Scooter430 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Glenn I also dont really know what the Anvil is worth. I did see one on Ebay for 10,500... lol I have no idea if the price they were asking was correct. I am just extremely happy to have such an awesome anvil that has stood the test of time! did the ring and rebound sound and look good to everyone? I may be in New Jersey, but I am from the most southern state in the USA. So southern humor is not lost on me. Edited June 30, 2020 by Mod30 Remove @name tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Scooter, I had to spend the night in a gas station parking lot one frigid night during a blizzard in Purcell when the highway was closed, and I don't recall seeing any large trees in Purcell, but back to my intended comment.....see if there is anyone in Purcell who might cut down trees, like an arborist. You might sweet talk them into more than one stump next time they cut down a tree thereabouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 12 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Mr Harris; this is a blacksmithing site; *everyone* here knows to spell a problem working with iron as "katastroFe" Kastrofy on the other hand is used when dealing with giants of the "Fe, Fy, Fo, Fum, sort. Man! Is there anything you can’t riff off of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Scooter; you are from Hawaii? " I am from the most southern state in the USA". (Trick question; just like Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state as some of the islands cross the international dateline.) If you throw in "contiguous" you get different answers...I graduated from Holmdel High School; Holmdel NJ back in 1975, (Holmdel is in Monmouth County, exits 114 & 117 on the GSP) As for riffing: I was thinking we should come up with another Blacksmith's T shirt with: "KatastroFe---what happens when you leave the blower on with your workpiece in the fire and get distracted." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter430 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 awesome Idea. Now if I just had any idea what that was like... did some forging yesterday, kind of. took a piece of 1/2 reber, heated it up with a oxy-acetelyn torch and hit it with a 2"x2" piece of angle iron. does that count? I have heard of Holmdell. New Mexico! that is quite a move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 There were lots of stops in between: College in upstate NY and AR. Oilpatch work in OK, TX and 1 job in KS. Apprenticed to a swordmaker back in AR, Married and moved to Columbus Ohio for 15 years and *more* college---THE OSU! *Then* out to NM where I worked for NRAO, Dell---in Mexico; but lived in USA; and finally here at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. 16 years so far in NM and I expect my estate sale will be held here too someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 9:12 PM, arkie said: Scooter, I had to spend the night in a gas station parking lot one frigid night during a blizzard in Purcell when the highway was closed, and I don't recall seeing any large trees in Purcell, but back to my intended comment.....see if there is anyone in Purcell who might cut down trees, like an arborist. You might sweet talk them into more than one stump next time they cut down a tree thereabouts. Purcell? As in Oklahoma? I have a cousin who was an arborist in Duncan, Oklahoma until an accident put him in a chair. He and most others sold would on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I got you and Scooter mixed up in my post. DHarris, you, not Scooter are from Purcell....senior moment. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Your suggestion about arborists is a good one regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter430 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 so I got anxious and used my torch to heat up a piece of 3/4 rebar. think I did three cycles of heating and hammering. used a 4lb sledge and just to see what a ball pen hammer would do I hit it with that too. think I should have skipped that part. anyway this is what I ended up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 3/4" is a bit large to get your toes wet but what the hey I'M not swinging a 4 lb. hammer. If you have some 1/2" rebar it makes good tent stakes, be sure to either bend or roll the up end so folks won't cut themselves tripping over it. I can't say for sure but I THINK the main purpose of tent stakes is to trip folks who are distracted. What kind of forge are you going to build. You've probably already said but I opened another post and forgot the details almost immediately. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter430 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Coal. Propane is Expensive and CNG needs to many parts. Besides I figure if I am going to learn I should learn to do it the traditional way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just be careful with your daughter. Make certain you know where she is in relation to your anvil at all times. My grandson was I thought safe. Behind me to my left about 8’-10’ away. Flying slag hit his eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Ouch!!!!! Bet that broke your heart when it happened. Youngan's are "eye-level" with an anvil, so I'd be very wary of letting one that small anywhere near mine when striking it unless they had a face shield, cap, full length sleeves, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Charcoal has been used for smithing about 3 times longer than coal has---if you want to be "traditional". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter430 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Thanks Tom. that is probably what I will start with as it is the easiest for me to obtain. Edited July 7, 2020 by Mod30 Remove excessive quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Remember to use real lump charcoal and NOT briquettes! (And who is "Tom"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter430 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thomas. I am sorry. thanks for the tip. how did I miss use your quote? definitely want to make sure I dont do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I find it funny that I post under my real name and people still mess it up! (An old hangover from usenet days when I found that flame wars tended to not get so out of control if people used their real names and so had what they posted "attached to the person" posting.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I prefer using my real name on forums. I went to a lever-action rifle gathering one time and it took me the entire weekend to connect all the strange forum names with everyone's real name. I have enough trouble remembering names...............people shouldn't try and confuse me like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Chris; I'm so bad with names my wife used to tell me that she was "Going to write my name backwards on my forehead with a Sharpie so I'd know what my name was when I got up in the morning and looked in the mirror!" Nowadays I have an extended forehead and she could use calligraphy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Back in 1970, I took a Dale Carnegie Class on "How to win friends and influence people" because I was going to be taking a place in a sales position at our family's company. During the course, we learned how to remember names. There were 35 people in the class and I ended up getting one of the "coveted" Dale Carnegie mechanical pencils as an award for being the only student able to remember every single name in the group. The test was to start at one end of row #1 and go through the 5 rows of people and then go through them in reverse and THEN start in the middle of the middle row and go left and right alternately until you jumped back and forth through all 35 people in the room. Got every single name right. Today, I can shake a new acquaintance's hand and not know his name 30 seconds later!!!!!!!! Irritates/embarrasses the heck out of me. And, like you, I often am not real sure who I'm looking at when I shave in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I gave up shaving and so no longer look at myself in the mirror! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Makes a lot of decisions easier when you don't have to look yourself in the mirror afterwards...My wife says she will be braiding my beard again, (we watched the Hobbit movie recently). I'll try to post a picture of the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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