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you DON'T braze anvils --- what NO !!!

YEP going to have third that WOW Nice work Jim ! that must have took a few runs @ it to get it right LOL hay Glen always looking for demos

look for core seal Its better than Ospho I use it here on the west coast & a good paint primer is XO Rust rusty red primer a True Value product only

well if you want to learn how to arc weld ? you have a good project in front of you !! you really can't hurt that anvil much more then it is !! -- Its fixable to a point I fix anvils all the time & have done one like that also -- theres alot of work & time there ! this is what I would do first torch cut or grind off the piece that sticks out & make it sq & 90 degs that way all welds are the same leanth when welded you NEED to read Rod G anvil repair !!!! --- Build up base rod 110-18 is my choice for this --- 7018 will do also pre heat to 350 or so that much welding will keep it hot -- build up until you're about 3/16 from top & flat grind high spots as needed use stoody 1105 rod as top build up rod & yes you can do more that 2 pass with it ! an air scale needler makes it easy to descale welds & peens the welds @ the same time --- chipping hammer AT LEAST to do above --- by the time you finish welding you're welds will look much better !! that's a good practice piece to learn with would be nice if you you welder friend there to give pointers then its just time bead after bead you get the Idea LOL ** when done wrap with leathers or pink insulation or something that keep heat in over night then theres the grinding Steve's Welding & fab

that is an old style ball peen hammer old school -- Before some smith invented the ball peen end REALLY LOL

IF NOT welded right !! It will snap the welds !!! & pop off been there done that !! I built a PH base / box welded a AR bottom plate to it with good rod choice I thought LOL 110/18 as it cooled you could watch it snap apart lost alot of time on that one -- redo was another base plate a week later I would not use it for die's getting the weld right & safe is a pain !! It can be done though careful pre & post heat is a must ! AR is great for a welding table top though Steve's Welding & Fab PS that ar plate is still on the ground 8 years later Top table plate is still a good Idea !

we forge stainless for many outside sculptures into all sorts of forms that being said I also use a Ph & press some hand work & the rest a striker if I can't get the Ph near it it moves its just stubborn LOL I don't make tools with it not hard enough got a wolf like that gets in the house next to the wood stove & Set's the Parking brake Not even a beefy biscuit will move it

alot of good stock in that pile pipe / bar & cleaned out and moved to another local you would have a a 10th of that mess & the steel wheels you near scrapartoz ???

STILL looking for my mind ? but i lost that Before I became a blacksmith LOL I Wonder where All the minds go ?????? what Starbucks or

Nice !!! I have a customer looking for a tree to hang ear rings on to sell been kinking around some ideas I like the Mushroom !! It gives the tree that just a bit more

we use halogen lights @ night facing up into the canopy they reflect down enough light to work with & you're not looking @ them that way -Yep done the lantern thing to LOL A blacksmith will do anything to keep forging !!! Yep that includes FLASHLIGHTS done it LOL

Charles Since I am a welder I Hate LOL!! those spring handles ! prefer a wood handle for a slag hammer THOUGH for a blacksmith top tool handle ?? I am re-thinking that Thanks for that Idea Jim nice handle !! I will have to make one like that & try Thanks

use simpsoms tie down resin glue 2 part also, when it there ITS Really there !! I would also use pin type anchors the ones you hammer the pin in & they spread in the hole grade #8 or better -- the Lg OD the bettter I will have to look for that two JN mite learn a thing or two Thanks down the road a friend is redoing two hammers & I will help him GOT a Link ??

JH nicely done cross !! But you lost the rail road spike look maybe leave the foot as a stand

the tool end isn't what i am looking for its the handle end form - it self I want one that's comfortable on the hand to hold wile using that tool under the PH & also have good control of that tool ! with out Killing my hand ! I have two styles here made by a blacksmith both are uncomfortable to hold one is very hard on the hand = needing the Killer grip Now like hammer handle everyone has there Owen Ideas on that subject this should be the same-way So what style do you use ??? got a pic I am going to make quite a few tools soon only got 2 top tool forms & the need for more is @ the *TOP* of the tool building list !! now

Show me what you make handle wise for you're top tooling under the Ph ? or treadle hammer what is comfortable to hold on two -- or what's is not ? dose it shock you're hand -- do you need the killer hand grip ? to control the tooling ? I need to make top tools for my hammer & handle design has been on my mind for awhile THANKS ! Steve

I think he went south to Ca & melted but luck has it they had a bucket so they can bring him back to Alaska & he will be just as good as new He's around somewhere send him a PM just click on his name

Another thing RR spike is good for is shaped into a wedge for say a door stop or I use them in the fab shop Alot ! to adjust the height on something I am building also great to help force a froze bearing or flange off a shaft

Yep pretty much what ph said I had to pull tub out of a #33 yang I had an air Leak & though piston ring was broken Hence the Noise I was hearing replaced seal fix -- noise ended up being motor mount tightening bracket the noise transferred to front of hammer ended up going from one end of the hammer to the other cking Everything pulling off all covers cking all seals & bearing just to find that noise well short story I Know how the hammer is built now LOL

Did you make the Sq headed screws or buy them ? if so where can you get sq headed hardware ?? Very Nice Door Knocker Steve

is the dual shield wire .045 ? I thought that wire is bigger ?? in size cause of flux core Steves Welding

Frosty just tell them to unpack the chest freezer & you will bring a Light sleeping bag and everything will be fine LOL

Now that's gona be a sight to see, a nice Lg coal fire in the local fire department parking lot with the fire crew in Full dress holding the fire hose & drinking a beer & waiting for the go single LOL now that's local new's yep I could see that here LOL they would just wright it up as fire training

Hi qss thoughts old Johnson forges EAT propane for breakfast !!!!+ & they still make then the same way , I have one setting here I was given not used if I ever wanted to use it I am going to build new burners for it that run on a hole lot lees propane !! I thought about a 2 frosty T burner set up or I could put in a ribbon burner with a bit more fabrication work -- just an Idea the shell is a nice size though & it will take awhile to heat up that much casting if you change it up Keep us posted on what you did & how it works -- there are others out there !!

I have seen hit & miss motors run a 100 LG with a belt set up I think he has other tools set up to the smith I know & with a lantern is working when the power is out & where there are @ that can be a day or two