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tanglediver

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  1. Not to let JHCC's warning go to waste; my first thought was, "Well, if you're going to get serious, the first thing you need to do is, stop with the repair idea." I had all the same thoughts go through my head when I got an old anvil, fortunately I listened to the inner voice of caution before I did anything more than wire wheel the loose rust off and oil it. First you need to see your new anvil cleaned up by fair use, it really is in great shape. Congrats!
  2. I built myself a spare tire rack under my truck, just what I needed.
  3. It's a rough thing, and becoming much more noticeable with a number of my own kin folk. Now, with 20/20 hindsight, I can second guess till the cows come home. But really, I just want to lead my own life. I am sorry to hear it Charles, I pray our heavenly Father heal and strengthen you and yours this Christmas.
  4. Well received Slag. If it were up to me next time, I would be inclined to use 100% steel with a concrete and masonry base for the main structure.
  5. Yeesh!! That is some serious hail!! If I had access to free sheet metal, that would be neat. Last time I roofed this shed I used left over 5/8" plywood siding bits and pieces. I used to hang that stuff for pay. Creosote on telephone pole bases would be applied to the end grain. For that reason, the butt ends of the poles were the best to use in ground. Once you cut into them though, the heart wood is exposed to bugs. i don't know about railroad ties.
  6. The space behind the garage here is as secluded as I can get in the suburbs. We had used the space for lots of reasons over the years, originally there were clothes lines there, then an above ground pool, then an aviary & goldfish pond under a roof built like a pole barn with old telephone poles, then just storage. Then I bought an anvil. So, with the roof about to cave in on the empty aviary half of the telephone pole based structure, I set to re-roof that side. The other side I did many years ago in wood, but termites found their way into that part of it also, which means all of it will need to be replaced. i already tore out the rotten side which was way too low anyway, now it will be tall enough to afford limited lifting apparatus of heavy things. I also want it to be self venting at the top. The shape resembles an umbrella, which probably has a name I can't think of right now. Whenever it is that I decide on a forge type, I hope to run the chimney right up the center. I have a long way to go before then. Life still needs to happen in the meantime. Anyway, here is the only picture I took from the demolition 'phase'. There were lots of dumpster runs. I know that even telephone poles can incur termites in the center, but i know the exterior will outlast even an empty core. I capped the tops of the poles with steel in my own fashion. And to these I will join the poles along the circumference to the center pole and go from there. Oh, I am doing my best to reuse as much scrap iron as possible. So far, I did have to buy one 20' full piece of square tube, but all the rafters are salvaged (and stretched) trailer axle tubes. i should have just enough of the rectangular tubes, the intermediate rafter braces will be square tube axles, or round if I am forced to use those. The round ones are the most common. Major items on the 'to do list' include, of course, finishing the roof, mounting the new Peddinghaus on a stand, designing and building a forge. I already have a good number of hammers, a post vise (which also needs a stand), some starter tongs... I needed a place to make it happen, and I have been wanting to do this for a really, really long time. Deciding to buy the Peddinghaus is what kicked me in the butt.
  7. I hung rafter number 5. When all is said and done, there will be 7 of these. Got to brainstorm my next moves, depending on which direction I want to take to the finish line.
  8. My best/favorite hammer acquisition came from the dumpster. I spotted an 8 pound sledge with a broken pipe handle that had been welded by a baboon. Easy pickins! I bought a short chunk of black pipe and a threaded cap for a short handle and welded it in place of the rusty stump. I still use it to this day at work, and it gets loaned out on a regular basis.
  9. Measure twice, cut once. Measure once, cut twice, hammer three times.
  10. Those stairs are quite impressive Old Crew! Greens Keeper that's a great vise stand too, and your grinder mount also GolFisHunt! It's time I got back to work...
  11. Jspool, that is pretty cool! Reminds me of a gun carriage.
  12. The exact rod of choice must be chosen carefully, as I found out. I recall the head of the welding department in college told us about surfacing rods having the tendency to leave spider web cracks, as mine did. Talk to the rod manufacturer, that is the best advice I can give you. Nice work, so far.
  13. Excellent chisel!! ~~~ The flat tire turned out to be D.O.A. I picked up a giant, pyramid shaped rock with sharp edges. With no spare tire, I replaced two matching rear tires and wheels on the truck from my old set. I kept the old set for just such a time as this. I ought to put a spare on the truck though. The old wheels were 16.5", I switched to 16's with the new tires. Ordered a new tire just now. This never would have happened with steel tires like the wagons used to have.
  14. I patched up tears in good work jeans last couple of days. My hobby sized shop is under construction anyway, and the weather has me in check. Tomorrow's first job is to get my trucks flat tire fixed if possible. It has a big hole somewhere, air was gushing out as I got home.
  15. But of course. Always with me the shot in the dark at comedy relief and the reference to Peter Sellers, but alas we have been, how do you say, out moded. Hiding flaws in items for sale is not the best business practice. Au revoir.
  16. I wondere why zee Seller can not paint his own property, and zen sell eet?!? I have a brush and many colours on my pallet. What coloure would you lykeh, chartreuse or burgundy?
  17. It depends. I shaped my rail anvil with a 4 1/2" grinder. I also flattened my 110 lb. lab rat with a 7" model and a large stone. For shaping by eye, the smaller version is more controllable and less fatiguing over longer duration jobs. If you can work in the flat position, gravity helps you to do more work with a larger tool.
  18. I recall burying my uncles large work truck in mud on site between my brother and I when we were much younger. "No problem, we''ll lift it out with the forklift.", says he. "Not if we bury the forklift too!", says I. A full half day later, covered in mud, we reached square one, ready for work.
  19. I received my EMI filter today, wired it into the shop LED fixture, flipped on the switch and ... the light came on. TADA!! (But the radio is still full of static.) Gonna try better quality LED's, they should arrive soon...or maybe I'll try and fix one of the myriad fluorescent fixtures lying around in disrepair. I'm packing up the new fixture and taking it back.
  20. That is just what turned up in a search. I wish to use the light fixture if I can filter out the radio interference is all. Here is just another example of the same... Anyway, I got some fit-up /prep work done on the 'south pole' today as I call it. Their are 8 poles holding up the structure, the one on the south side is number 6 of 8.
  21. Etymology:- This usage of "forgery" does not derive from metalwork done at a blacksmith's forge, but it has a parallel history. A sense of "to counterfeit" is already in the Anglo-French verb forger, meaning "falsify". ...
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