Daswulf

I see a Wm. something. Second letter looks like an A for the last name. So Taylor, Parker? Just two names I found in a quick google search.

Wow. Nice gift indeed. Like others said, you should be very kind to them.

Very nice work. Well... Sleep enough, but just enough.

Beautiful work JPH!

I was quite surprised it didn't hurt more being in there. It was more irritating. Just one of many stories tho. More painful was the time a long jagged burr from the spatter of a resistance weld on the back edge of a car door pinned two of my fingers together from feeling it to see if I got it straight. Oh, that one had me sweating pulling it out. Many people have worse stories tho. Live, learn, try to prevent it in the future. Oh, since you mentioned welding. Invest in a good leather welding jacket. They are also good to wear while using a wire wheel. Keeps you from finding those wires that stick in your shirt later. And for my wire wheel on a 1hp buffer/grinder I wear the leather welding jacket, safety glasses and a face shield, and leather gloves. Let alone being very careful at that.

I once had what I thought was a pimple or something on my knee. It was itchy and irritated. After a long while of it not going away I cut it open and pulled out a 3/8" long piece of .025 welding wire. guess when I knelt on it at work I thought it was a little stone or something. Went in the meat beside the bone. That was a strange one.

I have done the same thing as Slag with the external light source to help. Also I don't know how old your helmet is but I was really surprised how much clearer mine was after changing the inner and outer lense covers. If it's older and they are cruddy you might want to look for replacements.

I wear ear muffs as well when working with loud equipment. Same ones I wear for shooting. Ear plugs work too if your muffs don't fit under the welding helmet. Almost nothing like the discomfort of getting a little spatter from welding in your ear, aside from getting something in your eye... I use a 3M 6000 series respirator with P100 filters for welding and other dusty situations. We use them at work for dust and I liked them so I use the same at home. For other chemical/ paint fumes we use the 3M 7500 kits and replace filters as needed. Check the chemical you are using for proper ppe. The filters only last so many hours and less under heavier use! If I remember correctly it may have been about 8 hours? I will have to double check. Also when not in use you should seal your respirator in an air tight container. Most respirators come in sizes as well. You need fitted, or at least to find the right size for you. Also if you are serious about it fitting properly you have to be pretty clean shaven around where it fits. ( probably why beards disappear when OSHA comes through the body shop once a year to check us ) one check is cover the air inlets with your hands and suck in. You should not get air in. Other is to cover the outlet and blow. Since you are basically holding the mask to your face, the mask should puff up and not let the air out. This also tests the mask. If the mask isn't functioning properly you could be wearing it but it isn't doing the job intended.

What Thomas said, and you may want to extend the ash dump. I would be a little concerned having the plastic pipe right at the T connector. A little further back isn't a concern since that doesn't get hot there but Hot ashes find their way on the inner ledge of the T connector. If im seeing it right I like the butterfly valve in the pipe idea.

I never heard anyone here say they hate new guys making new threads. Welcome aboard. I can't help you much on the info on the anvil info other then it looks perfectly usable as is. The only thing it needs is the top polished by hammering hot steel on it As to if you over paid, I don't know the market in Oregon. Looks like a good tool that will last you a lifetime and then someone else's lifetime if not abused. Use it and get good then sell what you make using it and it will pay for itself.

Is the bottom of your ash dump capped off or open?

Looking at your setup the only thing that stands out to me as a bit of an issue is that you may not be getting depth in your fire. I'm wondering if you are putting enough fuel in there over the rotor to get a good "fire ball".

sounds like the roses that I make. if I post any on FB I need to make a ton more. I cant keep up. If it's worth it Great!

What is you're forge and blower setup? Like Thomas points to, That is a very open ended question with little detail. Pictures? a bit more explanation? Details! we need details to help! it is like asking, " help, I have a car that runs on gasoline and it wont start.".... spark, air, fuel? we don't have a clue without details.

looks like a great class. um.. did they have any tape left? haha

I can't count the number of times safety glasses have saved my eyes but it takes 2 hands to count the number of times something embedded in my eyes. Yes that quick little job can get quite expensive if you don't take the time to do it safely.

Ron, you can use a smaller hammer to check the rebound.

I think it's nice work C-1. well done.

We will always be friends. I'll never be mad at someone who points out facts. I just don't see the harm. No problem. it helps me to improve and I learn something. just to say, I lean on the other way because I have seen some less sanitary people that lived just fine. food safety in the business world may be Very cautious, but in reality we are generally not that sensative. I appreciate your warnings, and safety concerns. maybe I'm a little tougher in the gut lol. Your concerns are real and I was a bit over reacted to it. we need the yin and yang to figure it out.

soo... we should not touch or eat from or be around metal? I will say your info is good but we can't fear everything. sure there can be cases of safety that we need to be aware of but I think this can be going a little far. minus the elderly and infants, how many would perish or get sick from my utensils? from your post I could be afraid to eat at all. Liability is everywhere in everything. but really? No, I dont want to harm anyone, but I'm thinking I should quit everything and live in a steryl padded room by that notion.

Slag, it is good information. And I have also been working on getting the " into the mouth" parts as clean as possible. I think we can tend to get overly worried about things tho. I have seen rougher utensils sold by better smiths for reenactmentsand such. Also wouldn't wooden utensils hold more bacteria? I'm not arguing. It is a very good liability point to keep in mind.

I found another piece to the puzzle today while cleaning up. I dug out this old horseshoe welded mailbox holder that I picked up in a scrap pile at an auction. Sure enough I spot 2 horse shoes on it that have the holes. And a couple of the holes had "bits" in them. The holes are not threaded and the "bits" are friction fit and only went into the hole 3/8". I just find this interesting because I never knew about it.

Yeah it is a design that will catch crud. The stainless rod showed up with a friend visiting so I found a fun use for it.

I'm more surprised that Thomas posted a picture! That's rare. Good find Thomas.

Here is my latest fork and spoon set. Still working at them when I have time. The cube twist could be better. That is still something I'm working at. These are forged from 3/8" stainless steel rod. I'm upsetting the end for a little more mass for the business ends.