Subject: Re: Anvil Meltdown

From: [email-masked] (Dan Hughes)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 09:39:59 -0400

>Hey BAMmers,
>Is it true that about 10 lbs. of the anvil you were going to replate melted
>and ran down to the bottom of the forge?
>Hank and Todd were in California, so who would do something like that
>without their help?
>Clay

We all do stupid things. Hopefully not so stupid that we pay with our or
another's life. (ie Ed's story:

> Yeah, let me shout, too!   I had a friend who blew himself to smithereens when
> he was blowtorching an old fuel tank which had been out of use for over twenty
> years.  This death was unexpected, as I guess most deaths are, because he was
> stunt pilot of old WWII aircraft, and, of course, everybody thought he'd "buy
> the farm" coming out of a loop rather than in this senseless and avoidable
> way!!  SO DON'T FOOL WITH OLD CHEMICAL/FUEL/ETC. TANKS, or at least have some
> expert do it for you or check it out for potential danger.
>
> Sorry for the sad story, but it bears retelling from time to time.
>
> Ed Brinson)

Unfortunately some of us are doomed to repeat other's mistakes unless we
learn from them. We can't learn from them unless those involved reveal the
lessons learned. So, tell us about the blacksmith's version of the "China
Syndrome"

Dan Hughes

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From: [email-masked] (Dan Hughes)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:23:06 -0400

>Now there you go with the negative vibes...everyone knows you can't
>melt an anvil in  a gas forge. Now if you were to take.....

 and you would probably burn
>much more than 10 pounds out of the middle (more like 50, at least in
>theory). If anyone would like their anvil repaired by BAM's excellent
>team of strikers who have been practicing but have never had the need
>to actually weld a plate on an anvil (not having one available at
>suitable temperature and with enough metal left amidships) then let us
>know and we will do the job for you.
>
>No warranty.
>--
>Jim McCarty

Such speculations are very facinating. Here I thought anvils got sway
backed from hammering on them.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 21:00:01 +0000

> Date:          Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:23:06 -0400
> Reply-to:      [email-masked]
> From:          [email-masked] (Dan Hughes)
> To:            [email-masked]
> Subject:       Re: Anvil Meltdown

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Jim:

You mean your gas forge will not melt an anvil?   Sounds like she 
needs some work.  Be glad to help!!

Jack R. Smith Jr.

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From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:04:21 -0400

At 6:05 PM 9/25/96, Bill Roberts wrote:

>A, truely, wonderful story. Sounds like the stooges are hirin' help.!:o)
>Now lets see what do I have around here that I can get you guys to
>fix........hmmmmmm....This all reminds me of the saying,
>" That thar boy could screw up an anvil" which is normally meant in fun.
>I mean, like you could really screw up an anvil!!!!!!! Not!!!! You  all
>aren't workin' on any rockets over there are you? If so I'll just get a
>head start and ah.......... maybe do a little packin'!:o)
>Bill

Bill, I think now we have enough details so we could repeat this
hypothetical experiment or at least avoid some of the results that came
from this hypothetical experiment.
Clay

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 09:50:14 -0400

In a message dated 96-09-26 01:33:15 EDT, you write:

>maybe we could do what King Solomon did to the
>baby...
>
>
>
>Hrolthgar -   [email-masked]

Steve, there's no truth to the rumor that King Solomon tried forge welding
two babies together.  This is a myth started at a recent BAM meeting to take
the attention away from their attempt to recreate the "Great Chernobyl Anvil
Experimernt" where they tried to weld the Northern and Southern hemispheres
together.  
Michael

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From: [email-masked] (David Hoopes)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 06:18:32 -0500

>head start and ah.......... maybe do a little packin'!:o)
Darn.  The rocket prodject was suposeded to be a secret.  Who told?
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David Hoopes
[email-masked]
Lenexa, Kansas (Near Kansas City, Mo)