M.J.Lampert

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that could be off anything between B-26 to B-29 (south Carolina or Delaware classes) or put on a later ship (florida or Wyoming class

though these where mainly deconstructed on the Atlantic side

more likely they where rail mounted which explains how they got to new mexico

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I am not well versed in these subjects but this would make sense if I'm wrong please correct me

M.J.Lampert

27 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Do you have a good magnifying glass? The marks on the face may just be the finish machining marks being flattened on the high spots. This would be pretty normal even for hardened steel if it was ground after heat treatment. 

The little chips in the edge is why you try not to strike the edges with the hammer, let along "light" taps with a 800gm hammer! I realize you're young but please try to get the, "if a little is good a LOT is better," out of your game bag! an 80gm ball pein would've told you all you needed to know without damaging anything. 

The same thinking has people actually RECOMMENDING a 1" bearing ball for a rebound test and guys are dropping them from 3' I've read about a couple few who climbed ladders so they could drop them from 10'.

Frosty The Lucky.

thanks i will take a magnifying glass out and look

oops I'm slightly more brawns than brains (at times)

I've learned that from you in a separate thread and now my edc includes a 3/8 bearing ball and I'll drop from 10in beside a tape measure

Frazer, I've been told similar (bull headed) and at times i can be rather thick skinned

PS I don't see how that was poking fun at me

wood stump

the rebound is still good with a hammer. I'm gonna find some time to get in the shop and do an hour or two on it and se if i like it.

there are no bolt holes what would be the best way to hold it down?

thanks 

I grabbed a Kanca 50 anvil on sale as I've heard good about their vices before purchase i tested rebound with a 3/8 bearing ball and its good 80-95% at $800 i thought it wouldn't be a bad grab as I've seen no old anvils locally.

brought it home and tested it with a small ballpeen starting about 4 inches and light blows there are visible marks in the face (images left large to see) and a 800G hammer was flattening the edges while taking small nicks to the face I'm trying to decide if i should return it and wait for something better or use this it is definitely forged top, 2 pieces and welded together. Base may be cast 

M.J.Lampert

i have personally blown a glass vase (i blew and they did all the work) when we visited a glass foundry(?) in Germany they used electric furnaces and about 5ft pipes with wood handles most of their tooling was steel though they used wood blocks to smooth the finished product (they used a lot of water in that step)

made the first ever trip to the scrap yard with my father as we are cleaning out the shop they only payed 180 a ton on steel we had some other stuff but only came around 250 got a damaged oxy tank and going to make some dishing forms with it 

also grabbed a Kanca 50 anvil on sale as I've heard good about their vices before purchase i tested rebound with a 3/8 bearing ball and its good 80-95% at $800 i thought it wouldn't be a bad grab as I've seen no old anvils locally.

brought it home and tested it with a small ballpeen starting about 4 inches and light blows there are visible marks in the face (images left large to see) and a 800G hammer was flattening the edges while taking small nicks to the face I'm trying to decide if i should retun it and wait for something better or use this it is definitely forged 2 pieces and welded together base may be cast 

we still have some limited 2G here as well as #G running well 4G for most people and 5G came in early last year 

i run an Alcatel flip phone and while it does the job I'm annoyed that i have "unlimited" text the 3/4 hits a letter REALLY limits texting though after a while you get so is 1 minute a text and not 10 

set #2

3 hours ago, Frosty said:

I've been running oxy propane torch for about 40 years and can't think of a reason to own oxy acet torch. I don't gas weld and that's the only thing oxy prop doesn't do worth spit. Consumables are something like 1/20 what oxy acet costs. You can buy propane virtually anywhere in the US or Canada and bottled oxy isn't considered a hazmat so you can air freight it if necessary. That last is a real factor in Alaska, not so much if you have roads and highways to get around. Up here you may have to strap it to the float of a float plane and land on a lake.

I don't know about the blade but the finish looks deliberate rather than an artefact of casting, it may be to help prevent things from sticking to it. No telling what alloy it is but it's well worth bringing home and testing.

Frosty The Lucky.

I've been in a plane with 20lb tanks in the floats and cans of gasoline wouldn't want a crash if they had been full( these where empties on the way out

john you probably could rent that out and get profit from it i know a person who rented a wood "arch" (just 2 verticals and a horizontal) for IIRC $50 Canadian, you could do $50 US and still be cheap

again wonderful work alexandre

looks fine, very fine indeed

needs some engine work (not firing 1000% on one cylinder and needs oil etc) and the drivers side door pin bushings are long gone so the door panel is busted fixes look to be under $500 total to fix and that will boost the value of the car to around 3000-5000 I've seen on others in the province

minimal rust on body and the back seats fold good space to I'm 6ft and have extra space has roof tie points and 251999km on it new transmission about 40000km back

edit 100% not 1000 but left cause i thought its funny

shorn three of our sheep (Suffix, Dorset cross)  on Saturday sheep and got a black bag of wool thet sadly will go to the dump

So i am now officially a car owner got this over the weekend a 2000 GMC Jimmy not the truck i had hoped for, but at 1K i couldn't pass it by as the tires with it are worth almost that much 

39 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I did some more straightening on a piece of coil spring I'm using for a prototype weed puller. Weeds as in 1"+ saplings, cutting them just makes stands. 

The other thing I did was wait for my computer to get back from the shop. It suffered the black screen of death when a anti malware program showed up as a "free gift" that wouldn't take delete for an answer and downloaded and installed itself. My comp was dead in minutes. 3 days to clean out, upgrade and get working again. It's fast again though!

So I also spent a few hours trying to figure out Win 10 and  find an email program that isn't loaded with "features". for now I signed up for a gmail account.

And that's what I did today.  

Frosty The Lucky.

that stinks had that happen at school once even with all the firewalls set up

what did you run before we have three problem makers all on windows 10 and 2 reliable ones on windows 7 that my dad uses the only reason i dont use 7 is that the programs i use for school aren't supported by 7. And i have no wish to go to the new windows 11

22 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:

I had an teacher Mrs Dobegie back in school that used to say… (close only counts in horse shoes an hand Grenades ) 

Heard that lots out of my dad

i built my stand to the height needed for myself...

since then i grew 1-2 inches and am working at becoming a hunchback

we had one from when i was 1year to 14 a real mix from collie to some great Pyrenees and 3 or 4 others i cant remember and she was the sweetest thing and would take in bumbers and ones pushed off by there mothers. the one we have now is a 3/4 chocolate lab and 1/4 border collie so a lot higher energy also a little over a year so still in training she seams to be ok though

first lambs of the year  3 little gals

got 2 more ewes to drop

22 hours ago, NH Hunter said:

Got my first forge time in today.   Basic drawing out, a bend and a loop.   My stock was to short but I made the best of it as I'm just learning.   A basic fire poker for the fire pit out back.  Have to figure out what was up with my forge tomorrow.  One burner started whistling and the forge wasn't getting hot enough so I shut it down and took that burner out, back in business.

I know it basic and rough but I've been waiting a long time to do this.  Was worth the wait.

what's your opinion on the Mr. Volcano forges? i saw Christ centered ironwork was giving them away and spoke highly of them

22 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:

I dunno much bout trains but I think this one was to small to be a logging train, the passenger cars looked like they could seat maybe 4 kids or two adults per car, 

I think the caboose could only fit one adult or two kids, 

Lol, thanks for the offer, but I think it done sold,

the rail tracks and cross ties were still assembled just broke down in 20’ lengths, I think you just had to bolt them together with plates? 

it came with all the curves and everything to build a track a little smaller then a half a mile, 

the little locomotive was real coal fired steam rig which I thought was pretty cool, 

back in the fall me Ash an Max rode a similar train down in tahlemena he had a blast, he’s been obsessed with choo choos ever since lol, 

the one we rode had been built in the 1940s for a theme park, but had since been converted to gasoline engine, they had two trains there they operate during clear weather,

theres a rail road museum near here that was running when i was 6/7ish not sure if they still run it but they had a little train like that there i heard they had a blacksmith shop and a local group meets there once a month but there dates never align with when i head that way

M.J.Lampert

charfox welcome and thank you for your service

what does TBI stand for?

new idea i get my pilots license (10-20 thousand) buy a plane (100 to 1.5million) fly down and get the anvil see you in 10 years please hold it for me...

but in all seriousness i am looking to get my private pilots license over the next year or so can get down and visit all you wonderful folks if fuel would ever go down

M.J.Lampert

15 hours ago, hheneg said:

105 KG Refflinghaus 58 from Mr. Nietfeld.  Will be mounting on a stand tomorrow.  Soon placing is predecessor for sale Emmerson Tradition 150 from 1995.

i wonder what shipping to Canada would cost...