mite5255
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Seeing that we're showing our bike's here's me with my 78 fxe
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Or there are three types of people those that can count those that can't count
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Wow that just so cool
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Hi and welcome Karl if you want to give them a call to ask them about the anvils there number is 07 49824722.....any info you receive could you please post it on here regards Mike
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Hi mat......i have enought problems getting time to use the forge that i have without building another one thanks for the reply's all good ideas.....i was sorta leaning towards wok or camp stove
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Hi all..... i have been given 6 old plow disk and i don't know what to do with them , any idea's would be helpful Regards mike
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Thanks Phil that sure answers my question
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So are you saying its not hard enough
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iI asked them via email if they harden the face below is there answer the face is not flame hardened but the overall anvil is heat treated to around 320 BHN. .....what is 320 BHN there prices are 97kg - $550.00 including gst 43kg - $236.50 incl 12kg - $132.00 incl
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here are the dimensions 42KG ANVIL.pdf 97 KG ANVIL.pdf
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Hi Matt.....There was someone selling them out at the Caboolture flea market the other week and yes they sure looked as cast regards Mike
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HI all.....Have any of you Aussie blacksmiths ever have any thing to do with the anvils from the Doug Slack Foundry at Emerald Queensland ....I have attached a photo plus the anvil specification sheet that they emailed me , the specification is the one with the asterisk ....coments on the material specification would be appreciated thanks regards mikeAnvil Material Specification.pdf
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HI all.....Have any of you Aussie blacksmiths ever have any thing to do with the anvils from the Doug Slack Foundry at Emerald Queensland ....I have attached a photo plus the anvil specification sheet that they emailed me , the specification is the one with the asterisk ....coments on the material specification would be appreciated thanks regards mike Anvil Material Specification.pdf
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Hi I found this on Google http://images.google.com.au/images?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en-GBAU334AU334&q=acetylene+generator&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=BpdSS7maIYOSsgPW06nlBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw
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Here's two interesting pages out of a old IBC catalogue that i estimate to be at least 60 years old , maybe even more , also bearing in mind this is an australian and at the time our currency was in pounds,shillings and pence and not dolllars as we are now I must apologise for one pdf being upside down,its the only way i could get it into my scanner regards mike Attached File IMG_0001.pdf (1.07MB) IMG.pdf IMG_0001.pdf
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thanks for the reply s....i should have remembered about making my own.....as i get older my memory just gets worse regards mike
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hi....does any one know were i can get a new leather piston cup (more then likely wrong name but its the leather cup thats inside the blow torch ) for a blow torch like the one in the photo thanks regards mike
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tomorrow i hope to start on building my anvil
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hi phil, rails are welded on , maybe i should have bolted them ......i have no doubt someone around here will make some complaint to the council...such is life
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hi randy ,the fire pot top is 12*10 inch cut at 60 deg welded together and a plate cut to suit the bottom....the sides and bottom were made out of 4 *1/4 flat
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done a few improvements today....drilled fire pot hole out to 5/16,will need more i think......also put 3 inch flat around coke storage,plus 3 inch flat along side the firepot
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the holes are 1/4 , i'll more then likely step up to 5/16
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nope still in the same place,it takes a lot to uproot me;), i have also outlasted every neighbour....thus far :D
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its actually bolted down not welded
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i made those gnomes....i use to make garden ornaments as a hobby to sell at flea markets.....that was until the local council said i was a naughty boy for making them in my back yards and threatened me with a $3000.00 fine and $300.00 per day i continued