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Slow or stop seems to be the two speeds of litigation. Glad to hear you're making some headway. Pnut

I figured that I would have to use it or lose it as the saying goes. Pnut

If the geometry is wrong or it doesn't have enough spring like stated above it will not create the wedging effect needed to hold it tight in the hardy or pritchel hole. Pnu

I was wondering if any progress has been made in this matter Steve, and also to get the opinions of the membership. I have no plans on being a professional Blacksmith any time soon, but you don't know what might happen. I had an original of the logo/ touchmark I would like to use and the name I would use. I had two people sign and date this and it was notorized. I then sent it to myself using registered mail and put the envelope unopened in my files. Do you think this would be enough to make the name and logo my intellectual property? Thanks in advance for your help. Pnut

This showed up at my work last week thanks to a very thoughtful member here who decided to give me a deal I couldn't have hoped to find locally. Now to clean it up and put it to work. Pnut

I think those pics were lost to the bloody altars of the upgrade gods. It would be great if they could be recovered. Pnut

Looks far beyond usable. Ship it to me and I'll save you the heartache of disposing of it Just kidding I like colonial anvils and you have one in good shape. As you said though there's not a sharp corner to be found but you could get around that by welding a plate to a shank for the hardy hole when you need a sharp corner pop it in the hardy hole. It won't work for everything but it'd work for tongs. Have fun with it and take care of it, someone fed their family with it. Probably more than one person fed their family with it in it's lifetime. Pnut is

I couldn't imagine it would be more than medium carbon at the very best and probably closer to low carbon steel. Spark test it and try hardening a piece. Pnut

Yes indeed. It's an oxygen poor environment. Pnut

If you don't connect the hair dryer to the pipe you can control the air by aiming it more or less directly at the pipe. Pnut

I've done my fair share of shoveling steaming mulch on cold mornings working as a landscaper. I'm quite familiar with it. I don't miss it a bit. I didn't think it would pose a substantial health risk but I just don't like the idea of it. It emanates a pretty strong odor of sulfur. I know there's some pretty horrible pathogens in sewage but the only contact he'd have with it would be the gas it emits during decomposition. Pnut

No, but I've seen one with zebra stripes and many with haircuts to look like lions. I don't think I'd do that to my dog. Every chowI've had has been aloof with strangers to say the least. A big furry panda chow would be too cute for some people to resist. Pnut

I used to have chow chows and if it snowed you couldn't get them to come back inside. They'd stay outside for two or three days sometimes. Pnut

I don't know about Wisconsin but here in KY four bucks a pound is about average. I saw a Peter Wright 165# for four hundred dollars. It wasn't in as good a shape as the one above but definitely in good condition. Pnut

I'd Offer $275 and go as high as $325. It's a little small. It'd be a good portable anvil. It's in good shape. I would grudgingly go as high as $350 if need be. Pnut

I may cut a piece of that foam to place on the board that is the floor to his cooler. Good idea Thomas. Pnut

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Sorry about that Glenn, it kinda took a couple left turns. Pnut

It got down to twenty two below zero for about four days straight last winter but that was unusual. It usually varies between the thirties to the teens but you never know anymore. I can change the water multiple times daily if I don't come up with a better solution. I did notice a spot that didn't have snow or ice on it even during the worst of the weather last year but I hesitate to use it as a place for Basil Bob to drink until I find out if there's a health risk for him. It's the cover to the septic tank. It's a concrete tube about three feet tall with a sewer lid on it. The sewer lid was ice and snow free all last winter. I may put some water there as a plan B just in case the main water is frozen and I haven't been able to get to it yet. He's a feral cat and survived last winter just fine, but I plan on making this winter less of a challenge for him. I fed him last winter but he wanted no part of humans until he jumped in my lap about five or six months ago. He still doesn't like other people trying to get too close to him. Pnut

Have you thought about using a removable table top that fits in the rim of the forge table so you have a solid flat surface to set the gas forge on when you want to use it and set the removable table top against the wall and put the gasser under the solid fuel forge when you're done and your coal forge is ready to go again. Pnut

I think people would be much nicer to each other if the threat of a duel was a real possibility. I'm all for it. Unfortunately being considered dishonorable doesn't carry the stigma it once did so there's nothing to compel the offender to accept the challenge made by the offended. Pnut

I was thinking about a heating pad, but was afraid it would start a fire. There's a TSC about ten minutes away. I think I'll see what they have first. Basil Bob sends his thanks. Pnut

Why yes he does. I just last weekend found an igloo cooler that I cut a door in turned it upside down and placed it on a board sitting atop four bricks to raise it off the ground. I then put some hay in it to make it a bit more comfortable for him. I also built a box out of plywood to shelter his food from the rain. I did that months ago though. I need to figure out a way to keep his water from freezing over the winter.I'll have to do some research. Pnutl

I know a guy who found an original poem handwritten by Rudyard Kipling in a used book of poetry he bought at a tiny bookstore in Covington KY. Some folks have all the luck. Pnut

I certainly will. Pnut