Hi Gustl >Hallo Keith, > >If you can get a hold on a short length of (railroad) rail you can cut >with a torch and grind a halfway decent horn on it.
Good idea! I was thinking of rail lines but haven't come across any, I'll look harder. I don't have a torch though, but I know someone who does. >You could use the >girder for the pritchel and hardie holes. I don't know how they do it >in Japan but here I have my anvil on a piece of tree trunk I cut which >brings the anvil up to proper height and gives me the longest strike >distance. It should be just high enough that the piece you are >working will lay on the anvil with your arms loosely extended. Thankyou. I haven't visited any blacksmiths here yet. I know they're around, still extant, very much so (they still make swords here). Something to do soon. Here's a Japanese blacksmith: http://www.dento.gr.jp/takedahamono/e-kajiya/e_index.html We've got quite a lot of tools like that - what they make, not what they use. >Good used anvils are getting as scarce as hens teeth around this neck >of the woods. I saw one at an auction go for $125 US and when I put >the hammer to it it was dead. No ring or bounce at all. Just a dead >thump. A dead anvil. What a thought. Dead anvils don't sing. >If there is a racetrack around your area you could check with the >farriers there and see if they know where you might get a few good >used tools. Seems to me I remember seeing that the Japanese like to >watch heavy horses race. Yes. I do have some contacts who could put me in touch with such networks here. Good, you and Go have got me moving, time to make a start with this. Thanks! regards Keith >Happy Happy, > >Gustl > >Thursday, 06 May, 2004, 16:41:48, you wrote: > >KA> Hij Go > > >>Thanks Keith, > >> > >>Loved the blacksmith with a cold slant, it struck close as I do a bit of > >>hobby smithying myself > >KA> Ah, do you? I'm just about to, I guess that's why I made that joke. I >KA> need to make a sickle. Or two. I have some worn blades from a tractor >KA> rotavator that should do, tough steel, hope it's not too tough. And I >KA> don't have an anvil. I'm really sorry I didn't get a cheap one from >KA> China when we were in Hong Kong. They cost an arm and a leg here in >KA> Japan. I do have a two-foot length of heavy steel girder though, I >KA> guess it'll do for now, but I'll miss the fancy bits, the pritchel >KA> hole, hardie hole, the table and especially the horn. Actually I >KA> don't have any of the tools, but if I can make a sickle then I can >KA> make tools too. I do have a couple of really good books, and there >KA> are good blacksmithing sites on the Web. > >-- >Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. >Mitglied-Team AMIGA >ICQ: 22211253-Gustli >******** >The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, >soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, >without signposts. >C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" >******** >Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Stra§e liegen, >da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht >gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. >******** >Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't >hear the music. >George Carlin ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
