Drifter

Moved to Mississippi after I retired and finally getting a few things caught up on. Tore the old gal apart and wire brushed all the gears or rather the remains of the gears. What an adventure that was as they were rusted to each other and the splines on the smaller are ate up pretty bad. I installed some nylon washers as the wear had the gears not meshing well. Now to find coal to feed the beast. I am in North Mississippi now.

Thanks jwill will pass this along to my friend. Drifter

Posting this for a friend and he says no identifying marks. He was told got it from a guy that worked for the city in Florida. Sure different then anything I have run across. Drifter

Pulled it from the bucket a diesel after 400 miles in my truck LOL. It is still froze tight but a gang of rust in the bottom of the bucket. Next weekend will be disection time I guess. Hope to not find any fiber gears though. Drifter

Had been trying that to no avail. Decided rather then forcingit and doing more damage to try the soak it route. Here in the midwest the mud dobbers and leaf cutter bees sure can clog up stuff. Maybe in a couple days I can get it apart to clean her up. never could stand to not look inside to see what makes something tick. Drifter

Nice set up ironstien only probem I see is it is too clean LOL. Drifter

Got it soaking now and gave it a ride for about 40 mile in my old truck LOL Kind of a redneck parts washer guess you might say. Took out set screw but fan was being stuborun so it is soaking along with the rest.the back came open about 3.16 so the diesel should eb able to get to about everything inside after removing the 5/16 bolts. Drifter

I will have to locate some PB to give her a bath before putting it into th ediesel bath. I found a set screw on the fan as well. The fan housing is held on by 4 slot head screws. The back section was held on by 3 bolts 5/16. I will post some pictures but am in the middle of a siding job here at home in my spare time. I will be gentel with it as I know what broken cast looks like. Some is right down unweldable or dang near anyway. Being I am not a native I will have to leave the seals be Frosty LOL. Drifter

Squirted in a whole can of WD40 most ran back out as was sitting on the face of the fan intake. Guess the seals were ate up or mabe wore out. Lot of nasty looking rust and some water came out. I got the back plate to come loose so fa but now will take the fan housing off to see if can get a puller on the fan. Will leave the WD40 to soak in some more then mabe apply some heat as I apply pressure. The wood is gone from the handle and has a counter wieght ball about 1 1/2 in diameter.The top measurements are 34 1/2 X 22 1/2 inside with about a 3 in lip and slightly shallower across the fire pot area. Drifter

Not found a source here in west central Illinois. Heard an Amish guy by Roseville sells coal. I will have to go hunt him up. Drifter

Bought a Canedy forge Friday. Got it home and started tinkering with the blower as it is locked up tighter then Dick's hatband. Anyone know if the gears are cast in this blower? It appears the fan will have to be pulled off the shaft to finish taking it apart to get to the gears. The rest fo the forge is in pretty good shape for being stored out in the weather for years. One small crack about 3 in long in the bottom but far from it's heart. Still has the original steel tube legs. Drifter

Once Alters moved in the friendly moved out. They have bought out all but one yard in the area. They don't even sell retail steel to the public anymore. What a shame. Drifter

Thanks for the information. Drifter

Sevin garden dust over the entrance hole works wonders on the ground nesters. Apply after dark as they are snoozing. 1 to 2 days and even the queen has croaked. Drifter

Love the looks of the pattern. Where does one aquire the 15N20? Drifter

120 lb made in 1892 bought at a trapping convention. Drifter

Very nice beasty . Wish you lived closer. I ouldn't mind trading some labor to learn to forge first hand. Drifter

Any have any experiance with the blanks from India on Ebay? I can't seem to find a good place to buy the materials and my forge isn't goin gyet. I am going thru withdrawls LOL more like impatients pains. Drifter

I am in the process of gathering more material to modify the stand. I have found some 2 inch shedule 40 pipe for legs and maybe some more 1 inch plate for feet. I don't want to end up wearing my anvil. I may try to laminate the 2 pieces of 1 inch plate I have 10X12 for the base under the anvil itself then attach legs to that and splay them out for better stability. Drill in for plug welds as well for the lamination. Drifter

Thanks for that link Thomas Powers very interesting and informative. I would of never guessed manganize rod for a build up. Drifter

Made my stand already but want to make sure my anvil doesn't walk around. I am thinking of using redhead anchors thru the bottom plate as well to anchor the stand as my base isn't big . I made the top and bottom plates the same 10X12 inches and it is 1 inch thick.

I finally got my material together. 1 in plate top and bottom with a piece of 4 in tube 5/16 wall. The plates are 10X12 and the tube was cut to 18 1/2 in long. I connected them with 3 passes of 1/8 in 7018 . Ground out for the irregularities of the anvil base and got the rocking down to less then1/32 in. I am thinking of cutting a radius to fit the sides of the anvil and welding them onto the base plate. Good or bad idea? I have no plans of doing real heavy work on it just forming drifts and such not trying to straighten a plow LOL. Drifter

I took a few pictures and hope they show it well. Looks as though some dillweed used the horn area to split chain from the marks I assume. Too bad they can't talk to a person. I am thinking about a little flap disc sanding on a few imperfections. I know not to try to take out too much and not get it hot. Thanks for any more information. Kinda feel like a proud Papa now LOL. Drifter

Corn can eb bought a lot cheaper if you get a barrel and go to a feed mill. Around $3.50 a bushel now for 12 percent moisture corn. A bushel is 55 lbs. I bought a sad excusse of a corn burner to heat my house. ith the small fire pot it would still put out 40,000 BTU though. The pot was only about 2 1/2 in deep 6 in long and 3 in wide. I knew a guy that burnt ear corn in an old early morning cook stove one winter and got it hot enough to burn the grates out of it. Drifter

The ones I remember from back in 78 when I got out were 60 in long or there abouts. 1 1/2 in square with a round tapering end opposite the business end. I was in 4/63rd armor Ft Riley KS. Those bars did get used and abused a bunch. Drifter