Been using a GYSMI 160P all week

Hood · Jan 2, 2017

Was shifting some junk today and found one of the flukes I weld onto the anchors, it is 20mm thick and the mug should give an idea of the scale.
Pic isn't that great as it was dark but hopefully it is viewable.

DAPPH · Jan 2, 2017

Drag a grinder to it & see the type of sparks it gives off .........red , long tailed , short tailed , fat , skinny , yellow almost white etc etc.. what are they like ?

Hood · Jan 2, 2017

That is just steel, that is the new flukes I weld on.

DAPPH · Jan 3, 2017

With luck the sparks on the shank of the anchor will be the same colour .

Mee · Jan 4, 2017

DAPPH said:
My Dad was a blacksmiths hammer boy .. At nearly 15 years old he " drove " a six ton steam trip hammer at a big blacksmithing company in Sheffield in 1925 for several years till he joined up in to the first battalion of the York & Lancaster regiment in 1932- 33 .
It made me realise many years later why he had such a fine tuned sense of rhythm , touch , hand & eye coordination

Back in the NCB days we had the blacksmith/farrier/welders and they were the same a touch like a midwife.

We originally had the steam powered ones and they were phased out for the bigger 15/25 ton hydraulic units and they were fierce compared to steam.

Omniata · Jan 4, 2017

Mee said:
Back in the NCB days we had the blacksmith/farrier/welders and they were the same a touch like a midwife.

We originally had the steam powered ones and they were phased out for the bigger 15/25 ton hydraulic units and they were fierce compared to steam.

Any particular model, company name and location, I've a few contacts at Manchester Central Library who might do me a favour and pull something out of the archives

I found a load of catalogues and surveys for old mines that hadn't been put back in the proper place last month...

Hood · Jan 9, 2017

Well I got some snaps of the anchors today. Too far away from power to try the old ones with a grinder so no spark tests. They all weld fine with stick, maybe a bit more fluid than normal but other than that they do fine.

Ok really old ones, first pic shows where it has been built up with weld to strengthen the neck after years of corrosion. Also you will note that all of the old ones have originally been normal style ships anchors but have had one side chopped off to suit the use they are put to now. They are approx 800mm high from ground to centre to give an idea of scale.

Now the newer ones, I was told today that it is thought they were made from old line shafting, ie the shafts that engineering works, mills etc used to takes the power round the building to drive the machinery via flat belts.
You can see the flukes I have welded on to most of them.