[TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs

[Jerry Frost]

Good news about selling all your facey nobes and such. Just goes to show 
blacksmiths do have an eye for quality.

The Big Blue would probably fit what you do like a glove, even if it needs 
some work, provided the price is right.

I'm afraid I don't have a clue about the Anyang's current value. I'd love to 
have it but couldn't even afford shipping. <sigh> A foundation for it, even 
on your cliff side wouldn't be a terrible problem, forget massive, you need 
a competent foundation. That means one right for the job. I'd either drill, 
drive and grout or drive piles and pour a cap. It wouldn't go anywhere and 
this type  foundation would help stabilize that part of the hill.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs


> Just back from the CBA conf..It was a good one. Must have been 50 anvils 
> set up in the education-open forge area!
> All my small shiny bronze forgings ( knobs and belt buckles) sold to other 
> smiths! Yea!
> Those guys are supposed to know better.
> One friend just finished a lucrative job, had some bucks, and came with 
> his wife to the conf. He spotted a very nice 350# anvil he really wanted 
> at the tailgate sales for $1500 and while the wife was off somewhere, 
> quietly negotiated the price, paid, and to avoid familial friction , 
> erased the final 0 from the price chalked on the face. Everyone seemed 
> happy as we helped him load it in his truck.
>
> Questions please.
>
> 1 A friend has a worn, early, 100# Big Blue hammer he wants to sell. It 
> has a recently rebuilt air cyl but loose gibs.
> I've heard that with the new valving package it would be capable of single 
> , controlled strength, blows, which i want.
> Opinions? Is it worth fooling with?
>
> 2 I have an unused 165 early Anyang that needs a big, expensive, 
> foundation on this steep clay ridge we live on, and my screwed up back 
> isn't going to allow to handle big enough steel any more  to justify that 
> big a hammer.
> Educated guesses as to what it's worth now?
>
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