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10-23-2008, 10:15 PM
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The hot cut chisel, cold cut chisel and hardy were recent ebay purchases, I put the new handles on today. The vice, picks, and wire brushes were picked up at a recent garage/estate sale for under $20 total. http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/da...m/P1070225.JPG http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/da...m/P1070226.JPG Last edited by Sask Mark; 10-23-2008 at 10:17 PM.  |
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10-26-2008, 01:27 PM
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jkeller, thats great! Lately I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about trying to find a post vise to use. Fantastic! Nice landlord btw..
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10-26-2008, 02:32 PM
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I got me a magenet from a speaker yesterday outta of one of my freinds truck. It was just laying there LOL.
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10-27-2008, 10:06 PM
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Recently picked up the following items from an elderly gentleman north of Columbus,Ga. He said that they had been in his family for a long time. 1. An Armatage Mouse Hole anvil, marked weight 83#, shows considerable use and rust pits, face convex. Based on markings, 1916-1927. Am considering light belt sanding to get a better woorking surface. Comments/suggestions? 2. An English weight marked anvil, 140#, face a bit better than the above. Also considering using a belt sander. 3. A post vise, appros 35#, no spring or mounting bracket. 4. 2 cast iron skillets, one pre 1890, which I hope will clean up well. All of the above for less than $1 per pound. |
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10-27-2008, 11:36 PM
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| My Find
I install replacement windows, Last fall I replaced a bunch of basement windows in a church. They had bars on all the windows. I took all of them home and checked the type of steel with a spark test and cut and break test. I was quite happy to find I have 130 pc's of 5/8" round by 40" wrought iron.... The church was 108 years old. |
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10-28-2008, 12:11 AM
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Purchased a English weight marked 0 2 27 (77 pounds) Mouse hole just a few minutes ago. Overall fair condition, a few light marks on the horn and the face is rounded but overall it hasn't been terribly abused. Got it for $150. I'll keep this one for my younguns and set it up at their height.
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10-28-2008, 07:56 PM
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I got this post vise the other day it is 5-1/2" across the jaws. It was froze up and would not turn at all. Soaked it in diesel fuel still would not budge. Finally lost my patience and took a rosebud to it. Freed it up wire brushed the screw and box greased it up and made a new spring for it. works like new. The jaws line up straight and don't have a nick on them. John
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10-28-2008, 09:04 PM
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JWB; I'll bet that is a columbian vise. I saw a fellow who put a cap on the back of the screwbox with a zerk on it for greasing---keeps the screw cleaner too. I hope to add that to a couple of mine someday. Ironrose I'd do the opposite, give them a larger anvil they *can't* mess up by missing and keep the little one as a travel anvil. I have about a 125# anvil with a broken off heel but a good flat face and ok horn that I use for new students serene in the knowledge that they aren't messing up one of my *good* anvils...
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