It followed me home

[ThomasPowers]

So was tracking down the spring shop and visiting it a nice experience? I hope you make them something from their "springs" as a thank you gift---but watch out if they like it you may start getting calls to come back they saved you a ton of the "good stuff"---and it's really a ton and a long one at that!

I'm always amazed at what you can get by asking nicely.

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

Went back to college (only to visit) and helped the guys at the frat house finish up on the remodeling they'd done to the house this summer. Came home with two LARGE, empty beer cans (if you get my drift) and an uninsulated, spark resistant, mouse resistant lock box. Unfortunately, they'd already busted off the combo lock trying to get it open, but no matter, a new hasp and my paper-goods, manuals, and flammable with have a somewhat safer home
-Aaron @ the SCF

[Bear]

me and my bro(hes the one in the pic) picked up this older red star radial arm saw( we already have one other same model) to make one complete saw and it came with two old railroad track grinding blades. kinda neat.


Sean

[Bear]

Picked this anvil up from an auction today- for about $0.75 a lb. the edges arent too bad but the horn is a little blunt- weighs 95 lbs( or 0.3.11).

Sean

[simmonds]

Now that is the best deal I have seen on an anvil in a long time Bear!

[ApprenticeMan]

NICE deal on that anvil and saw!!!

[sdalcher]

Friday was one of those unbeliveable days! A local community has "Farmer's Pike Festival" evry Labor Day weekend. It is supposed to be a large free for all rummage sale. So I pack up the wife and kids and off we go. Turns out that just about every other house within a 5 mile radius is having a yard sale. Picked up 25lbs of misc drill bits for $6. Out of that were 26 taper shank drills in varying sizes, a dozen drills for the old Brace & bit, 1 drill for a manual post drill and about 100 other standard straight shank drills and a few reamers and taps. I bought a brandnew 100 lb propane tank for $40 (I have 5 20lb tanks and it seems like I have to go get refill every few weeks). I bought a brand new 1000 W generator for $20 (bought it for Mom who lives in Florida as I already have one). A brand new Nitrous Oxide tank for $20 (good trading stock). There were countless other deals that I just didn't have enough cash to buy i.e. a 4" post vise in on concrete set post for $50. All of this before I even get to the show. Upon arrival at the Farmers Pike Festival, it wasn't all that great, some nice things but prices were very high. Overall a great day though!

Thanks
Steve

[ApprenticeMan]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG STEVE! WHAT A sweet haul;!

[sdalcher]

LOL, if only I had more money ;-)

[Frosty]

Good haul Steve.

We almost never see smithing tools and equipment here abouts. Still, garage/yard saling can be fun and rewarding. (If you can keep the wife from spending your half the budget on GOOOOOD deals!)

This spring I found a couple jack shaft grinders and the guy made me take an old carpenter's box full of misc wheels, brushes, arbors, rests, files and such. $15 took it all though I would've been happy to leave most of it.

Most of the summer Deb and I spent a pleasant afternoon after church hitting garage/yard sales. While I'd find the occasional hammer head, etc. she found all kinds of MUST have stuff.

Then a couple weeks ago I found a Loretone rock tumbler, grits and a bunch of polished rocks for $25 and got them to throw in a gas powered weed whacker that'll take blades as well as string. The tumbler is around a 20lb. capacity and sells now for around $400-450.

Frosty