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JHCC

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  1. JHCC
    Just avoid hammering on it as much as possible. If you need something thin to pound on, make an anvil bridge.
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    Hometown of Johnny B. Goode?
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    If you've read threads with conflicting points of view that have you confused, ask the question there, and phrase it in a way that shows you've done your homework.
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    My chemistry teacher said "moll-LEEB-din-um". Ditto on the plating vs. alloy issue. My main concern would be improper heat treating: an over-hardened bit could break and send shrapnel in bad directions.
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    Since my portable hole was really much too light, I decided to add a thick block on top for additional mass. This is made up of 1-1/4” x 2-3/4” bar, stood on edge and bricklaid around a 1-1/2” square hole (slightly oversized, to fit square tube hardy stems). I ran out of flux-core wire just before I finished, so I need to get some more to finish off the last few welds. Total size of the new block is 6-1-2” square.
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    Yup. Today, I finished a batch of four knitting bowls: Pigtails! Here’s a little tip: take a piece of heavy tube (in this case, a section of scuba tank) and line the top edge with inner tube rubber: This makes a great base for wire wheeling the insides of bowls. The friction of the rubber grabs the bowl pretty securely.
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    One of my all-time favorite memories was flying from Anvik to Aniak in the summer of 1987, when there wasn't enough room in the passenger compartment and they put me up in the co-pilot's seat. Best view I've ever had. The pilot only said one thing to me: "Don't touch anything." He needn't have worried: I was too busy looking.
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    The starter in my van shorted out last Tuesday in the parking lot at my steel supplier, putting out quite a cloud of smoke until I got the cables off the battery. Not as smell I'm likely to forget any time soon.
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    No worries. If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!! It covers searching the forum, among other useful info.
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    Your earlier separate post has already been merged into this thread by the moderators. Just add any future photos here, and we'll be good.
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    Cool info, cool story, cool glasses!
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    Roadkill and drops.
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    One option would be a valve that dumps the extra air rather than simply choking off the blast. I made one out of scrap lumber for my old JABOD, and it worked really well. Take a look:
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    Interesting. Let us know how it works!
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    Experimented with the soft coal my neighbor gave me (smoky, but workable; a respirator helps). Made bowls. The first one took an hour; the last, twenty minutes.
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    Once again, that depends very much on the type of motor in question. Universal motors run loud, so a variac will definitely quiet one down substantially. What kind of motor is on the Leister?
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    Have you considered a teepee?
  18. JHCC
    Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
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    Scrapyard Post Vise

    JHCC replied to Rmartin2's topic in Vises

    For the outside, give it a wipe-down with linseed oil, motor oil, automatic transmission fluid, or paste wax. For the screw box, do NOT use grease. Grease is sticky, and you do not want scale, soot, grinder dust, etc getting stuck in there and grinding the threads down. A few drops of a light oil is all you need.
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    Tin pants

    JHCC replied to Marc1's topic in Everything Else

    My all-time favorite pants are a pair of Belgian Army BDUs, probably from the Seventies. They're heavy, tough, comfortable, and built like a tank. They're not labelled with model numbers and specs, though, so the only way I could figure out that they're Belgian is from the one little label that says "Do Not Dry Clean" in French and Flemish.
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    Nice looking anvil, and you certainly can't beat the price. I assume you mean "...if I decide I'm not really into blacksmithing", yes? Brooklyn was where Hay Budden anvils were made; not surprising that other companies would be nearby. Those aren't stress fractures; those are the traces of the forge welds used to assemble the body of the anvil. Cosmetic issue only.
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    Cut off the cracked section and weld on a mild steel extension.
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    To quote someone here on IFI (Frosty? ThomasPowers?), there's nothing half as permanent as a temporary solution.
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    I got the vise in trade (with some cash) for my old rivet forge. It’s a frankenvise, and the screw isn’t in great shape. The square tube I picked up from the shoulder of an entry ramp to I-480 in Ohio.
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    I like my clamp. It’s a good clamp.
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