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51 Papy

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  1. Completed the travel anvil, a 2lb diagonal peen hammer and a holdfast. Of course the holdfast was done with the new hammer. Not as pretty as yours Ranchman.
  2. I have always said " When I make a perfect project there's going to be a lot of tools for sale!". I started serious woodworking 45 years ago. I still have a basement full of tools. Most people never find the flaws even when they are pointed out. When is good enough good enough? Don't know, but I hope my kids have to sell all my tools when I'm dead!
  3. Moto That sounds SO familiar and it probably won't be the last time. My wife about drove me crazy ( they only do that because they care ). Do your PT and walk is what they told me. Year and a half after, I picked up a hundred pound block in the shop tonight correctly. You know I was well past 90. Ya just can't break all three restrictions at the same time...ever! You'll feel like a new man in no time. Best of luck with your recovery!
  4. You only get one shot. Wish I had realized that 40 years ago and put some hearing protection on. I wear protection now along with some plastic that costs the same as a used car. Planners, table saws and chainsaws it's my own fault.
  5. Thomas I have this chunk figured at about 100 lbs before squaring the face. The wife is at the age that bathroom scales are not allowed in the house so I'll have to scale it at the plant. I did get the chance to check it this morning and it is water hardening. Oil did almost nothing to it. Funny about those kids. I'll pitch an 80# bag of mortar over may shoulder and haul it out of the plant when the boys are busy loading trucks. They tell me I'm crazy or to old to do that. It's a great thing to work the body...bad thing when you work it so hard you tear it up!
  6. Frosty I agree and have a portable hole in my shop. When I started I was using an ASO with a 3/4" hardy. All my bottom tools are 3/4". No problems yet. If I ever buy a "normal" anvil I'll retool or build a sleeve for the less often used tools. All that being said, I am wanting to join a blacksmithing club and will have to have an anvil I can move and carry. I'm not over the hill but not far from retirement age either. Space seems to be limited at these meetings so pulling in a lot of equipment may not be an option. 3/4" hardys are not std ( that's those mistakes becoming permanent thing darn it). The end game is to have a travel anvil that can go to club meetings once a month and replace the ASO and the RR track ( another permanent mistake made before I found this site) in the home shop. That's why I want a hardy and pritchel on this one. May not get what I want but it's worth a try. Like Thomas said the HAZ crack may be chasing my weld. I have a test piece to try to weld already set up. Advise so far has been pre-heat, back bevel ( both sides ) to 1/8" (piece being welded on) , shim with a piece of 16 gauge sheet (ends only), root weld with 6011, fillet with 7018, mechanically brush between each pass and cool slowly. Thanks for the feed back!
  7. A buddy that is a trained welder said the same thing. To bad he's two states away. He also wanted to know if it was an air hardening metal. Got a project to finish for the better half tomorrow. Maybe I can throw a cut off in the forge and figure out how it is hardened. It may come to some kind of an improvised hardy hole. The Marine's say it best " adapt and overcome". Thanks Charles.
  8. Charles I'm going to give welding a try. Worst that can happen is some more cutting and grinding and then warping the tubing on. I'll have some slices to experiment with. Thanks
  9. Frosty Makes complete sense. I have no plans to put any type of a horn on either post. I will weld at least a hardy hole onto the travel anvil as a portable hole the size I need may not be available. Charles and Frosty thank you for your thoughts and oppinions! Moderator. Sorry about that. Thanks for leaving the picture up. Papy
  10. Charles The post shown is 200ish lbs and has another 150 lbs of sand in the base. Starting this with a 14" length of the same hammer bit. It is round and 5.5" across. Also have a 3x4x.75" piece for the tail with 1/2" for gussets. Nothing has been built. If I understood your comment you would grind parallel edges straight and sharper. I am toying with cutting a step inline with the tail along one side. Couple of inches in length should be enough for the work I do now. What about the hardy and pritchel? I use a holdfast and a guillotine on an ASO but the ASO is miserable to work on after working on the post. As this is a travel anvil weight is an issue but so is shop space. There were several anvils and forges set up at the last meeting inside the hosts shop. My goal is to have a travel anvil that will replace ( in my shop)the ASO and my first anvil that you said I "over thought". By the way you were 150% correct! Thanks for the help and oppinions! Papy
  11. Been working on this post anvil for a couple years (bottom pic) I found a club here locally that meets once a month and need a travel anvil. I like the rebound (about 90%) and the price (free) of the current post anvil but I would like to have straight edge(s) for set down and a hardy hole and pritchel. I was looking at this on you tube without the horn using about 14" of the remaining hammer bit approximately 100 lbs. I'm thinking of sinking it into a recess in 2x12 for a base. Any thoughts? Something you'd do different? Punt and spend $500 ish US? Video removed due to religious content. Image of the finished anvil below.
  12. Anvil prices around KC seem to be down slightly from last year. I have also seen several complete sets and a couple of "Beginner" sets locally. There are a couple of anvils on an Internet auction site that would have sold last year pretty quick at the listed price that have been there several weeks. Me get be due to loss of interest or the economy. Hard to tell.
  13. Nope! No way! Ain't gonna happen!
  14. Biggun it was deco railing (1960-70). It sparked tested like a piece of known mild steel that I had and it cut like butter. The overheat probably happened when I tried the re-weld after I drifted J It did need to be straightened after each fuller run. I'll make sure I take more care next time. A little less than halfway on the fuller is correct?
  15. I had a major failure on a folded axe. Material was recycled but tested as mild steel. 2" x 3/8". Used the fuller pictured. I didn't go quite half way on the fuller end area. I thought the heat of the materials was good. I have no idea why this happened. Coal fuel. You can laugh as much as you want as long as you tell me what I did wrong. This was the first try so I'm going to try again. That crack is all the way through and on both sides at the fuller. I also missed the weld next to the eye. It didn't take or I didn't get it set well enough to take the drift.
  16. Play attention (safely) to road construction company names then check to see if they are local. Find a local one and find their shop. They all have a shop. The hammer or the breaker bit make an excellent anvil as well as bucket pins. Got a local John Deere shop? Be prepared to hear no and keep looking. Fab shops and machine shops are places to hit too as mentioned above. I forget how many places I stopped before I hit the right spot. Keep at it!
  17. KJ I found mine by walking into the shop of a local repair shop of a large road construction company. Told him my story and asked him if he had anything or knew of anything that would work. He was only to happy to get the back hoe breaker out of his shop. He wouldn't let me pay him anything for it. Great guy! He seemed to enjoy the pictures of the anvil and the gifts for he and his secretary. BTW that was about the fifth stop I made. Don't give up!
  18. KJ Go to you tube and search "post anvil". There are several.
  19. Life time supply.. I called and whistled but none of it would follow me home. Picture taken from public right of way and that's as close as I'm getting. Looked like plates, anchors and nails.
  20. Dave Grandma 4 on the floor, donor was a grain truck (u joint). 12 bolt rear. 235 out of a 58 truck. Giving up the floor starter was not an option. Aus & Das Beautiful rides.
  21. Not as pretty as the rides above but she's mine. Tree line to this in my shop. Das I am not much good at body work. 50 miles per hour or 200 yards for all pictures. 1951 Chevy resto-rod with rock chips. I love old iron!
  22. "I had it good on the road what did I do to deserve this idiot". Still using a back hoe hammer bit as main anvil.
  23. Jclonts I found some inch rebar like that from our old bridge. It did harden. It's worth checking. Looks like yours is a lot straighter than the wadded up piece I found.
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