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Rhettbarnhart

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  1. Interesting!I've heard columbian produced vises for them. Does anyone have any input on the hollow jaws of columbian vises and their strength or as some on the internet say,lack thereof?
  2. There's something special about antique iron that you can't help but appreciate, there are new tools that do the job well but the old ones just speak to me a bit. I'm not back at the forge yet,finally getting around to setting a shop up though so it will happen withing the next year. Creating something from raw materials is always good for the soul. I agree with you,it's hard to see it but time marches on unfortunately,very sad to see them go.
  3. I will check that site out ShoreB,was wanting to know a bit of the history of columbian tools. Thanks for the info. Cheers Frosty,I've been hoping to get back into smiting again, welding and fab work takes most of my time nowadays though. I was sad to see a few of the old regulars have moved on,always enjoyed input from T. Powers. I attached some pics of the vise all clean and oiled,enjoy.
  4. Frosty!It's been 10 years since I posted here often but I always enjoyed your input,for the price I'm interested regardless,I think the wiltons are a little better tool but for the money I won't complain a bit!excited to hit it with a wire wheel and a bit of oil!
  5. Was scrolling marketplace and found thise vise today,going to pick it up tomorrow and will post more pics,just curious though,is this thing as big as I think it is?it appears to be sitting on a folding table and absolutely dwarfs it
  6. Hi Rhett, I saw a post you made about forging a hack knife for collecting pine resin. Unfortunately, the photos would not show up on this post. Could you please send me the photos of your knife somehow? I live in North FL and work for a local museum blacksmithing a few days a month and I'd really like to forge one of these for our demonstrations. Thanks!

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      Rhettbarnhart

      I'm sorry I don't have the pictures anymore

       

  7. here is mine for some reason I cant put on a link,i will try again later
  8. Yeah dsw I'm the same way,I find beauty in vises :D
  9. Good things come to those who wait!!This will be my 5th vise so far....I went to an auction today and was pretty sad when I was outbid on a smith and Wesson .357.Everything went high all day(used stuff for new price)finally at the end of the day when most people had left this vise came up I was the only one to bid and got this little jewel for 20$!The vise is made by the American scale company and has 3in jaws at 40lbs btw the vise is sitting beside a 8lb Wilton BASH sledge hammer for size comparison. I forgot to mention that it needs new jaws which I will make next week
  10. Ok,first please don't take the suggestions about not lining a cast iron rivet forge!!When I first got my rivet forge,I clayed it.After reading people's posts about claying not being necessary I just took the clay out,bad idea!!The forge cracked soon after while I was starting my forge fire,no,I didn't pour on water or do anything to crack the pan other then start a fire! admanfrd,this is a cast iron forge and most people don't know how to properly weld cast iron(including me)brazing is definitely a better option imo.
  11. Thanks for the compliments guys,I'm thinking about building one for my teacher...the crack will be fine as long as it doesn't spread
  12. I wanted a different slag hammer from all the Lincoln hammers so I made one from coil spring,here it is. Btw I got done forging and found the spring had a surface crack,I went ahead and finished and I will hope it doesn't spread. Comments and critique welcome
  13. Sorry Alec,that doesn't look like a fisher,maybe a brooks type shape but not fisher IMO
  14. Nice clean work as usual Mackenzie
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