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Hay Frosty you gona need a wardroom change !! to Hawaiian shirt cut offs & flip flops Opps forgot the umbrella in the beer can thing youre use to black ice there not they just drive that way LOL ! remember LA is called civilization Zone you buy dinner @ the store LOL just had to LOL PS -- you just mite want to bring a rain jacket Do to Elnino I here there getting are rain down there ! we will catch up with the rain later next year we always do ! & Make Darn sure you don't have any Fun & don't melt down on us either lol !Ive seen the Movie

THE ONLY time I would Mill an anvil would be after I built it up & then only mill the build up its self !! you don't want the mill the face ! build up yes face no

Pics would be nice ?? I re-work anvils often theirs many ways to fix that problem what is the hardie hole size now ? what size hardie tools do you have ? more info needed Steve Welding & Fab

for my 2 cents that rebar is made to flex / bend not brake this means it has alot of duckabilliy sp- ? I think that would be a problem for a knife won't harden much ??? Test a small piece first

I find most folks that live there life as welder's & metal worker's are already smiths but don't know it !! they just haven't hit an anvil yet to SET THE HOOK they already know how to build things cold ! when you add Heat well life change's LOL ! then there building mind gos to work !! Hook is set !! Fire fighters are also called by the anvil got to be the fire, a doctor retired I know never hit steel all his life we meet long back he need some rings & din;t want me to make them He wanted to so told him how came to hammer in & has be lost since lol I started him on the road I saw what I call the need for steel & a UNKNOWN talent he had the first day on the anvil !! I was the lead smith then well now I think I am the follower -- Amazing when folks like that find there selfs in any trade !! they teach them self's & can't get enough !!!!!!!! So what is a newbie ??

if you have the air sup ?? I would build a kinyon I am going to I hope this winter/ later next year ? I have to many other projects now though to start on that one, search on you tube John Emmerling kinyon Ph thats what I would build I have run them & there SWEET !! one is just down the road from me made by John I mite have an Idea / way to make the head unit a little easier machining wise but I need to make one first & test out !! Steve's Welding & Fab

HAY Frosty I never got tired of you're posts ! or others !! theirs many ways to skin a cat so you make it works I have done things that good welds say can't be done LOL I always ask myself why ? then I make a fix ! when I was working for a weekly pay ck the UPPER Bose"s didn't like me much we played heavy !!! Darn never got fired though I tried to !! cause I do things right . or NOT @ all back then they scraped 90 % of that we made Gov job MY scrap was 10 % or less Hmm I think @ this point the metal sup / type changed & They didn't understand that they had engineers RIGHT ?? for what LOL that blew out everything down the line to scrap !! on the line / warp = fit up to jig & so on !! myself & another welder didn't go by the welding book & made it work NOPE !!!! can't do that do it the way the book says -- proved that wrong in front of the Big boys LOL can't think outa the box !!! WE did !! yep Nope LOL ** PS for thoughts that read this there is never a Box or something you can't do more or less !!! that is why you have come here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 LOL plant closed for a week I moved 1000 mile up the coast & never look back they called better money & what ever LOL It is a SHAME !! when LG CO didn't listen to the guy that's doing the job & making there money @ that point they can save $$$ alot buy thinking outa the box ???????/ this is one of the reasons I am here I don't have a box

if you take stainless to a yellow heat the throw into the slack tub you get a black oxide that is very hard to grind off we do alot of SS art pieces & many times I have to tig weld pieces together that oxide coat doesn't weld good @ all so must grind area to well then reheat piece if I want that black oxide look on the hole piece try a test piece ! Steve

I was never allowed to even touch the xo/ac torch or use the welder ever Hmm ? maybe that's why I became a welder ? but then I could use the table saw & skill saw & other power tools anytime I had a lg train layout in the basement lol couldn't have a candle though or anything to do with fire !! Don't fig

LOL John here's another Keep you're eyes on the road !! NOT on the side of the road you don't need anymore junk !! Hmm why is it every time I look @ that pile of junk in the back it Looks Bigger -- answer OH I just move it around again looking for something I needed got past that one LOL PS -- always show the wife what junk you got rid of first !! weld shop here so easy to do OH then theirs that the pile ??? again

LOL -- you Didn't make me one those also you just stay out there until you do THANK god for the Ice box full of Beer LOL

A very nicely built for you got there !

MAN Larry I feel for you !!!!!!! Good news is you're still here & the dog shop is fixable Frosty yea looking @ my shop for fire problems not good I have a few ! need to put them on the TOP of the list ! witch means clean decks up something I started last week but gonna take some marger time to finish Larry KEEP the faith ! that's all we can do in life ! & go from there

Glen when you read this -- Whats the Deal ?? when we can't see & read older post & see the pics that started this site !! whats the use / point of it Were Losing to much good Info here !!!!! I think its long past time to change servers or something ? & if you,re paying them for it then where,s the costumer service ? from the tech guys ? I love this site ! but even my post & pics are gone & I don't have the time to repost stuff -- Please fix the problem Thank You Steve

well here in the northern ca if you want to work outside you put on you're FULL DUCK suit cause its raining !!!LOL or just fire up the wood stove in the shop & get to it

that my MAIN problem theirs no inside left

GOOD thread I have the same hammer I started to rebuild it along long time ago its still sitting outside waiting for some Love I had new slides made - clean & painted PH I need to forge out new eye spring bolts -- & was going to replace the leaf springs pack & rework the brake set up better also -- WELL then I got a small air hammer LOL Now were looking for more power so thinking of getting her back in the shop & finish her up this winter when the rain hits for you're pulley shaft instead of Babbitt I have seen Teflon or UHMB plastic I think thats the name used sp ? the lumber mills use it hear alot for slides & other use's have it machined out & it will never wear out the babbitt in mine is in good shape so one less problem

HO now there's a *** CHALLENGE *** better !! LOL can't wait to see what you come up with next !!!

I use a piece of wood on top so leathers don't get burnt - then cover & wrap with 2 old leather welding jackets or fiberglass insulation should work also -- anything that keeps the heat in for awhile around anvil it will be warm to touch 12 Hrs later -- you can use a propane weed burner to heat to 350 + deg you will need a welders temp stick that melts @ 350 degs get the hole anvil up to that temp !! ** Pre clean anvil / welding area = grind the rust off & wire wheel the bad spots to get any junk out of the holes peen all welds to relive stress

very nice wood working joinery ! so were is the back leg / stand ? so its off the ground some ? to pick up

Das not sure why that is happening on the twisting thing ? but you are thinning the top end to make a flare on the horn ! so the fullered area is thicker then the top shouldn't be a problem but ?? I find it easier to make lg pipe smaller then to take smaller pipe & flare out to a Lg size over the horn I also use a PH LOL

Steve's welding here I repair LOTS !! of anvils the way to do it is like Rod Gunther wrote !!! thats how I do it now that being said do you have a Tig welder ? once cleaned those holes can be welded with a good tool steel or spring steel rod --- or use arc rod 7018 or better 110-18 a mig is last resort ! & if 110 v NO way ! good heavy shop welder only 220 v you still have to pre heat & post heat & cover over night cool slow !

AFTER re-thinking this thread then working in the shop USING what I use all the time !!! to hold things & I have 5 of these in the shop on the portable welder trailer - LG outside fab table an so on LOL ! can you guess what ?? well its a HF Vice the head swivels 360 degs around has pipe jaws & can hold round stock on its end - anything odd it can hold base swivels 360 degs I do alot of art stuff hard to hold where I need it @ ANY angle you need I have yet to find something it can't hold well !!! who ever designed it did good !!!!! I just wish it was made better in the USA I will post a pic for those that haven't seen one soon - its a go to tool daily & well worth the cost !!!

way to much OZ beer COOL Idea a first !!

you mite consider a lite wt forklift attachment for the back more usable keeps wt @ the back near tractor & close to the ground a bit more work to fab out though it all depends on what you're picking & going to do with this set up YES you need more wt on the front end !!! Steves Welding & Fab