BLACKSMITHING was [TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Fri Jun 21 00:52:00 2002

I thought I had done good unloading 22 tons of coal, making 50 steak turners and varous other running around.
"Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]> wrote:

> � � � �Bill, �I'll bit on this one.......... �Got a call yesterday from a
>good friend that buys and sells stuff. �Seems his travels took him to a
>private school that was dismantling thier blacksmith shop that has been
>running at the school from 1864. � I went over with the boom truck as he
>said there was a large unit for bending pipe with a flywheel......so I had
>to at least go see what that was.
> � � � �While I was there I filled the 8 x 21 deck of my rigging truck with
>all kinds of stuff like hossfeld benders, ring rollers, old axles made of
>wrought iron, seven rolls of leather belting, rolls of conveyor belting,
>cool old signs, three crates of 12" bolts, some air blowers, lots of chain
>hooks and u-bolts, some great laminated as well as steam bent runners and
>arches, a caulking vice(step vice), and oooodles of square head bolts, nuts,
>and other nice hardware, etc, etc.
> � � � �Now back to the real point. �The thing that bends pipe with the huge
>flywheel turned out to be a Champion Blower and Forge #2 axle and rim
>upsetter.......what a cool old tool. �This thing would buckle 3/8 x 1 1/2
>flat cold and not loose it's grip. �I can't wait to put a piece of 1 1/2"
>square into it hot to see how it works. �It is in mint condition and I dont'
>care if someone doesn't want to buy it or whether it has any value, it is
>just a really well made tool in perfect condition.
> � � � �I've been taking to more hand tools lately for demos, but this won't
>be going anywhere, I'll bet it weighs 1200 lbs.
> � � � �So it took me all day to unload and put this assortment of items
>away around the shop, and that is what I did for the first half of the day.
> � � � �The second half of the day I spent maching out power hammer die key
>fixtures so I can take cold roll and make one pass on the milling machine to
>have a new key. �I'm finding this key fixture is allowing me to make all
>kinds of tapered ramps, which will then allow me to make different power
>hammer die dovetails in the dies.
> � � � �Interesting where one fixture/jig can take you..........off on a
>tangent once again.
>
>Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
>Webster, NH
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "April & Bill Clemens" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:30 PM
>Subject: Re: BLACKSMITHING was [TheForge] Patriotic rant....
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>> What has anyone done or thought about regarding �BLACKSMITHING today???
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>> ALL OTHERS NEED NOT REPLY!!!!
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