Judson Yaggy

If I stoke the shop woodstove to capacity in the evening I can keep the shop 35-40deg.F. above ambient the following morning. Of course it was -15 this morning...BEFORE wind chill.

Spring Meet- June 1,2,3 at our facility in Brentwood, NH. Hands-on working meet. Fall Meet- Sept. 7,8,9 at the Morell Metalsmith's shop in Colrain MA. Mark Aspery demonstrator.

Lou L - I've been jealous of Richard's press for some years now, it works well for what we do. I worked for Dick on and off around 25 years ago (most of the pro smiths in northern Vermont have at one time or another). He didn't have it back then, would have saved me an awful lot of hammer blows!

You got good friends!

Not a flaring tool. x2 to what Jim said above. I have it's twin.

My vote is for straight 1" as well. Healthy majority (and I've seen a lot) of antique hardy tools I've seen have been 1". My first anvil was a 125# Peter Wright with a factory 1 1/4" hh. No problem, the horn was more beat than the hole. If casting out of h-13 you could probably have a 2" hh in a 75 pound anvil and if everything else was done correctly have no problems.

Get yourself some safety glasses. I didn't see many in the shops I visited while in India, but I did see quite a few blind beggars. We have at least one other IFI member in India, if I recall he's in Kerala. I know, a billion people in a large country, small chance you will be near him. But worth a chance.

Any NEBers out there want to do a group camp at the ABANA conference in VA next summer? I'm game.

Wrong kind of question. Gpm is driven by rpm. Reputable sellers should tell you the pump displacement per one revolution. Do the math based on your motor speed from there. Pumps also have a MAX rpm, but can be run slower for lower output.

I've had a couple of power hammers shipped via "back haul" by a local trucking company that ships Vermont granite all over North America. I call them up and put in a request that they call me back when they know they will have a truck in X city coming home empty. If willing to wait a week or a month you can often ship items for CHEAP, like just above the cost of the truck's fuel. I've never done it, buty I've heard about guys using Fastenall (a chain of industrial supply stores) to ship anvils from one store to another for cheap.

I had one for a while 10 years ago or so... didn't find much use for it. Like Beaudry said, thin work pieces.

Little anvil, crummy vise, wicked good press. Buy em all, sell the first 2 for a profit, and get paid to own a nice press. The wheel/weight shoud be removeable, as well as the legs, for a more user friendly moving package.

Rat Hole (Fontanini)! Another made in the USA.

Peter Wright by a good amount, followed by no name mousehole style old english. This being New England that makes a kind of sense.

Give it all back except for that drill press... it's a gem. Everything else is either inexpensive or available elswhere. But an old American iron press is worth it's weight in gold. Point out to them that the chuck key is missing, the switch is defective, the wires going into the light are frayed, and there are NO osha approved guards or emergency kill switches, and it lacks the required safety stickers and labeling. (wink)

I too would have done a home built jib if I hadn't pulled into a New England Blacksmith's meet tailgaiting area and parked next to a buddy who was selling 3 jibs he removed for free from a bankrupt manufacturing shop (ahh, lovely New England). He was asking just enough to cover his entry fee. We did the deal before I even got out of truck! Our winters are warmer than they used to be but I still get jealous when folks talk about working in a few inches of snow or how the slack tub had a skim of ice on it! (How do you know you are a Vermont blacksmith? You toss something in the slack tub and it goes "thump...hissss")

A few observations and ideas- Looks in the VERY breif clip to be a Chile Forge. If so we can rule out low grade manufacturing errors. If not perhaps some ebay idiot is selling burners with copper flares? It could be camera wash out of the high temp colors. Did you observe this in person or just on youtube? If this were the dragon's breath coming out of my forge in my shop observed by the naked eye I'd shut down and check for the buring zinc or hot copper part that snuck in there somehow. I'm not sure if what looks like 3M half mask with a particulate/carbon/acid filter on it would save me from burning metals. Again, I'd stop and read up on what the filters work for. I'd also read the SDS for the flux (if there is flux involved). EVERY commercial material sold in North America should have a readily available Safety Data Sheet. All you have to do is ask the supplier. So you know what is in the stuff you are melting and breathing. The few times I have forged "weathering steel" (Cor-Ten) the dragon's breath has looked similar. That particular steel alloy has notable percentages of aluminum and copper. Perhaps he's using some weird alloy? Note that Cor-ten is NOT a good tool steel.

I like it. Well done. I have a commercially produced 1/2 ton jib crane that swings over my assembly table and smaller drill press and into some of my open floor space. It's epoxied and base plate is grouted to the concrete floor and needs no other connection to the building if installed per mfg. instructions. Wish it was bigger like yours. A shop built gantry crane is in the works for me. One question- How do you keep the snow from drifting in 4 feet deep with the open walls of your shop? Winter is coming...(grin)

Nice bits on those tongs. Well done.

Wow, if that's not a museum is should be!

Looks like a home made or kit hammer to me.

Many manufacturers had holes thru the frame. That's not a Fairbanks. Looks like a Dienelt&Eisenhardt to me, but with it's SA location some sort of Goliath might make more sense.

I said no to a running 300# Beaudry about 7 years ago for $4k. I didn't have space or work for it then, and I've been kicking myself for not going for it ever since. If you don't want that one let me know.

They put that in the scrap bin and then worry about invoicing an employee for "scrap" worth less than $10? Weird. Penny wise pound foolish?