JTF
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Post drill straight shank bits, they are getting harder to find nowadays. I paid $20 for these on eBay. -
My 2 Rapid models
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My Buffalo Forge 206
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Does anyone know the years that Buffalo Forge started making and ceased making the 612 post drill . I have a copy of an advertisement for it dated 1941, but no solid dates of manufacture .
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I really do need to find old girl a bigger stump. -
My 6 & 1/4 inch -
My 4 inch -
My 5 inch -
The tool is made out of a straightened coil spring. -
Mine is just a simple one ,with all three letters JTF as one. -
I picked up a scythe at a the Yungaburra Markets a couple of years ago, I have finally got round to restoring it , on the tang the is a markers mark of a hose and rider with the word SHEFFIELD stamped under it. I have tried looking up Sheffield blade smiths and other tool markers but can not find this touchmark. Can anyone help ?
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Smithy sweet Smithy -
And now {2014} all but finished , I need to make a handle for the top feed wheel . -
I paid 20 dollars for this in 2012, broken ,seized, and missing parts, but It did have a drill bit in the chuck { rare as rocking horse sh#t }. -
Show Me Your Antique Drill Press
JTF replied to Brenton's topic in Drills, Post drills, Mag drills, etc
My 2 Buffalo Forge No. 612 Post Drill Press'. The mounted one I have had to make many of the parts , as I found it as scrap, The other I have just got and will start restoring it next week. -
..............and now I have a 6 inch added to the collection as well, I will have to forge a spring and mounting plate for the old girl.
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Cleaning up and old anvil or any rusty tool.
JTF replied to mt2020's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
Molasses mixture is the best rust remover I have ever seen , 1 part to 7 parts water , -
This is my 206 , I can not find any info. about this model. My brother pick this up for me from a swap meet in Brisbane a couple of years ago . I copied the stands legs from photos of other blowers, I had to overhaul it, the gearbox was full of mud and rock hard grease It puts out a good wind, works a treat with in my smithy.,.
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My 4 and 5 inch leg vices and my little Henry Boker bench vice.
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My Peter Wright 305 Pounder. It was ordered for the Tilly cane farm late 1900 and arrived at the port of Cairns , Australia , in 1901 . It remanded with the farm until the farm was sold up for residential development . At that point it became MINE ! .
