Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 46 going to 57

Trip to the appointment went well. Amazing location close to Georgetown DC at end of dead end road in forested area

Did manage to use the excavator to cut down slopes to become more mower friendly

 

[m7040]

I have two anvils. One is a large Hay Budden that is 125 years old or so based on the serial number. In good shape too. First American anvil maker that replaced the imported ones from England

Yea upsetting in black smith terms is increasing the diameter of a steel component by ramming it glowing hot into the anvil. Use it occasionally in my black smith work

Plan to move the black smith equipment down in the welding shop when it gets finished

 

[ronjhall]

Barn is 12 ft high with larger 10 x 10 door, built before a camper was thought of. . View attachment 4295397

My idea of a 40x60 building would replace my 24x40 garage and 30x40 pole barn. It would not replace my 20x40 hip roof barn for animals.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 51 to 64 and sunny, had a small amount of rain last night.
Didn't get much done outside of day job.

Happy birthday BEF!

Bought and set up an Oooma Voip phone to be our backup so I can save on our Xfinity bill.
We get awful cell reception and using cell over IP has never really worked well for us.

Most trees are just yellow as the leaves fall this year since it's been so dry. Dogwoods and firebushes look pretty good but a little paler than normal.

I have 2 garages with total 4 bays, always full up and rearranging by project or time of year.

Be well,

 

[ArlyA]

I have two anvils. One is a large Hay Budden that is 125 years old or so based on the serial number. In good shape too. First American anvil maker that replaced the imported ones from England

Yea upsetting in black smith terms is increasing the diameter of a steel component by ramming it glowing hot into the anvil. Use it occasionally in my black smith work

Plan to move the black smith equipment down in the welding shop when it gets finished

I have my grandfathers anvil which is nothing fancy but about 125yo.

 

[Popgadget]

Gee, I have two anvils.

As do I.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I tried ooma years ago, but had crappy satellite internet so it didn’t work. Wonder how it would work with Starlink? I still have my unusable Verizon landline that is always static.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dad probably has an anvil at the farm, not sure.
He has an old belt driven planer that planes up to 3-4 ft wide, at one time could make molding also. Probably rusted away sitting on muddy dirt floor of barn.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
51° and sunny. High of 60 or so with continued sunshine. We did get about 1/8” of rain overnight.

Yesterday’s breakfast and trip went as expected, no surprises. I saw this interesting looking cloud, nature’s version of a Rorschach blotch.

Today will be a day of whatever i feel like. Probably in the shop. No real plans, but the little plane needs to be inspected, its partially disassembled now.

 

[ponytug]

assume you mean door height at 14 ft, then all sizes should fit in.. My camper is only 10'6" to clear the ac unit.

saw this one today, thought that is what i need.. although i would go a little wider to fit truck in beside it, or do a lower shed off the side for the truck.

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Yes, I meant door height.

some of you have large anvils.
somehow I found this video on an anvil shop in Lancaster, PA
looked up new terms like upsetting block
these looked darn nice

who uses an anvil these days, and for what?

Aside from horseshoes, metal working, and general smithing/tool making.

My 30x 48 barn is stuffed full, got 2 tons of pellets in yesterday, but had to juggle, and no room to walk. Have bunch stuff on pallets to make easier to move around.
Where I want camper shelter is beside the shed. Hill slopes away, so not much depth without a lot of fill. Ideally front would be flush with shed, and camper sticks out probably 10-12 ft past it. Trying not to spend big $$, but campers really take a beating sitting outside.

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While I see the slope, I'd bite the bullet and put in a retaining wall and fill. Of course, I'd wake up in the middle of the night and wonder about making the whole thing larger and replacing the garage while I was at it... who me overthink something?

I tried ooma years ago, but had crappy satellite internet so it didn’t work. Wonder how it would work with Starlink? I still have my unusable Verizon landline that is always static.

FWIW: We use Ooma over Starlink. It works great. We also put in enough WiFi so the cell phones work well over the WiFi as well.

Might have to be a slow day due to lousy air quality. In the clouds at the moment, and I am hoping that the AQI meter is reading mostly water particles, but not worth risking it as sometimes there is a bunch of crud in the clouds.

@Popgadget love the Rorschach cloud!

Make it a great one!

All the best, Peter