[TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs

[Bruce .]

I dunno.  After the problems they've been having in the Puget Sound
area, I'd be reluctant to have a power hammer on a Big Sur cliff!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/28/dozens-residents-flee-puget-sound-landslide/

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> 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"
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>
>
>> 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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Bruce
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