It followed me home

[ApprenticeMan]

about 350 give or take of VERY FINE smithing coal came with me to my shop today, price? FREE. Was given to me by a friend of mine, it was the last of his father's coal who used to run a small outfit in the quarry sharpening bits. This stuff is AMAZING, burns clean, hot, clean, did i say it burns hot? It's like using coke hehe. Also 10 feet of 1045 in 1 foot lengths came n th email in trade for a smithing hammer.

[Valentin]

Nice to have such friends ! You are lucky

[larrynjr]

Just got home from the scrap yard and found these in the back of the van! Got a sprocket for some small swageing, a couple of pickaxes, looks like a jack hammer blade, big forged hook, a small piece of spring steel and a bit from a big lathe.

[rods8833]

the pictures are , Picture_019,018,0122,0101,0032,0042,0093,0013,0131 , hope this works

[rods8833]

if that did not work seach the gallery under rods8833

[rods8833]

I keep getting an Invalid URL message

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

Originally Posted by larrynjr

and a bit from a big lathe.

any chance the big lathe is still lurking around somewhere at the scrapyard? I found an old LaBlonde once at the scrap recycling place in Eureka, IL. It was around a 12 or 14x36 or so and the guy only wanted 200 bucks for it. Only problem was that there was no tailstock and chances of finding one seemed mighty slim. It ALMOST followed me home

-Aaron @ the SCF

[larrynjr]

I didn't see it anywhere, it was on a shelf with some odds and ends. One of the guys said to look him up next time I go, he had some tool steel, possibly some Chrome Moly from some machine that I might be interested in.

Now, what could I make from Chrome Moly...............................

[ApprenticeMan]

Originally Posted by larrynjr

Now, what could I make from Chrome Moly...............................

Hammer heads are GREAT made fromthe chrome moly steels, 41XX and 43XX are what the usually are.

[ApprenticeMan]

Didn't really follow me home, it met me when I got home. 13 lengths of 5160, 1 3/4 wide, 1/4 thick 50 inches long each. Also, a peice of 1095 3/8ths thick by 1 1/2 inch wide by 50 inches long followed me home last night!