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Looks to be well built for the price... stronger than the usual Princess Auto stuff....
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Originally Posted by
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Looks to be well built for the price... stronger than the usual Princess Auto stuff....
Nope…..it IS and built to “normal” Princess Auto specs hence the attractive price.
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That looks to be just like the one I bought at Harbor Freight. Probably the same quality.
When rolling flat bar, I had some marks on the flat bar from the knurling.
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That looks to be just like the one I bought at Harbor Freight. Probably the same quality.
When rolling flat bar, I had some marks on the flat bar from the knurling.
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I am quite certain they all come from the same factory. Just different labels and prices.
Not only did it leave knurled marks but the knurling on the rollers were prematurely wearing until I learned to take smaller “bites”.
Patience isn’t one of my strong points
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I picked up this saw anvil today. The face is 8” x 6” and slightly crowned. 72 pounds with 85% rebound. $80 Cdn. ( about $64 usd).
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The little sawyers anvil cleaned up nicely.
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The little sawyers anvil cleaned up nicely.
The anvil looks great!!,, I wonder how I can determine the rebound of the 953 CAT front wheel that I use as an anvil??
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Glen GS Tongs, blacksmith on YT, uses an anvil about that size. His is quite fancy though...has a pritchel hole, hardie hole, side anvil for curves, etc. Quite a good smith, I might add. He forges off his condo/apt. patio, sitting down, using a small gas forge. American from NY, lives in Taiwan. Makes hammers, tongs, punches and other stuff.
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Got one of those cheap-o ring rollers and love how troublesome it makes what should be a simple job!
Glad I'm not the only one getting the knurled imprint into the metal. I ended up relegating the thing to making circular forms that I could then bend steel around. It actually works quite well in that regard if you don't mind being there all day trying to turn a single loop!
3/16"x3/4" turns fine, but 3/16x1" always spirals. i think the rollers being unsupported on the end allows them to splay out just enough that one side isn't getting the same pressure as the other. I could see a marked difference in the depth of texture imprinted across the steel and the only way to combat the problem was to flip the metal between passes.
After going through all that, I was really turned off the idea of ring rollers in general and worked to build up my collection of pipe sections instead.
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The anvil looks great!!,, I wonder how I can determine the rebound of the 953 CAT front wheel that I use as an anvil??
If you go to a major bearing supply house, they should be able to get you a 1" solid steel ball for a bearing ( ones I've seen weren't even that pricey, the military guys buy them and wrap them in a leather thong for a hand weapon). Hold the ball 10" from the face of the anvil and the number of inches it rebounds is the %. I've found a lot of variation between the heal and sweet spot of an English style anvil, so you can bet everyone is bragging about the sweet spot.
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Here is something for Vaughn for a work holding table.
daytoncncproducts.com has an interesting take on some work holding tables.
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I did some comparisons between my Peter Wright and the railroad anvils a while back, but the ball I was using wasn't a full inch. I should get one and retry them all.
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I picked up these two sheet metal/silversmith hammers a while back.
Today I put a new handle on the smaller one (zebra wood), dressed the heads and rubbed boiled linseed oil on the handles.
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I've never heard of zebra wood before.... is that somehow better for hammer handles than the typical oak/hickory?
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I've never heard of zebra wood before.... is that somehow better for hammer handles than the typical oak/hickory?
No idea.
Mark the tool truck guy that used to call on the farm packed it in and moved to the interior. He used to run a cabinet shop and gave me his small, mixed inventory of exotic woods.
Should work fine for a 2 ounce hammer if used properly.
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Seems to go well with rootbeer. The fine grain with lots of perpendicular striping is probably a good thing... my best guess anyway.
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Zebra wood
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Great find! You, however, should be arrested for "stealing" that setup from the poor guy...
Here in the lower 48, that pair would sell for around $400 USD, MINIMUM.
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Congratulations! That pot looks as-new and you sure won't have a problem selling it for a profit!!!
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Congratulations! That pot looks as-new and you sure won't have a problem selling it for a profit!!!
I may build a forge this winter. Maybe...
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I knew all those tools were getting cleared out for something good...
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I knew all those tools were getting cleared out for something good...
Actually looking for an IH Scout.
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I see so many people cobble things together, I sometimes wonder if there's some kind of competition for world's worst anvil hold-downs. It's to the point now that when I see an example of someone taking things to the next level, it really stands out.
90º corners with split-and-drift slots, and a couple of tapered wedges and gib keys thrown in for good measure? That's fantastic!
When you see something like this, it speaks volumes about the craftsman not just because of the skill involved, but that the guy would invest the time and energy to make something like this when he could have gone with something far easier -- like cursed all-thread and some flat bar. When you see a guy doing a demonstration with a knock-down stand like this, you feel confident in hiring him for job.
Think outside the box and try something new. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.
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