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Posts posted by Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
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There just is no reason to believe it was done at the mint. It was done after it was struck, so it could have happened anywhere.
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Nice job Wes! Should last another fifty years.
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My experience won't help much, but I thought I'd add it in here anyway. Partly just to show that what others are doing has little to do with what you should do. I use 3 X 60 and 3-1/2 X 120 almost exclusively 36 grit.
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Very impressive!
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Where or where do you guys get all of the air?
That's a little limerick I just wrote.
You call that a limerick?
A Limerick is more like:
There was a young lad name Dempsey
Who had tired of programming CNC
So he went to the town
Where the big blacksmiths pound
And cried "I wanna be just like them, see"? -
Well, it gave a longer stroke, more power and was MUCH QUIETER! Besides, a larger breaker like that can take more than 100 CFM of air!
Why did you replace the jackhammer ram? -
Yep, that's the exact same beast. It comes with a jackhammer type ram for the upsetter. I replaced that with a hydraulic ram of about 50 ton.
Hey Grant, is that anything like the upsetter you have kicking about ? -
The only problem is that they are an H-frame so no side-to-side work; only what will fit thru the guides.
Yeah, but when was the last time you did something where that would cause a problem? Seems like a problem everyone worries about, but never (OK, rarely) runs into. -
Around here we've run lots of different hammers right on the floor with a timber pad underneath. I think one of them (in the Craig's list ad) was a straight helve (un-guided). I'd be happy with any of them.
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According to the Energy Information Agency, the current average price for propane is $2.82/gal. in bulk. You sure you're not talking about a 100 POUND cylinder? About 4 feet tall and 18" diameter?
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You've got a very nice control system there Ken. Is the control 100% with the motion valve? Or does the treadle also control some sort of air throttle too? When small steam hammers have a foot treadle it usually only controls the throttle. Not a very good system most of the time. Have you seen the video of the steam hammer that I modified to control both valves with the treadle?
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I'm with Phil (did I say that?) and 200 pounds ain't exactly small.
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I don't think there would be any problem with an anvil built-up like that. Note the way he banded and capped it.
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Really?
I fixed the links to the pictures in my first post -
Looks to me like it's still here.BTW..... what happened to this thread?
Carl -
Has a factory installed orifice.
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You may no longer be a youngster if: The oldest thing at an antique mall is YOU!
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One reason (and there are others) I never come down straight from the top is that when you shut the forge off they act as chimneys and all the hot gasses go straight up cooking everything.
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There is a short 1-1/4" nipple and then the cast iron burner shown. It has a ring of small holes like torch tip with a 1" hole in the middle.Ah, now I can see it. I think you said the SS flare at the end doesn't come standard; is that right? If so, what's at the end of the tube? -
No, it's got a short angle in and a long angle away from the venturi. Here's some pictures of one running in a forge I banged together in five minutes with some fire brick. Not the most efficient way to build a forge. Note that even with it closed up pretty tight there is a minimum of dragon breath. A true venturi should have no trouble pulling in enough air.
No, sorry, I do see those pictures. I was looking for a different angle. I'm wondering about the shape of the mixing tube. Straight, or flared? It looks straight, but I can't be sure.
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Of course there are degrees of hard and soft. Cast iron is too soft for an anvil and pure wrought is too soft for a hammer. In the old days they went to a lot of trouble to put a steel face on a wrought iron hammer (same with anvils for that matter). Basher, I think your soft hammer is hard enough. Unhardened is still harder than soft material. Hard and soft are just too general. How hard is hard? How soft is soft?
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:lol:I have found that the mass of the guy swinging the hammer (and how hard he is) has more effect than the anvil . -
I put up a video showing how to embed videos here: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/23501-how-to-embed-a-video-in-the-current-iforge/
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Here's the video:
How on earth was this done to a PENNY
in Everything Else
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I also don't see any reason to believe any heat was involved.