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    Nothing succeeds like excess! ~ ThomasPowers
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    I've heard them called a Santa Maria mechanism. Might do a google search for them.
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    Most of the time burning too cold and using too much fuel involves too much air with a shallow fire (especially with charcoal).
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    You can count my wife and I in that camp. Hope you never change the format, they are a pleasure to watch and we learn a lot from them. My wife learns new things and I things I have forgotten.
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    Frosty is absolutely accurate in his list. I have been a worker bee and a supervisor/boss. The only thing I have to add is when working for someone, have the attitude of, I'll show what I can do and you will pay me what I'm worth. That attitude always worked for me as far as raises and promotions. Unfortunately too many now a days have the attitude of you pay me what I'm worth and I'll show what I can do.
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    Like Frosty, I always try haggling a little especially with the anvil stand that would need work if it fit my needs. The forge looks serviceable and if his description is accurate I would probably offer $450-500 for both. Might see if he has any anvil tools/tongs to throw in to sweeten the deal if he is firm on the price.
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    What a great find at a steal no less. Just make sure you don't "strip a gear" trying to move it around.
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    Another good source for info is the local farmers co-op, those folks know just about everyone who may have anvils etc.
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    Just remember to resize them to something like 500X375 so the folks with dial up and have to pay for additional bandwidth can enjoy them too.
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    The suggestion was to read through this thread for ideas, not post the same question, which is considered spamming.
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    We won't remember this once leaving this post. Links to commercial sites are prohibited. I like the Gaco MR-750 burner we used in our forge we built.
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    Welcome to IFI. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST Knowing where in the world you are will help giving advice, hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show location.
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    Welcome to IFI. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST Not knowing where in the world you are, it's hard to give advice on what to get or where to get it. Hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show location.
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    "If you bite a snake and you die, it's poisonous. If a snake bites you and you die, it's venomous! ". ~ ausfire
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    A hundred years of crud will really gum up the works.
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    Welcome Rebound. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST It will go a long way in helping you get the best out of the forum.
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    Welcome to IFI Larry. Have you read this yet? It will help getting the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST
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    Welcome Jeff, have you read this yet? It will help getting the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST
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    Probably just chisel marks, many a smith would test the chisels & punches on the side of their anvils. BTW have you read about resizing pictures so they don't take up so much bandwidth? We have members from all over the world and many have to rely on dial-up for internet or pay additional for bandwidth, besides taking forever to load large pictures without high speed service.
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    Yes Yes No... unless it's repaired correctly, which gets expensive. Robb Gunther and Karl Schuler's Anvil Repair Process - Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels - I Forge Iron
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    Welcome to IFI Dwithrow84. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST I'm not fond of welded hardy tools but your idea would probably work. The few I have made eventually had to be re-welded after pounding on them. Of course that was at a time when I didn't have a very good welder or welding experience.
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    The simplest would be an inline ball valve. Of course not knowing what type of motor the blower uses, the best would be a rheostat to slow down the motor.
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    We have an old swamp cooler in the blacksmith shop but haven't hooked up the water in ages. It still cools the shop when put on fan though. That dates back to when the shop was a bunny barn and we raised show bunnies (mid 80s). It's more trouble to hook up the water now than it's worth.
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    Looks good to me. My only concern is the sharp point of the bolster and it jabbing into a finger, especially if the handle is wet & slippery in use as chef knives tend to get.
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    Actually your serial number according to the picture in the other thread is A60047. Trenton started over with the A prefix to the serial numbers.
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