Everything posted by lazarus
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It followed me home
My granddaughter (6yrs. old) w/ the help of her parents uses "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picturethis-plant-identifier/id1252497129" quite successfully and often.
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Old anvil auction today
Thank you for posting a summary.
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Contacting rail company?
Railroad Spikes - CHEAP & THOUSANDS OF THEM (their ad in CL) -- Scrap yard in central PA.
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Hay Budden ser. no. question
"Anvils in America", page 303, Serial Number 50,001-60,000 = Date --1900 (+/-) 2 years.
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Anvil auction -- Sold a few weeks ago -- Central PA
If the horn was a critter’s face and the heel was the back of its head and described as a biologist or MD would, then the serial number was on the Right Front foot.
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Anvil auction -- Sold a few weeks ago -- Central PA
This anvil sold ($2,100) in central PA -- 486lbs, no visible markings except a serial (?) number on the RF foot.
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What did you do in the shop today?
Chocolate ice cream + root beer = a brown cow
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Trying Out Electrolytic Paint Removal
Reminder -- Hydrogen gas is released. Poor ventilation + unclipping a "sparking" electrode = BOOM, which could be deafening. Disconnect the charger first.
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Anvil identification/value?
Question -- in the OP's pics, there is a hardy tool near the horn, does it have a specific name? and function? I can guess a function. Thank you.
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Metals -- PBS Nova
Here's the on-line link http://www.pbs.org/video/2365886855/ for the recent PBS' Nova -- Metals. Pretty well done. Enjoy.
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My first post vice
On some post vises, I've seen 2 opposing wedges (rather than a single wedge) to tighten the vise and top mounting bracket.
- Vertical forge questions
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Baby Got a New Pair of Shoes
Sycamore has interlocking grain, which makes it difficult to split. Flat-sawn boards are prone to twist. But, as a big block, sycamore is a very good wooden base.
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Help to identify a anvil
Integral bolt-down lugs, maybe a "50" cast into the r. front foot -- looks like a Fisher. Good luck.
- some weird tools
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Recognize these tongs?
I think it's for horse foot work -- a buttress trimmer.
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Reed Mfg 106 swivel. What do I have?
There is a fixed base being offered from FLA on a popular buy/sell site for $395. I sent you a message. Please check your message "buiton". Thank you.
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Muriatic acid
Basic chemistry -- add acid to water (not vice-versa).