Subject: Re: Traveling Forges, Civil War Blacksmithing, limbers, etc

From: Scott Stager <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 96 15:35:16 CDT

On Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:06:05 EDT Dave Einhorn said:
>
>  In the meantime, call Morningside House Inc, or check their web
>site, and get yourself a copy of "The Ordnance Manual for the use of
>the Officers of the Confederate States Army".

  http://www.morningsidebooks.com/

       http://www.morningsidebooks.com/books.htm#ordnance

       CONFEDERATE ORDNANCE MANUAL for the use of the officers of the
       Confederate States Army. Prepared under the direction of Col.
       Josiah Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, CSA.  Introduction by Sydney
       Kerkis. 620 pp. 42.50

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From: "Dave Einhorn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:11:56 EDT

> The coil and DC will work fine, to demagnetize use AC. There are three
> ways to control the degree of magnetization: Number of wraps in the

   Well, I'm no professor, but I remember that in High School physics 
class we magnetized a screwdriver with a coil.... and then 
unmagetized it again by hitting it a couple of times against the 
table.  If your hammer unmagnetized itself from use, won't it do the 
same again?

 If its forged mild steel
 Its forged mild steel and not forged wrought iron.  :-)

   Dave Einhorn                    
   [email-masked]

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From: "Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:56:53 -0400

On Oct 18,  8:11am, Dave Einhorn wrote:
> Subject: Re: Magnitising metel
>

Dave,

You're correct. However, since the hammer head is made of steel rather than
iron and was designed (I hope) to be magnetized, then the process should take
longer than your screw driver. You will have to re-magnetize the hammer from
time to time.

Mark

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From: "Dave Einhorn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:29:53 EDT

I have a high speed large angle grinder (8000 RPM).  The
discs that I have found at the local welding places have been the
slow-stock removal long-lasting kind.  What I am looking for 
are the fast-stock removal type.  My 4 inch grinder with 
Makita wheels will remove stock faster than the locally 
available large wheels.   Any suggestions for a source of
better wheels?

Thank you.

   Dave Einhorn

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From: "Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:59:30 -0500

On Jan 15,  2:29pm, Dave Einhorn wrote:
> Subject: Question: Source for high speed angle grinder discs?

Contact MSC for a catalog. Then look thru it for what you need. They seem to
have just about everything and their service is real good.

800-645-7270

http://www.mscdirect.com

Mark

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From: Lee Marshall <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:52:56 -0800

> available large wheels.   Any suggestions for a source of

I utilize what are called "flap wheels". They consist of a series of
cloth flaps that are glued to the backing plate and overlap each other.
Kinda looks like petals of a flower. The concept behind them is that as
the grit is worn down on the upper face, the cloth wears away and you
are always working with fresh grit. I love 'em! They can be used for
both snagging as well as final polishing and smoothing. They don't glaze
over like the resin bond and the life is really good. Try it, you'll
like it. I use both the makita with these as well as my 9" with the same
type wheel. For removing massive amounts of metal in a reasonable time
frame, the ease with which it is done is truely phenomenal. The cost is
high, but if you factor in all of the other factors, I find them well
worth it.
Lee Marshall
Bonny Doon Engineering     http://www.bonnydoonengineering.com

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From: Clint Jakson <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:52:27 -0600

>    [email-masked]

King Supply near Dallas.  1-800-542-2379 
They carry L.A. Diamond Brand. These rocks are cpeap and are fast stock
removel but the don't last as long as some rocks.

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From: Otto Bacon <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 21:50:18 -0800

>    [email-masked]

Ever heard of K.I.T.S.  ?  Call the Detroit yellow pages, or check out 
the phone lists on one of the search engines (Yahoo, etc).  They carry an 
amazing variety of grinder disks, many of them surplus, and CHEAP! They 
do have a mail order catalog, but I usually just stop in when ever I get 
close to Detroit (they have several locations in various suburbs).

Otto Bacon
Bacon Tool Works