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Rusty Jones

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    http://bloggerparty.com/blog/elginbrod

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  • Location
    Green Cove Springs, Fl
  • Biography
    Retired Millwright
  • Interests
    Deco. Iron, Leather Carving, Writing
  • Occupation
    Whatever I want to do!
  1. Thanks for providing the web site and the formulas! Looks like there is plenty of room to play.
  2. Rusty Jones

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  3. @Glenn: The category "it followed me home" was a great idea, It really gets the juices flowing.
  4. I had to visit the guy who said to put two hex nut flats together to get a drill gauge, I've done it for years. For the sake of a degree it has saved me a lot of grief and produced many good drill bits.

  5. Thanks for the information on the hosfeld bender, I just may get the basic package. I can keep you posted on the outcome.
  6. The pictures were . . priceless! ~~ good teaching here, thanks!
  7. Your work has an element of elegance that belies the fact you were "winging it." I saved a picture for inspiration, the piece is a simple statement of what I want to do. Thanks for showing it!
  8. I'm really impressed with what you have made, I consider it truly artistic and will be watching for more instructions, thanks!
  9. @swordsmandp: I just got "back" to Florida about a year ago. I intend to get in touch with the Florida groups. I apprenticed out of the Tampa Millwright local over thirty years ago. I was already a welder when I started and that fact often meant the difference between getting placed or not getting placed.
  10. @piglet_74:"Pony" to me, I'm used to the full size commercial tanks and these seem small. Thanks for the welcome. I'm still not sure what I want to work on, but I found some great information about gas forges on the forum. I really just want to have fun.
  11. @mod07: thanks for the help and here goes . . . Looks like it worked, I'm going to preview to check it out.
  12. @Glenn: Thanks again for reminding me about the forum. I'm happy to be back. I just set the table up today, and talk about fussy--this hunk of iron ain't pretty; but it is heavy and flat. I will get pictures out as soon as I figure out the process here.
  13. @Francis Cole: thanks for the FABA tip, that is just the kind of information I was looking for!
  14. You're right about Millwrights being fussy. But it's mainly for the sake of the trade. Working with metal is integral to Millwright work and has always been a favorite of mine. I consider myself in good company here at the forum and I am always willing to learn something new. I have cut many holes with a torch eyeballing the the bolt that goes into it, and to make the hole handsome I drive a drift pin into it while the iron is still red. Often I could produce a sized hole that at first look appears drilled. I am looking forward to being here!
  15. I just stayed away too long! Trying to decide if I should go back to work after retirement. But the work finds me, and I just bought a great 4x8' table made with 3/8" plate on channel with angle iron legs that I will be putting in a 2-1/2 car garage. I have a buzz box stick welder and access to a 110v wire welder and I own the "pony" size oxy/acetylene cutting and heating torch set. I am a retired Millwright with all the hand-tools a tradesman carries. In short, I am going to start-up a shop. This is a great website and I sort of forgot that by staying away too long. My first action was to check out the video on anvils, which helped a lot. I'm interested in ornamental iron-working but not necessarily in going all the way back to traditional blacksmith methods. I received a birthday greeting from I-forge Iron that reminded of the resources at the site, so birthday greetings are not the corny idea one might think; score one for social media and the administrator Glenn. I hope I got his name right because he knew mine. Like Dale Carnegie said: "Everyone loves the sound of their own name."
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