It followed me home

[Frosty]

No, that's my 40lber. He wanted too much for the 20 he had there.

I knew I had a good deal but no idea how good till this afternoon. I actually did a double take.

It worked great when I tried it out but it's even better now I know what it's worth.

Frosty

[civilwarblacksmith]

hey DJ,

Yeah I'll have to keep my eye on it. thanks.

[imagedude]

Just bought another 4 leg vices for £18 ($40)

Four Blacksmith / Carpenters Bench Vices. 19th Cent on eBay, also Blacksmith, Tools, Tools Hardware, Collectables (end time 20-Jul-08 22:26:38 BST)


Auction ended and items taken off line

[keeplokd]

Hey gang! Great site. It took me several days of reading to catch up with all 107 pages of this thread alone.

The other day I spotted an aging section of railroad rail nearly 3-feet long sitting neglected among the weeds near a local line. I stopped, threw on my work gloves, picked it up and carried it back to the truck. On the way back I thought I might have gotten sliced with a sharp blade of grass or something in the calf. Driving my prize home, I noticed a sharp pain that was quickly building into nearly electric shock proportions on my calf. I stopped, looked, rubbed, scratched. Couldn't find anything, but started suspecting maybe something "zapped me" - ground bee or something.

To make a long story short, when I got home and went to unload my prize, it had rolled a little in the truck so I could see the golfball sized wasp nest attached to what was the underside of the rail.

I guess there was a price to be paid for my free ASO, eh?

Bill

[piglet_74]

Ouch! Luckily the guys at work took care of hauling and cutting mine for me. Let us know if you put it to use!

Rob.

[Frosty]

Bill:

You're going at this wrong. Finding a piece of rail is supposed to take the sting OUT of finding your first anvil.

Geeze . . . New guys!

Welcome aboard,

Frosty

[ThomasPowers]

Could have been snake bite or arrest so you got off easy and can call yourself the Wasp Nest Forge and have a story to tell...

[keeplokd]

Originally Posted by ThomasPowers

Could have been snake bite or arrest so you got off easy and can call yourself the Wasp Nest Forge and have a story to tell...

You know, Tom, I've been wracking my brain for months trying to come up with a catchy forge name... it just might stick. Now to make a touchmark in the shape of a wasp...

I had the day off today and went to the doctors. It seems as I'm cleaning out my "gee-rage" and turning more of it into "the shop", I've come across some poison ivy or something like it lately. Two weeks ago, it was on my face and in my eyes. Medicated for a week and it went away. This time, it's all over my torso and hammer arm and driving me UP THE WALL!!! If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all, right.

So on the way to the Doc's, I spot the shovel half. I figure to go back for it on my way home. When I get there, I drive on and see the "leaf" just past it, and BACK UP ON THE EXPRESSWAY to get it. Salvage will surely be the end of me.

I'm going to re-handle the shovel for my coal bin. Not sure what the 1" pin is for. The leaf originally looked like one from a semi or something big. Now that I have it in my hands (pic) its almost an inch thick... I think it's a fork from a forklift. Comments? What should I do with it (don't go looking for it in Iron-in-the-Hat, either!)

Bill

As for the ASO, I've already got a 125LB London pattern (not sure of brand), so I'll likely make a small "anvil" with horn for use close to my forge for very small work.

[Finnr]

I welded a hunk of broken spring like that on top of the little RR anvil I gave to Woodsmith's son. Works great!
Finnr

[Sabre]

well today out lookin round for round stock at my dads work i found a 20 foot section of RR track against the cliff wall!
now all i gotta do is use the cutter and cut it into pieces