Chris C

That was my thought also. My forge will be sitting on a 4-legged raised platform above the top shelf of a Harbor Freight rolling cart. I would be a whole lot easier to whack the four legs of the platform than to try and weld onto them...................since I've no welder. From the responses, it sounds as if my "thought" was sound. But we'll see.

Well, I'm sure it serves you nicely. Good at keepin' the little inquisitive children away from the forge, too, I'd think. I've seen a couple of outdoor demos in years past and that forge is tempting to little eyes and hands.

Looks as if you had a great day, Jennifer. Like your smithin' trailer. Bet that works a treat for demos and fairs.

Spoken like a true cowboy..................always faithful to both his beer and his horse.

Our grocery stores all have runaway children posters on their walls. Not notes or notices like I'm posting. Don't know if we have any bowling alleys around me...................never been into that, so have no idea. But thanks for the idea.

Thanks, guys. I think I'd like mine high also. I get tired of bending over to look into the forges at the Thursday night group.

Pure evilness! Just got back from driving all over the country South of my place. The two Co-ops I found had no earthly idea of anything for sale, but I left cards anyway. Stopped in 8 convenience/gas stations and talked about anvils and left cards on their bulletin boards. No luck anywhere.

Oh, I know what the "tear strip" thingies are, just not sure how to do that with a 3x5 card. Car window swamp coolers. We knew about them, but Dad didn't want the car to look goofy, I guess. "The good 'ol days".

"Do you have a 3x5 card filled out to post if they have a bulletin board? (With a phone number tear strip along the bottom.)" Well, Thomas, I don't know about a "tear strip at the bottom", but I'll stop and pick up some 3x5 cards along the way. Makes sense. Well, the "cool-air man" got our system running well enough to get it to run on manual all night. We set it to "freeze" just in case it wouldn't come back on after it hit that temp. (which is what he recommended). We'll have to nurse it along until Monday when he can come back to fix it. He would work through the weekend, but our unit needs a new "brain" and he can't get it until Monday morning. Yes, I remember the wet towels years. We were fortunate. My Dad was a mechanical genius and he "home-built" the first air-conditioner anyone had in our neighborhood. He also installed ducting to distribute it throughout the house. Never have figured out how he knew to do what he did to build it. Every time I asked "how", he just said "it was easy..........I just did it." Like I said, he was a mechanical genius. While he was able to provide his family with a cool home in the 50's, he couldn't do that with our car..........................so when we traveled to Red River, NM for our vacations every August, we traveled at night, covered in wet towels and ran with the windows down so we'd be cool. We'd leave in the evening and arrive in the morning. Dad would drive all night. Those were the good 'ol days.............or at least that's how we think of them today.

Well, we are still fighting air-conditioner problems (technician is here as I type) but I'm hoping he'll finish tonight and I can make the trip to the Co-op tomorrow morning. If he doesn't finish tonight and we are without air-conditioning another night, then I won't be able to make the trip. I'd sure like to start getting the word out I'm "seeking". An anvil and a post vise are both things I would like to have. Do I have to have them? Nope! I can get by with what I have, but as you say, Thomas, if people don't know I'm looking, no-one will know I'm looking.............or something like that.

I tend to agree with Jim, but..................................pricing them by the pound based on the area in which they are being offered is a good way to be able to figure a starting price on the items. When I purchase anything, I base my willingness to pay the price, not the weight of the item. Anvils are the only thing I know of (other than food, on the hoof, in the ground or in stores) sold by the pound. Strange situation, but, in a way, I think it works well. Let's face it, in the end it's up to the buyer whether or not they are willing to part with the funds.

Yup, been doing that in my area. Everyone who has a barn near me has met my smiling face at the front door.

Ahhhhhh, a treasure trove.

The little wife searched for me for too long to want to bury me where nobody would ever expect to find me. Thank God.

Okay, got it. Just didn't understand the reference. I wasn't a Spike Jones fan back in the day. I was busy listening to Bach, Beethoven and Vivaldi!

Okay, as I mentioned, Thomas, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Pray tell, what is "the shovel talk"?

I spent 27 years as a professional photographer..................backpacking in the high country of CO, NM, and WY, so I know how wonderful it is at high elevation. Unfortunately, my little wife can't tolerate the cold up there...........except at night. I can't take her there at night and bring her back down to the warmth in the morning. She's pretty hard to please when it comes to temperatures. I'd trade her in, but she's the last one I care to try and train.

Right you are and shame on me for not catching it. Never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, Thomas. Found the nearest Co-op and it's about 30 miles away down country roads. Might try and go there tomorrow.

Yup, I'd have to head for much higher elevations.

It only reached 90 here yesterday for the first time this year. Supposed to be hotter'n dat late this afternoon. Our air-conditioning unit quit working in the early evening yesterday. I'm sitting here waiting for the repairman to come. Little wife and I can't sleep if it's hotter than 68 degrees at night, so didn't get much sleep last night. Don't know what we're going to do when the Chi-Comms hit our energy grids. Talk about a couple of spoiled brats!

We have a feed store in town, but it's certainly not a Co-op by any means. Don't even know where an authentic Co-op is near me..................but it's a good idea and I'll check into it. Thanks for the tip.

Don'cha jus hate it when life gets in the way of havin' fun???

DHarris, We've got a guy in our Thursday night group who came in Second on FIF. They've even invited him back to participate in a competition from the past Champions and Second Place holders. Nice guy. Sure knows how to make Forge Welded steels. Nice looking patterns, too. You ought to drive up and join us. Tonight there were only 3 of us at the forges. Not crowded.

As I said in my last post, I apologize for having missed that you'd done that. I didn't read your post thoroughly, and you didn't read mine thoroughly. I feel better now that I'm not the only one who reads too fast sometimes. And as I also implied, I'm envious of your new, very usable, anvil. Hammer away, my friend...............let it ring.