a hint. 2" OD 1/4" wall square tube will slide nicely inside 2 1/2" OD 1/4" wall square tube EXCEPT for the welding slag inside the seam of the large tube. I milled a 3/8" wide x 1/8" deep channel in the 2" tube to clear the weld and it works fine. I vote for a 1" table top.

If you don't have enough suggestions, linseed oil works too.

This pronunciation thing will surely lead to severe psychological damage. Best to get rid of the hammer immediately. Want my phone number?

The bottom of the leg sat in a round steel doughnut. If you are buying a vise from its original location on a dirt floor always dig 3 or 4 inches below the dirt to see if the doughnut is there. Happy digging! I only have 1 original doughnut.

I have been welding over 40 years, self taught. Finally decided to learn how to do it right. Took a class offered by the local junior college and you can teach an old dog new tricks. I highly recommend taking a course. The book we used is Welding Technology Fundamentals by Bowditch. It covers everything from gas to tig. Good luck.

That is the best one of those I have seen. OK I'm with Curly

Sid at Little Giant says use chain saw bar oil and I have had good results.

I have the 15KW I bought from Grant. Love it! Use the TIG cooler. Grant said tap water will build up deposits in the machine and cause trouble. I made a cooler from a 20 gal barrel with copper tubing coiled inside. Took forever and was not cheap by the time I finished buying fittings, etc. At my usual $3.00 per hour rate It would have been as cheap to buy the cooler and would have looked a heck of a lot better. I was not aware that Grant modified the machines so can't help you there. I agree that you can heat up to a few inches of 1" bar with this machine. You can make your own custom shaped heating coils out of 1/4" copper tubing. You need to find a source of the proper metric flare nuts. I bought extras from Grant. My machine developed problems in the first week. Grant said send it back. He was unable to fix it and sent me another new machine which has worked fine with no problems.

The Houston Area Blacksmiths Assoc. is bound to have some guys who know where to get it locally. www.habairon.org.

I have been using a Variac speed control on my 115v forge blower for years. Works great. I have no idea what it is or how it works but it works. They are always available on Ebay.

I have a similar project approaching where I will be making 80 shallow bowls 6" in diameter centered in an 8" square of 1/16" 304 stainless. The ideas here have me well on my way. What a great forum. Thanks to all for the input. Tommy

I was at the edge of despair when Blaster, liquid wrench, etc. all failed. Kroil worked. Or maybe the combination of all that other stuff helped the Kroil. Who knows. Check the Kroil web site. They claim it will penetrate in a millionth of an inch. Have to order it on line. Not in the stores around here anyway. Good luck.

Go to machinetools.com > forging machines > forging hammers. You will be in hammer heaven with Beche, Alldays, Massey, and dozens of others located all over the world and priced just enticingly attractive enough to make you want to load up a boat. Remember ocean freight is fairly reasonable. Everyone could have his very own fine and impressive machine and the world would be free of machine envy. Tommy

Haul it in the vertical position. Tie it from the top to all 4 corners of the trailer and equally important, tie it from the bottom to all 4 corners too. If you don't the top will be stabilized but the bottom will walk. I arrived home once with the hammer closely resembling the leaning tower of Pisa. About 800 pounds is right. Roller pipe works fine. Good luck.