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26th Oct 2019, 10:03 AM #106
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26th Oct 2019, 04:52 PM #107Golden Member
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Can see the word LYE stamped there, then a dot, but cant make all the next letters out _ _ _ _E
unknown letters 2 and three could be A C?
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26th Oct 2019, 10:32 PM #108Senior Member
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free way to rotate a photo is to download it to a windows machine right click it and select "edit" and it will open in Paint. In the top left corner is the control for select (drop it down and "select all"), then right near the select tool is the "rotate" tool.
once rotated, save the file and reupload.
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27th Oct 2019, 01:30 PM #109Intermediate Member
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How about Lye Waste? Does that make sense?
Made from from the leftovers of bigger anvils...
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27th Oct 2019, 01:48 PM #110Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Lye Waste is one of many old names for the town of Lye in the UK
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28th Oct 2019, 11:01 AM #111Novice
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31st Oct 2019, 12:47 AM #112Intermediate Member
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31st Oct 2019, 09:10 AM #113Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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31st Oct 2019, 06:48 PM #114Intermediate Member
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9th Nov 2019, 09:56 PM #115Senior Member
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I don't use my anvil all that often, but went to use it one day and it had disappeared under the mulberry tree, cleared the overgrown branches and there it was laying on it's side. The termites had decided to take away the block of tree trunk it was sitting on.
Well I thought it was time to do an overhaul and make a new stand for it. Dad was only 5' 2" 157cm and I am 5' 7 "170 cm so it was always too low for me. I got this idea from a traveling blacksmith at our regional show and I made it up to a comfortable height for me.
There is no name on it, just the number 2.
It's quite old, dad did his apprenticeship on it before the 2nd world war and when he came home from Bougainville his old employer had closed up shop, so they gave him the anvil, swage block and lots of tools. He went out on his own and ran a very successful business until land developers bought the business for the land in the early 80's.
I could not follow him in the trade as I am colour blind in the steel tempering range, so I became an electrician.
I took the opportunity to move it to the front door of my shed and it now gets regular use. The real interesting thing about the steel stand is the anvil no longer has the typical ring anymore, just a dull thud. I can't use the forge anymore as the neighbours complained about the coal smoke, but I am investigating a gas fired one.
Rgds,
Crocy.
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10th Nov 2019, 02:44 PM #116Diamond Member
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Propane heats fast, and seems cleanish, but neighbours can still complain about the smell.
I would try induction heating. e.g.:
https://hackaday.com/2012/04/08/buil...-a-metalsmith/
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10th Nov 2019, 02:55 PM #117Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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10th Nov 2019, 05:07 PM #118
My propane Forge has no noticeable smell.
…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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10th Nov 2019, 08:42 PM #119Senior Member
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16th Feb 2020, 04:12 AM #120Senior Member
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This is my newest anvil.
Lenght 16"
Made from a RR-track with angle grinder.
Hardened in heat treating oven at my workplace.
Shaped it for forming sheet metals. Like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmOpzN5A...on_share_sheet
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