notownkid Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I thought his reply was "NUTS" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 "The older they are the easier they are to pick up", cow pies that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemish Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Note to self keep the cows out of the shop because you have to wait for the pies to dry before you can pick them up. OK got it. I'll remember it now. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 naw; just run them by the gas forge twice and serve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 3 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: naw; just run them by the gas forge twice and serve! And if you're distilling your own you can use dry cow pies to smoke dry your malted barley instead of peat for that unique NM flavor Scotch. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 It's the little details that are so important---like you are supposed to use birch *twigs* when you sauna---not *trunks*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Now you tell me! Gee thanks. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDarkNebulah Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 On 1/6/2016 at 6:52 PM, SmoothBore said: A long time ago, I began to realize there are many, many things you can do, ... and a much smaller number of things you should do ..... The trick is in knowing which is which. . From SmoothBore fantastic advice, but i probably wont listen to it for a while. I am still young and need to do all the stupid teenager stuff still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Much more fun to make new and improved mistakes than to repeat ones *everyone* knows about.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Improved mistakes - That is a good one Hope you do not mind if I add it to my vocabulary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Not at all. After all English is a language that is known for pushing other languages into dark alleys and walloping them and then going through their pockets for loose grammar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 So true Thomas and it keeps leaving the alleys the living language. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Comtois Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 A 250 pound anvil weighs more when you are 36 years old than it did when you were 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbits Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 A 250 pound Blacksmith weighs more at 65 than he did at 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 A 60 year old blacksmith has things to do the lifting for him/er. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Frosty is that lifting device called an apprentice? A 250 pound anvil wants to live where it was placed, the second time. Strap or tie a board, pipe, etc across the top of the anvil make it weigh only half as much if two people are lifting the thing. If one person is doing the lifting, then it becomes a lift, crib, go to the other end of the board, lift, crib, and repeat as needed. After you use this method a time or two, engine hoists are not that expensive (grin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I believe you can move a 250 pound anvil faster the second time if you placed it on your foot the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Apprentice, student, neighborhood teenager, anybody ELSE, you betcha. A garage sale engine hoist was one of the best $50.00 I've spent. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I use my small excavator. The smithy is built so the arm can reach in. Should I nickname it 'Apprentice'? It needs some training before it an use a sledgehammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Got sick of waiting for my son to show up to help change the stump under my 213 lb PW, so after 2 weekends I brought my forks up from the other farm put them on bucket of tractor, moved the anvil up to just inside the rolling door, adjusted the forks, picked the anvil off old stump placed the new one under it and bolted it down. Only problem I had was the flat tire on the handtruck used to move the stump and anvil back where it belongs, had to stop in mid stream and get the jump kit with compressor, moved a lot easier with 2 round tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Age and treacher...I mean experience, tend to beat youth and energy. Watch out for the point of diminishing returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Compressed air and hydraulics are our friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titar Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Sweat is the life of vigor of youth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Most of my chain tends to be scrap yard or side of the road finds---the infamous "carry-iron" that even vultures won't touch! Thomas Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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