ThomasPowers Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 JHCC Perhaps you were using your "steely gaze" on an anvil that had a wrought iron or cast iron body..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 14 minutes ago, JHCC said: Very interesting. Thanks for spelling out your thought process for us. (By the way, I think you meant "memorize". I tried mesmerizing my own anvil once, and it didn't turn out well.) Lol, yup. That spellcheck/ worn down fingers/numb nerve damaged hands got me again. I also said " radio" instead of radii too. Oh well, y'all get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: JHCC Perhaps you were using your "steely gaze" on an anvil that had a wrought iron or cast iron body..... Hmm...I use an 1830-1835 Mousehole, so maybe the problem is that I was trying to mesmerize when I should have tried to Bessemerize. 2 minutes ago, Crazy Ivan said: I also said " radio" instead of radii too. I've made that mistake too, but not with any frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Unfortunately most of the good Bessemer jokes are banned from this forum as being "too unrefined" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 36 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Unfortunately most of the good Bessemer jokes are banned from this forum as being "too unrefined" Plus, they use up all the oxygen in the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Pete, that's about what, 18" tall? What's the total weight, with and without chain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 3 hours ago, JHCC said: Pete, that's about what, 18" tall? What's the total weight, with and without chain I'm a tall one. I've got it at a comfortable 30" . The weight is around 100 lbs w/o chain. I haven't gotten the chain yet, or the new anchors. Took yesterday off for a change and this morning I was running a table and networking. I've been taking more days off lately so I don't hurt myself again. A day off here and there is better than 2 weeks off with back spasms. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 what was that rattling on the anvil? Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.w.s. Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 13 hours ago, littleblacksmith said: what was that rattling on the anvil? Littleblacksmith That would probably be some of my misc tools and punches floating around in the tray on the anvil stand. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 20 hours ago, littleblacksmith said: what was that rattling on the anvil? Littleblacksmith That rattling was the bolster and shims between the anvil and the work. I needed to have a larger hardy hole to get the drift to fully set since the hardy in the anvil is just a hair shy of 1". It allowed me to sink the drift without it binding in the anvils hardy hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Ivan, what did that block used to be in life before you found it? thanks Ernest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 49 minutes ago, eseemann said: Ivan, what did that block used to be in life before you found it? thanks Ernest It was iron originally, then carbon and alloying elements were added such as chromium, molybdenum, manganese, vanadium, and silica. Lol. I buy my tool steel from a place that buys out machine shops including all their stock and drops. This was a bar of new s7 stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks good, I think you will have much fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstucker Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 On 4/21/2016 at 8:51 AM, JHCC said: SWEET!!! For those looking for the video, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZT-M3Qj00k That reminded me of this video I saw with 4 guys in Mexico, 1 guy holding and the other 3 with 6-8 lbs sledge hammers going to town on some kind metal like a well oiled machine. It was like watching 1 guy w/ 6 arms the way the 3 guys knew when each man would strike. I don't know what they were working but at the end of the day it knew it had been worked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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