Chad J

Last Wednesday I went up to garland, about an hour and half away. looked it over and it turned out to be a 17" shaper so i decided to take it. the shop there was an old metal working / blacksmith shop. Dan ( the present owner) said that it had been through three different shop owners. so it had been there for some time. There was some pretty cool old tools in there like a metal lathe, Champion forge and blower drill press to name a few. cool thing was that all of these had ran off of an old pulley system. they were saying awhile back, they remembered the pulley system still up. but unfortunately it was not there for me to see. Now I need to clean out the barn/ shop so i can get in from outside. Holy crap balls! That thing is heavy! it was everything the back hoe could do to lift it out of the trailer! finally just lifted and then drove out from underneath it! and it sits. same spot, until i build a gantry or something to rig off of. Ahhh Hobbies.... Love It!

Thanks for the comments, I'll have to travel up there to check it out. Thanks again Chad J

After reading this thread ( well more skimming through ) I remembered this video a guy at work sent Scots in Oz and went back try to find it and found this one also KILT both just as funny! well i got a kick out of it anyway! Enjoy hope the links work. Chad J

I want to start by saying I'm not a machinist, but want to start as a hobbyist. There is a old shaper on a local classified site, and i was wondering would it be worth the trouble to get this or is this considered obsolete. Maybe put time and money into a milling and lathe machine? This is the link. Ksl.com Thanks for any input. Chad J

That looks like a great knife! i like the file work, Beautiful! Chad

That sounds like an awesome time!! I'm a little envious!

Beautiful hammer! and a very nice shop!!!!

Dang Nice!!!!!

Hey Jim, Dang Nice as always!

Hey Sam, Awesome hammer! really looks great!

Hey Dale, like everybody here i consider them family, may not know you personally, but your family none the less. If you need anything don't be afraid to ask! You and your sweetie take care. Chad J

Hey Eric, Here's a place that sells it by the foot. I just ordered 6' of the 1-1/4" dia and they didn't ask why. They still have grease and a plastic strip down the center that said made in the USA, but not like the well used ground in grease and grime of the 2nd hand stuff. www.webriggingsupply.com elliscustomknifeworks.hightemptools.com Hope this helps. Chad J P.S. I'll keep adding links as i remember them.

Hey Smithy1, Those are AWESOME!!!!! If you ever think about tossing one of those in the trash, send it my way! I would find something for them!!! By the way those are really great i like them a lot! Keep up the great work! Chad J

Congratulations Andie! And way to go Dennis!

Hey Frank As per Anvils in america, that serial number was around 1907................still reading about the nash........... Chad J

Hey Randy As per Anvils in America he states that, "At this time i don't know who manufactures them. the anvil was advertised in the 1903-04 Clung & Company catalog of Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the 1934 and 1940 belknap catalogs. This would seem to indicate that the GEM anvil was made over a long period of time. the 1903 ad has the anvil listed in 75 and 100 pound increments and in the 1934 and 1940 catalogs at 100 pounds only." Not a lot of info, but maybe somebody else here has more to add. Chad J

Hey Adam, That's pretty cool! did you come up with the design?

I had the same problem, i went in and asked for ferric chloride and got the deer in the head light look. Went home and looked it up on there web site and found there catalog number and took it in to them and THEN they found it! Model: 276-1535 | Catalog #: 276-1535 Hope that helps Chad J

hey BIGGUNDOCTOR thanks for the comment. that Cable was 1 1/4" from the crane's main whip line. and after i showed him the knife i couldn't get it back to show other people! hey LDW, thanks, i sanded to 400 grit then a glass bead blasted it, to give it a satin look that you really can't see from the photos. then a etch secession for 30 minutes in 1:7 ferric chloride/water solution.

Here is the latest for a gentleman at work. It is made from some crane cable i salvaged from work. it is 8" x 1", with a 4" handle. The handle is some jatoba (common to the Caribbean, Central and South America) with two 1/4"mosaic pins and four 1/8" brass rod. Thanks for looking, any comments are welcome. Chad J

Hey Kevin Great job! really like the birds eye!

Found this finish hammer at work, it was sitting on the ground next to a broken handle. I seen others make a ball peen hammer and thought why not! I forge welded the claws together and when i was drawing it into a point a broke the weld. So i twisted them them together. And actually after the fact, they don't look half bad! Well for my first anyway!

That's awesome! Nicely done. Chad

just a few things that followed me home in the last month or so. some crane cable and some pt cable. more crane cable. they restrung a tower crane at work. two- 4'x8'x1" steel plate, should make a nice welding table.