ray-t

Very practical, a little crude, glad to see there is someone out there that keeps house the way I do.

two years ago, when we were harvesting grain and sent a kinfe through the blower and chute into the wagon. so no big deal fixed everything replaced the knives, found a couple chunks, threw them into the scrap pile. well this past weekend i was searching through it and found the smallest piece that we found. grab a chunk of inch hollow tube for a stake, a pair of nuts off some 7/8" silo loop rods. welded it all together because the knife is double sided so if you do wear one side down chopping you can just turn it around and keep going, so i welded the nuts onto that bottom edge in order to save my anvil face. this is my end result. im pretty happy with it, i don't think i will ever need to replace it unless my welds break and i have had enough practice that they shouldn't. anyway what do yall think?

Have you heard of chair-lock? it is used to tighten loose joints in furniture. It swells the wood fibers and may seal the wood against moisture.