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Must be clergy?

yes it is to long and I can't pronounce it either.

Festus? Wow! That's pretty strong. Now if I had broke something then maybe, Hop along would work.

Ok, amazingly enough no broken bones but very swollen and black and bue, also made a hole in the top. I had turned it on its side to wire wheel and it slipped off. I do feel like a cartoon. I have had a broken toe when a draft horse stepped on it while shoeing it a while back and I also broke a toe fencing years ago so I was pretty sure it was broken this time also.

I couldn't sleep so I went ahead and set my small 35# pound Columbia by the fire for a couple hours and heated it up, I had wire wheeled it last week, I went ahead and coated it with the new brew I made and will wipe off the excess tonight and reassemble tonight.

Ok, I made a recipe/mix tonight, I melted 1lb of bees wax, which came to 1 quart, in a double boiler, I added 1quart of turpentine and 1 quart of boiled linseed oil. I melted it all together and went out in the garage and started wire wheeling one of my anvils, I decided to start with the 150 lb anvil, wish I hadn't, I turned it over on its side and it proceeded to slip of my stand and onto my foot, I am now sitting in the ER waiting for the X-ray results.

will update the results of the new brew I made when I get a chance.

Going to try it on one of my leg vises and an anvil I just picked up. Thanks.

Yep, that's what it smells like, would johnsons paste wax work for metal preservative as described earlier in this thread?

what if a guy mixed in some BLO?

Johnsons paste wax smells like it has turpentine or something similar in it, do you know if it does?

I have the ingredients to make a batch, so I am going to whip up some this week. 

On 1/26/2015 at 2:09 AM, Frosty said:

I'll have to locate my copy of, "The Art of Blacksmithing" by Alex Bealer for his recipe. What I wrote is what I remember of it and I didn't actually measure when I mixed up my batch. Please remind me if I don't get back in a couple days, my memory is shot, I distract at the drop of a hat. It's a traumatic brain injury (TBI) issue.

I'll do my best to remember to hunt up my copy of Art of Blacksmithing, I even wrote myself a postit note. Just don't count on my memory. <sigh>

Jerry

Hey Jerry, as requested, Just a reminder for you, check your postit notes.

Here is one of my favorite classical pieces.

22 hours ago, JHCC said:

Easy as playing the cello!

Well then, I'm going to start playing the cello.

Thanks.

Thanks for the welcome fellas. 

So right now I'm researching a good belt sander for knife making. And a drill press.

Ok, sounds good. I was also trying to figure out how to add an avatar pic to my profile.

I'm a new member and wanted to introduce my self, I have been reading and exploring the forum for a while and have learned much, wanted to join and learn more though conversation.

I live in Western North Dakota on the Montana border. 

I was a farrier for years as well as bumbling my way around making stuff and now for the last 20 years or so I have been a builder, I have a small shop with a propane forge and a few anvils, I'm going to be adding some more stuff to my shop so I've been researching.

Things I'm going to be looking for and Adding to my shop are: new mig welder, drill press, belt sander and maybe a forging press, dang so much stuff I need! 

Any way, thanks. Off Grid