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It doesn't matter whether we are jewish or not Archie. YOU HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY FROM ALL OF US.

that's me Alan, how about A shovel short of a sack of coal.

Meco I can't tell you how to do it but at http://www.iforgeiron.com/Tools/Twists.htm pictures 0003 and 0002 show what it looks like. Edit: image added

the neighbor widows big cast iron wash kettle, she's madder than haddies even though I took it down to the shop and fixed it. She used to like me and would bake me one of her scrumptuos pies or a cake about once a week. Now no more pies or cakes she says and she ain't gonna do my washing and ironing anymore either. I'm gonna take that old muzzle loading flintlock down to the shop and.......

Here are the forge fire tools I use the most. L to R . Short handled rake & heat shield, Clinker Fork, Straight Poker, Broom, Clinker Tongs, SS Wet Coal Shovel, Hook Nose Clinker-Rake. What do you use for Forge Fire Tools?

Jerry 6011 is a fast freeze pipe welding rod and the rule of thumb is never use a lower tensile strength rod (the first 2 numbers x 1000) for a root pass. the other rule of thumb is a 400

low grade WI like wagon tires will literally explode if you hit it at too high a heat and cracks if worked at too low a heat, I use it for antique woodworking tool repairs, I just bring it up to an orange and work it under the power hammer a coupla times lightly. It destroys the grain and refines it so you can work it easily.

draw knife, 4 in one hand rasp, and my good saw, I could go to work on old man Smiths wagon axle, I think my son borrowed them to make a trap to catch the neighbors cat that keeps using the coal bin for a bathroom. Has anybody seen my ............

my Mother in law to help out while his mother in law was laid up from the log accident. I tried to pay him to keep her, but instead he brought her back and along with her everything he had borrowed but the canthook and .......

I got some like that one time, I used a pipe with a heavy plate welded on the bottom and I cut part of one side of the pipe off so that only certain sized chunks would come out or smaller, the smaller stuff burns better the air can't just pass around it. oops forgot, I made a plunger on a smaller pipe with a round plate that would fit inside the pipe and i just stomped it into smaller pieces.

probably around 1035 to 1040 carbon steel

This what you had in mind, the top one.

I would just modify the jig I already have for my hydraulic press and go to it, a simple matter of knocking the pieces that are tack welded on off and replacing with the proper size, I used to make something similar 2 at a time, 100 to a run, about 4 a minute in the press. they can also be done on the anvil in a simple jig. I called them clips, they were for attaching the bows on a high wheeled farm wagon.

Playing around with 1/8 by 1/2 angle iron. Left to Right, leaf with veins depressed, leaf with veins raised, what I started with 1/8 by 1/2 angle about 2 inches long, feather, and arrow head (first one).

LOL,Strine. The old indicator is graduated in thousandts of an inch And new version in the background uses a rotary dial graduated into half thousandts. Its used by machinists to dial or locate an exact point on an edge etc

BINGO, We have the correct answer. The tool and its modern day counterpart, some call it the last word indicator.

Mike, you have problably used the modern version quite a bit. LOL

I know what it is meco, I use it occasionally, and you are close.

Anybody know what this antique tool is?

Katrina is over and the rebuilding and recovery is about to start, we need to celebrate all our friends coming thru it with no real injuries to their person. Best way I know is to have something enjoyable like a humor party. So I will kick it off with a few of my favorite one liner quips about intelligence, I am sure with all the quick witted people we have they will surely have some good ones. 1. The lights on but, nobody is home. 2. A few straws short of a load. 3. Playing with a deck of Jokers. 4. A few Cards short of a full deck. 5. 3 sandwiches short of a one man picnic. 6. A victim of cranial- rectal Inversion. 7. They were at recess when the Gene Pool was open. 8. Dumber than a rock. 9. Engage Brain before Operting Tongue. 10. Fishing without Bait. remember to keep it clean now LOL :wink: :wink:

HW, those mats made from old rubber tires are excellent to stand on at the lathe, mill, drill press and Anvil, really makes a difference at the end of the day for me. In the shop I have a bunch of old door opener mats with ribs that I use, they were free from my neighboring business who installed them and replaced faulty ones years ago, I just cut the wires off short, they have an air cushion so that when you step on them they make contact.

Thank you Bomlin for the update, I am sure glad they and there animals are ok.

Due to the very small slot and the roller catch, It leads me to believe it is for grabbing the end of maybe banding material to facilitate putting the crimp lock on the banding for packing.

My youngest daughters Mother in Law was heard from today, She lived in Franklinton, just north of Buddy Leanord. She lost the barn and the structure of the house is still there but lots of damage to it. They traveled by Caravan to Baton Rouge for protection against people who would rob and try to kill them for their valuables and the gas in their cars like they did to some travelers.

HW, you might try running it thru a roller the opposite way of the waves. Roll it once then flip it over and roll it a second time with less pressure on the rolls, this works for me on light sheet metal.