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thinking back to when we used a few tires to help start a pit fire on a clearing jop (20 Years ago) the amount of o2 needed to get the rubber really going was amazing. So how would you force air into a pot of boiling rubber?

big gunn i at first glance i thought someone used that only as a gunpowder hole for launching another anvil

wow i have been puting my hammers in the quench tank as they get loose. well looks like ill be puting new handles in soon. Any one ever soak there heads in diesel? workd for a trucking outfit that soaked sledge ahmmers in a barrel of the stuff never got loose that i remeber. and no not the whole thing just like two inches past the head

I was under the impression the caulk helped kill the ring. Am i wrong?

we have something similar in the shop but the clamping force is up and down not left to right. shop built heavy and takes a beating.

have one at the job that started out 6" long now roughly 2.5" but i keep it razor sharp.

unless you live out on the nice parts of 620 and right down in the heart of the downtown you should be in good shape. Have a brother in Bee Caves area he wouldnt have any trouble be he is out of town a ways.

the sad thing is they answered at the same time:D

not sure spray metal and the stuff we used is the same but it was NOT smooth more like sandpaper really rough sand paper......Think the product was "flame spray" and you could pick the coating ie. stainless,zinc and nickel. again very costly and not smooth.

so the fanned out piece???? just keep beating till you felt better? good therapy heat beat repeat

K.Bryan hop the mother recovers. And i have some adopted family in apopka next time i head down to disney ill give you a ring if thats ok.

my .0002$ the art of smithing is or was almost lost and most of the smiths on this site want to teach not preach. And Frosty well said bro.

hey mark if it is not quiet enuf find you some old big speaker magnets and place on the side of your anvil ....Wil be amazed how much this snuffs the ring. The smith i am working under does this at his shop with 4 anvils beeing pounded you have to do somthing

friend i work in a shop that works on o2 regulators for the aircraft ind. DO NOT open that bad boy. You may think you have every thing right and get it totally backwards. And one last thought do you want that risk of explosion? o2 and any oil or hydrocarbons=boom

OK so i think I have a good start at looking like a blacksmith.6'6" and close to 425# but no i will not grow a beard.

Rattlecat beware. You will become addicted to the heat, sweat, noise and smells of the shop1 Then you will bounce off the walls when someone says somthing nice about a project you have just done and are not completly satisfied with but they are wowed about it. Just figured you need to hear that. And by the way welcome to the party! I am also just learning the craft and luckly had a smith take me in because of my day job skills(sert. welder). Again welcome

havent tried this but have heard talk of kitty liter just damp enuf to tamp into place. Again just my 2 cents

will do glenn hopfully when this is all said and done we can have some good shots inside this beast

well as far as contact them that was a few days ago so now i go to the only people i know who habe some time on these things. Mr. Hofi the biggest problem is it appears the ram is galled from lack of oil. That said i will proced with the surgury with out the manuals. i will take lots of pics. and keep everyone up to date

nakedanvil been there done that no maint.info other than "contact us". The ram/hammer will not return to the up position and will not hammer at all. sorry about the spelling best i could rember after fighting this beast.

ok men need some help. Does anyone have manuals or a link for the guts of one of these bad boys? have been given unlimited axcess to a smitty if i can get this thing back up and rolling. i think its a 50? i know its a 110# hammer and the previous owner killed this thing then sold it to my buddy.

one of the books i just got said that was good iron to play with

viper the e/r bill would overshadow the price for that bad boy! and where in the heck is this at ?

steve dont you know keep your head down. those staples itch like the dickens i have had many in my head.Dont sweat and keep your head dry and all will come out ok. and for me i came out o a dozer via 10 foot drop into a cut without seatbelt woo hooo

once in a blue moon ill drop in and get me a paragas or some such