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You should post your location in Michigan. There are a few sources for coal through the MABA. Jim Cokewell a member here also, could steer you in the right direction.

:lol: I hope your not on page one in that book!

Some people don't know good taste in good ironwork when they see it. :angry: Sorry, I think I would be dissapointed too. :unsure: At least you still got to watch them film. ;)

I think you answered your own question. If you don't have a oxy/ fuel set up in your shop, it is one of the first and most versital pieces of equipment to have. I know alot of people who still weld and braze with it.

Good luck to you my friend! May God be with you and your family.

Thanks for the invite Jim! You might just see me banging on your door. I love to look in other people's shop's.

A friend saw this and thought of me. I think some of you will like it also. ;) I like to sit in my shop. I have a favorite chair that I like to sit in when I sit in my shop. Sometimes I sit in my shop early in the morning and think of the day ahead. Sometimes I sit in my shop at the end of the day and look at the results of the day and what tomorrow’s work will be. Sometimes I sit down in the middle of the day and rest my legs. I like to sit in my shop. I like to look at my tools all around me. Some in boxes Some on benches, Some under benches Some hang on the wall Some in racks Some stand in corners I have store bought tools I have homemade tools, I have a few that my grandfather used. I like to sit with my tools I like to sit in my shop Over on the shelf is a model my son put together years ago. Please don’t touch it, the glue is old and the parts tend to come off. I have several hot wheels cars the grandkids left on the floor long ago, now they lie in the top lid of the tool box on the rolling bench. They have long since forgotten them. One day they’ll get to remember them. Up there are the pieces of a bare walnut bowl that I was turning for my bride. It was almost complete and I reached in with the gouge to get that last spot. That bowl exploded and hit me in the chest. I was relieved when I looked down and there wasn’t a gouge sticking out of me. Those signs you see hanging high on the wall I picked up here and there over the years. I just like them…..can’t really tell you why. I like to sit with my things. I like to sit in my shop. I like to talk to my friends while sitting in my shop I try to answer questions about forges, anvils and steel. I try to answer questions about motorcycles, cars and why yes I will have another beer. I often ask questions too. I like to sit in my shop and talk with my friends I like to sit in my shop I like to sit with my dogs and talk real low. I like to pet them and rub their bellies and ears and tell them how rough they have it. I have always thought that nature should have made their life spans longer. My dogs (and the neighbors dogs) like to lay in my shop on the cool concrete and watch me work. I’m glad the dogs like to sit in my shop I like to sit in my shop. I remember when I was young I had a neighbor up on the hill. He liked to sit in his shop when the day was thru. I thought he was old…. If I had only known. I liked to sit in his shop and talk of things he knew. He shared his knowledge and peanuts too. He is gone now but sometimes he comes and sits in my shop too. I like to sit in my shop Among my things With my memories People, Pets, Places, songs, stories and things. Each day brings more……. I like to sit in my shop JWB

Sweet! Are you happy with it? I would say job well done.

Looks good to me! If it blows and not making any grinding noises you are proubably ok. I would say a price would be between $75 and $150. This what I have bought and sold them for , but I have seen them go for alot more.

Yes it does. I have wore it a couple of time now and am really liking it. Once it settles down and gets broke in it will be even better.

Andrew, it's about 44 rpm. Yes I would like to see some pics of propriety tumblers from down under. :) Yes the bits are the media. I have saved them out of my ironworker. There are some bigger pieces in there and as I get more slugs from punching I keep pulling the larger pieces out. Ideal for me would be to have all slugs. You use to be able to go to a fab shop and get there slugs for free. Now with the cost of scap steel nobody gives it away any more.

Thanks!

I edited it so that i read correctly.

The reason I chose to have him make it out of Bisson hide is because it is tougher than cow hide. Plus I really like the multiple colors in it. It is pricey $ 7 a squarefoot. All he wanted to charge me was for me to buy him a new 2 1/2 lb Pendinghaus french style hammer because his wife would not let him buy any more tools. I would not let him do it for just that so I gave $50 also and he is going to come over and we will make some pattern welded knife blanks. He has caught the blacksmithing bug and is learning how to make knifes.

:blink: :rolleyes: :D Typo! Or maybe I just have a hard time counting over 5. <_< :lol:

Recently I have had a couple of questions from people on my tumbler. So here is mine. I did not make this one. I bought it from a smith who was going out of business. If I had to make another it would be based on this one. The barrel is made out of 1/4" floor or tread plate, and the tread is on the inside. It is also 6 sided so you do not have to put baffles on the inside, which means less maintenance. It will fit 48" pickets and this one turns very fast. Almost to a point it will centrifugal force the parts to the outside, but not quite. I have been told by more than on smith that this the way it should be, because it takes less time to do your parts. Some argue that it should be slow. For me about 20 to 30 min a load. The down side at a higher speed is it will beat up very delicate parts. But even items like small leaves it will do a great job on. It is a must have if you are doing production type work. It also will soften up the edges on your parts.So Let me see yours!

I have gotten tired of replacing my cheap leather welding aprons ever couple of years. So I had my friend Scott Lintow at Sleeping Scorpion make me a new shop apron out of Bisson hide. I hope one this will last me a long time. What do you all think? Comments?

Looks like you got a good deal! You will have many hours of fun with it.

Great idea! Very nice.

I don't know if this will help, but this how I move one a couple of years ago.

Pretty slick! Beats all the pieces I have laying around and you can never find the one you need.

Nice prep. When you start to lay in your first pass with the nickle 99 and if you are getting alot of porosity. You are to hot. With the first pass I suggest keeping the heat down and don't dip your rod in the puddle. In stead lay the rod on the leading edge of your puddle, continuously feeding it into the puddle, and osolate your torch side to side a little as you progress forward. This is the same technique you would use for putting in a TIG root pass in pipe. If you do get some porosity don't worry grind it and when you put your next pass in with the 309, the porosity should boil out. You can use the dip technique on this pass if you like. If it pops and explodes, again your to hot. Just back up, and if you do not have to clean your tungsten. Then run over the area leaving your rod on the leading edge of your puddle. Good luck!

I would suggest making a rack to hold them out of 316L stainless. Lets say you use a 3/8" x 1 1/2" flat bar or thicker it would last along time. The stainless will hold up in the heat of your forge.

Thanks to who ever cleaned up my mess will trying to post the photos. :(