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Counter punch was my first impression too and no other impression has come up so that's my vote. Frosty The Lucky.

I like paste wax as a preservative finish on iron work. Johnson's paste wax, furniture or floor polish, is commonly available and a durable finish. My favorite is Trewax paste wax. It's carnuba and is used in heavy use situations, floors and bowling alley's for example. Another brand is "Bowling Alley Wax" is another heavy use Carnuba paste wax. I haven't used it but I haven't heard anything bad about it. Any of these waxes simply wipe on and buff off excess when dry and it's good for years. The face will polish up under the hammer. If you aren't going to use it for a while a wipe with oil will keep it for weeks or months. Frosty The Lucky.

Yeah, bleach is a base but do NOT use it to counteract an acid, chlorine gas is one of the byproducts. This is a B-A-D thing! Chlorine as an etchant would be using it's oxidizing properties. Peroxide is a strong oxidizer and safer if you mix it with other chemicals. Frosty The Lucky.

That's the spousla isn't it? Frosty The Lucky.

Ayup, long post Forbidden am trying edit workaround if this gripe posts. Platform hates my long version. I'm FWDing it to the Inivsion Forum.

The advantage of using cross safety chains as opposed to a single is maintaining control of a loose trailer. With a single chain the trailer can turn behind the tow vehicle and if you're familiar with the PIT maneuver where the pursuit vehicle collides with the vehicle being chased's rear bumper at an angle. This causes the rear end to move to one side which causes the vehicle to vear in the other. Police use it here to end chases in a controlled manner. Dirt racing we used to call it "Stuffing" the opposition. Anyway, with a single chain the trailer can turn and and gain enough momentum to one side that when the chain stops it it can cause the rear end of the tow vehicle to vear one direction making it GO the opposite. Cross chains prevent a trailer from gaining enough sideways momentum to jerk the tow vehicle to one side or the other. The trailer tends to jerk back and forth a couple feet max but without building enough momentum to cause serious control problems. Cross chains help keep the hitch from driving full weight into the road. Cross chains allow enough movement to turn or even jackknife in reverse as they cross directly under the hitch ball or pintle hook. This doesn't hinder controlled maneuvering of the trailer forward or reverse. It only applies pressure to the trailer if it comes unhitched. Frosty The Lucky.

I'm with Charles, the bevel is more cold cut obtuse, a hot cut needs to be more acute, axe vs. maul is a good comparison. I'd clean up the corners on the shank too the less texture on the shank the less likely it'll jam in the hardy hole. Also the less likely it'll make cuts which can turn into cold shuts weakening the anvil through the hardy hole. A smooth clean shank is IMHO important on bottom tools. It's a good first attempt. Next time try drawing the blade down over the horn. It'll forge faster and give you the slightly concave bevel that's a signature of good hot hardies. Just remember the actual final or cutting bevel needs to be slightly convex. The physics of why convex is superior for heavy cutting than straight or concave is involved but once you see the pics it's pretty obvious. Again, good start on tool making. move up to spring, torsion bar or such and you're off and runnng. Frosty The Lucky.

Me as DM? Boy would that be a random ramble in a mollusc maze. The lost company. Believe me you don't want me to run anything, I'm good for ideas but nothing that requires planning or keeping things straight. I'm in for the game though. Frosty's PC.

No, just tried to point out it was too general a suggestion. Linking specific videos so new guys don't have to sift the wheat from the chaff is more helpful. I was going to explain but kept getting Forbidden. I have crossed fingers. Frosty The Lucky.

the Aldenata are who made the Posleen the charming feeding machines they are. It's the name of the series. "Eat anti matter Posleen boy." Frosty The Lucky.

I'll try backing out to see if it'll work Thomas. These are the guys I'm going to start complaining to though. https://community.invisionpower.com/ Frosty The Lucky.

Peace to him and his. I'll put in a word with higher. Frosty The Lucky.

Then don't try to convince him, he has his logic and it's intuitively sensible. As a last word if he brings it up again just say you're not marketing to the WallMart set and not say any more. The less I say to my Father in Law the better he likes me. NO fooling. Frosty The Lucky.

Oh MAN I gotta send your kids hammers for Christmas! The stories to be told are making me salivate! Frosty The Lucky.

Not if you don't have a forklift is isn't. Jim H. posted a nice spread of pics of his shop and I forgot to mention his anvil stand, it looks like a section of drum cast full of concrete. It may be filled with something else but it looks nice and solid. I doubt Jim would use something that doesn't work well. Frosty The Lucky.

I'm getting mighty tired of being Forbidden! Then of course a gripe posts just fine and I can edit it. Here's the web site devoted to "Puncture vine or any of it's other names." http://www.goatheads.com/home/gh1/page_41 Just as an aside, at the bottom of every page is a link to Invision power, the company screwing up IFIs platform for us all. how about we complain to THEM. I found their forum by googling the name. Frosty The Lucky.

About pricing and never discounting a product. Truer advice has never been given, lowering your price only causes the customer to think you'll go lower still. NOBODY buys something like a hand made straight razor because they're cheap. If you were to lower the price cheap is exactly what the customer would think it is. I know I've said this till folk are getting tired of seeing it but we who make hand forged products are selling bragging rights, there's almost nothing we make that can't be purchased at a hardware, home decor, garden supply, etc. People buy what we make because they WANT unique, one off hand made and if they're not willing to pay the bill then they really don't want it. The world is full of looky loos, I'm not about to price my product for them. Let them go kick tires in a discount store. How's that from a hobbyist? Well, I have the occasional lapse and folk are usually willing to pay me dearly if they can talk me into taking on a commission. Frosty The Lucky.

Ditto the flatter. It's a darned good looking top fuller, I'll bet the next one will look WAY better. I think it could use a little longer working end and a little curve to the fuller. It'll work a treat as she is though. Nicely done Ethan. Frosty The Lucky.

Seth: There is NO perfect oil for the small scale bladesmith. If a knifemaking web site is recommending A product then they're the folk to ask. However it may just be marketing hype to sell you something. Of course that just might be my sceptical old been burned by believing adds too many times self talking. The more glorious the hype the more suspicious I am. Have you checked out the IFI heat treating sections? Don't expect to find specific answers even if there are threads about the alloy you wish to work. Different guys use different quenchants, the real magic is often in the tempering. There are so many variables involved in heat treatment it's frankly impossible to make claims like you've listed honestly. Really, Joe blade guy makes a bowie profile suitable for disjointing plains buffalo and Sedric blade guy makes straight razors from the same steel. Their heat treatment will be a world different because of the thickness, profile and intended use of their blades. So no, I don't think THAT oil will do what they claim anywhere BUT their labs. Frosty The Sceptical Old Fart.

Good story. People, like animals will live up to expectations, expect excellence and you'll get it, expect some delicate, thin skinned little victim and you'll get it. "If you believe that you can or if you believe that you can't. You're right." Henry Ford. Nobody's guaranteed success, just a shot at it. Frosty The Lucky.

They be that. Sweet hammers when well tuned, I've only gotten to use a 25 LG a couple times and it was a sweet tool. Still working on getting my 50 LG up to snuff. Frosty The Lucky.

No, No, NO! What is it's original condition, do you know? More perfectly good anvils have been damaged even ruined by people wanting to "restore" or "Repair" them. This anchor holes have absolutely NO bearing on it's usefulness or value as an antique. Filling them in reduces it's value, be it resale antique or utility value for someone who DOES want to bolt it down. Leave that grand old lady as she is and put her to work. She looks like a real work horse of an anvil perfect for striker work and in good enough condition to do fine finish work. Please don't damage that outstanding piece of history and shop equipment by trying to "restore" it to some condition you THINK to be original. Leave her as she is and put her to work. Frosty The Lucky.

That or buy a van. Frosty The Lucky.

Sparks under a band saw is a BAD sign, usually calls for a new blade. What do the sparks look like on the grinder? Frosty The Lucky.

"Squatie Potty" is a new brand product being offered in the US as a "cure" for lots of Irritable bowel problems. Frosty The Lucky.