mite5255

Seeing that we're showing our bike's here's me with my 78 fxe

Thomas,

I was told the three types of people are;
1-People who make things happen
2-People who watch things happen
3-People who wonder what just happened

I have since added a 4th type;People who keep things from happening.
The 4th type mostly form up into committees such as the dreaded HOAs and such.

Wow that just so cool

Thanks guys,
i just realised there was something i forgot to mention.
I dont have a proper anvil yet, i just use a ripper from a tractor, and i'm interested in the Doug Slack anvils.
But i noticed that the detailed sketch for the 42kg anvil shows a hardie hole, and the 97kg anvil doesnt.
So would i be right to assume the 97kg anvil doesnt have a hardie hole?

Mike, Mick's main garden forge is a plough disk, and I think another of his is too. Need another forge mate?

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

320 HBN is plenty hard enough for a hit n Giggle blacksmiths anvil. We forge gear blanks out of 4140 and heat treat them to 277-311 HBN. We aim for 302 HBN which is denoted as a 3.65mm dia impression with our Brinell Machine. That is a brinell machine has a 10mm dia tungsten steel ball that has a load of 3000KG applied to it for 15 seconds. The load is removed and you read the dia of the impression with a brinell microscope (it has a scale across the lens). 320HBN is denoted by an indentation of 3.40mm dia from a 10mm ball with 3000KG load for 15 seconds, to give you an idea. So unless you are going to forge ball bearings cold on it using a 3 ton hammer it should be good. (HBN or BHN stands for hardness brinell number)

Cheers
Phil

320 BHN? That's about what I get from quenched and tempered dog turds! Whassat, about 30 Rc?

G'Day Mike, Not sure if this helps but on reading the material specs you posted I noticed the Australian Standard they had listed in the end column, so I did some research and found it is a standard pertaining to cast steel.According to a chart I found on another website AS2074 L6B is a reasonably hard cast steel http://www.grahamcam...aterialsCS.html . It might pay to give the foundry another call to see if they elaborate on the process they use to make their anvils and whether they harden the face at all.

Cheers
Ian

P.S probably check on the dimensions and weight too, let us know how you go.

here are the dimensions

42KG ANVIL.pdf

97 KG ANVIL.pdf

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

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

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

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

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

thanks for the reply s....i should have remembered about making my own.....as i get older my memory just gets worse

regards mike

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

tomorrow i hope to start on building my anvil

Do your edge rails come off? That might be handy at times, even if only for cleaning.

I hope that the local council have no future grief with you and your forge.

Phil

mite5255,
Nice set up. I have a work table that I'm converting, I have not built my firepot yet. What is the size of the bottom plate and the size of the top opening of your firepot? Also, how deep is it? Thanks, Randy

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

Looks like a great setup, I cant wait to get my portable setup housed in a bench similar to that. I was just wondering, those blowers should put out enough air, are the holes in the bottom of your fire pot big enough?

Ian Ross

I hope that you have since moved to a more friendly neighborhood!
Phil

looks like a nice build you may find that the pan will warp on you, better to let it just sit on the base than to weld it if it starts to warp just cut those welds loose that will allow for expasion

Oh no!! you've got gnomes too!