Hibby

Thanks for pointing that out. I've been so busy I hadn't even noticed.

Here are some additional photos. No identifying marks that I can see. It appears one foot is a little broken. What in your opinion would be a can't pass up price?

Thanks much. I spent way too much at last year's quad state

Daswulf, I appreciate your advice. If rebound is decent, what kind of range would you say is reasonable? $200-300 or somewhere above $400?

well done. How hard it the metal?

A friend of mine (non-blacksmith) found this anvil in a barn. It is 158 lbs but has no apparent identification marks. Can anyone discern from these pictures what brand/maker it might be? He wants to sell it to me and I have no idea what the value is. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

Hibby

That looks like a lot of work 

On 2/18/2018 at 7:43 PM, WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith said:

I would just use the Metrikote to paint the  interior, paying particular attention to the cracks. 

Wayne, how is the Metrikote applied? Is it powdered and you mix it with water?

On ‎9‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 12:32 AM, BigBeerds said:

I got the two burner. I probably will use the steel door as the front and only use the the back when I have a bigger project. I will definitely keep you guys posted. 

This is the same forge I purchased. I mainly use 1 burner in it and have refractory bricks filling up the void where the 2nd burner would be hitting so I have effectively made it a smaller single burner. I am brand new to this so I haven't yet done anything that I felt I needed both burners on.

Thanks. I’ll take these points into consideration.

Steamboat - that's a great restoration. I have been looking for wheels (and brackets) like yours to weld onto my post vise stand. Did you make the brackets or purchase them? Any idea what I should be googling to find them?  Thanks much.

Hibby

Sorry, I thought this was ‘show me your vise’.

5-1/2” jaws

80 lb

either 17.5” or 41” post (not sure where to measure)

i paid $200 and think I did ok. In any event, I’m very pleased with it.

Here’s mine. I picked it up at Quad State 2018. It’s an Indian Chief from Columbus Forge & Tool in 1903. I built the stand but the vise was in good clean shape when I got it. There must have been over 100 of them to choose from. A great place to shop.

I’m in east central Ohio - closest towns are Newark, Thornville, Hebron, Heath. I’m about 30 miles east of Columbus. I’ll look into wraba. I’ve taken a class at the Southern Ohio School of Blacksmithing. I’m scheduled for another. I’m just looking to hook up with other folks and learn all I can.

I did watch 2 demos 

I’m a new Smith in east-central Ohio looking for other smiths in the area. 

Did this ever end up happening? Any plans for something like this in the future?

A little late to respond but I was there (first time). It was so exciting to see so much blacksmithing related stuff in one place. I came home with an Indian chief post vise, a 267# Trenton, a nice swage block, and a bunch of smaller tools. Definitely going back next year.