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Letter "V" on a huge old anvil
An auction is coming up. It is something unusual, because most of their stuff is huge 1940s machines. I have never seen so much old stuff in one place. Anyway, I no longer buy anything for resale, did...
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What are car springs made of?
Just to get some comments flowing, here's a comemnt Howard Clark made about this subject yesterday at the Guild of Metalsmiths Conference in Hastings, MN: "Since about the 1950's GM leaf springs have...
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Differential hardening
Charles, Sorry but my news reader erased your post before I answered so I am writing this from memory. You are correct that a two step tempering process probably would not leave a "temper line" as the...
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differential tempered EUROPEAN swords
Is there anyone that produces differential tempered EUROPEAN swords ? ( slightly off topic ) And, Would filling the fuller of a sword with a similar clay as used in heat treating Japanese swords work...
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Power Hammer
Hello All I am busy planning and will get to building a tire hammer. I woudl like some idea of how to size the hammer. The anvil is going to be 6 inch round that I am going to mount on a 2inch thick...
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Propane exercises in frugality ????
My first bottle of propane 5 gal (20 pounds ??) is down so my manifold pressure is less than 5 psi. I need at least 8 psi at my altitude, 9 is okay and 10 is great. The bottle still sloshes alot and...
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Anvil repair
I am in the process of repairing the edges of a Peter Wright 155 lb. anvil I just picked up and need to pick the group brain as to what type of welding rod I need to use. Any help will be appreciated....
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tempering help
I wish to make extended 5/8" dia pins for my HF Hossfeld bench type bender. Simplest plan I have is getting 5/8" dia X 5.5" cold rolled round stock. Is there a process I should do to heat treat these...
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coke supplier WA
Nothing like a cold bevy after a day at the forge but can anyone tell me where i can buy a BAG of coke in WA...not even sure where to start. Bought my first forge yesterday but the guy just uses...
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What do you make when demonstrating to the public?
I will soon begin demonstrating to the public again this season. When I am in a setting where there are lots of people, I usually demonstrate relatively simple items, since the attention spam of...
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Another Tom Latane' workshop!
I am still working on my 16th century chest and lock project, so I probably won't attend this workshop, but I thought I'd give y'all a "heads up" on Tom Latane's latest offering: TOM LATANE' ...CHASED...
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Power hammer video, Kinyon
Here is video of the Kinyon hammer I recently finished. I built this hammer using Ron Kinyon's plans, with some modifications.
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Built a Kinyon air hammer
Pictures are here: they are displayed out of sequence, but they are numbered in production order. I still have to add the treadle and reinforce the anvil to the frame, but it does work. Todd
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Principles of Direct Current Machines (1923)
Principles of Direct Current Machines (1923) By Alexander Langsdorf Additional information and photos of this book are available on this page: Description: McGraw Hill, New York, 1923. Hard Cover....
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eBay: 428 lb. (194 kg) German anvil
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