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Sandblasting/painting anvils

Would you say that sandblasting and painting anvils with rustproofing paint, such as cold galvanizing, would increase t...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus11945
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus11945

Cast iron table, did I just get screwed?

An odd occurrence by all accounts: I won this table, with cast iron base and wood top, two anvils, and some misc gas we...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus8716
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8716

One way of designing a scroll

Not being artistic at all, I put together an excel spreadsheet that helps me to design an Archimedes Spiral type of scr...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

Thermal expansion of steel

I was playing with putting a cross inside a small ring yesterday and found out that steel expands and shrinks when heat...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by curt
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by curt

Rivets from Nails

This list has been pretty quiet for a while, so I thought I'd at least say something in blacksmithing. Anyway, I have b...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

Rabbit Plaque: brass casting

I sent my new page out a while ago to my e-zine subscribers and thought I would share it with you too. It is a plaque I...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ipayitforward1234
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by ipayitforward1234

How to quench a digging bar

I have a 6 foot long "digging bar" that I bought for $3 at a garage sale. It is made out of a 1 1/8" or so hex bar. On...
22 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus2896
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus2896

Railroad spkes

This is an old issue that keeps popping back up. I used to have the metalurgical makeup of the RR spike. But I do remem...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by rfertner
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by rfertner

How hard are railroad rails and railroad spikes?

I spent the weekend with a couple of guys who spent most or all of their lives so far working on rail systems. Add to t...
13 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

Hammer heat treating

Since we were talking about how to heat threat an anvil, it reminded me that I also would like to hear ideas about how...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by curt
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by curt

Anvil Refacing... Your opinions/experience requested

I had originally posted this on sci.engr.joining.welding. One of the gents suggested that I post this same request here...
16 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kevin.archibald
16 comments posted 16yrs posted by kevin.archibald