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I have 2 - 16" and 2 -  20"  Log Dogs that I've have for a few yrs.  I always seemed to loose them from sight when we knocked them out of the log to roll it so I painted them Orange.  2 weeks ago they disappeared from our hunting camp sight 2 miles in the mountains.  We saw some 4 wheeler tracks not ours but lost them in the rocks.  I stopped at every small store, rest. diner on the way home.  Following Sat night I had a call that someone had seen them at a tag/lawn sale near us. My son and I  paid them a visit at 8 pm and demanded our Dogs back and where did he get them, "Oh My son found them laying beside the road in so and so town"  I told him wrong town and kiddo might not want to take things from our camp again Cameras are all over there next visit will be from SP.  Gave them a fresh coat of orange when they got back here.  Going to put name on them as well. 

Handiness tools working with logs there are, ours are from 9/16  sq. stock.   

What a pain the new listings of organizations is, I'm on the road again for a spell and the extra effort to see what might be new on NEBs.  Judson are they mailing anything I'm without a printer out here. 

depends on condition, how much you need them and he wants top sell, there is no book on used tool values, also how much money you have to spend. 

We use smaller pressure filters like this design to filter sand out of Maple Syrup.  When the sap comes up from the ground it beings sand with it and when boiled down the sand follows along the syrup. 

Thanks folks I needed a laugh or two today. 

paint scraper I would think the Square hole at the top might be incase your handle was on a sq, shaft and it would also fit. 

Irondragon you and Thomas are right it was a different time and place beginning to think we are on a different planet today.  All this took place while I was employed by Uncle Sam Wearing green uniforms 24/7 like 90% of others my age. Enjoy the music more today than then. 

 Looks to me this is mounted  on a wagon tongue, used by both sides during Civil War, Spanish American war.  Gentleman here on IFI wrote and sells a book on Civil War Farriers.   Doesn't look like it would mount on a bench with the "Fang" sticking down on the top mount but would keep it from slipping on a wagon tongue. 

If the You Tube listed in Glenn's message is the right one there is something wrong here.  That is a picture of a much more modern jeep than a WWII it appears to have a gas tank hanging down behind the axle, All the early ones military and civilians had a 5 gal tank under the drivers seat.  the springs set up shown also is not from the early jeeps much later. 

I broke a number of bell cranks on our jeeps ,95% of the time in real rough hard off road driving or using in the fields.  I was harrowing with one in a 20 acres field, large for our area and was busy watching the harrows and drove up on a stone wall and broke one.  my Dad not being happy over this esp. the time lost made me walk out across the field 3 evenings carrying by hand all tools and parts needed to change it  Radiator had to come out save the antifreeze for reuse.  Never had the right tools to start with so back across the field again and all tools had to be taken to the shop every night. He got his point across and it was 2 weeks pay for the parts. 

.Our jeeps never had power enough to twist and break a bell crank even with  2 hamsters on the wheel under the hood and our brakes were always so rusted and full of mud we did better throwing out an anchor to try to stop.  Thinking tonight that our '50 jeep had a power take off on it that was the one I was harrowing with and our '55 had a 3 point hitch on it.  They worked everyday right along side the tractors. 

I'm going to have to see more evidence on this axle twist broken bell crank problem I think. I can believe the V6 jeeps maybe  but the 4's??

Just my opinion with some experience with the Willy  jeep. 

Welcome Back BTL. 

Oh there are a number of Vermonters here on IFI.  There is a Hammer IN at Lake Champlain Maritime Mus. on Sat if you are interested give them a call if interested.  A New England Blacksmiths Meet next weekend  down in Brentwood in Southern NH.  Info for that on NEBs sight  here at IFI. 

Very nice

You got a good deal.  The small one looks like the one New England Blacksmiths have made and they sell to members at $180. + freight  more to non members.    Front one looks like what I consider a swage block.  Got Holes.

Still learning?  You  should be learning everyday until  all your friends join together to give you a send off and your fire has died. 

Wooden floors in Blacksmith shops were very common.  Thinking back on the many in my town growing up they were all  wooden.  I have tracked down and Photo'd many others in the last 40 yrs   . and have a bunch of historical pictures of shops through out the US and very safe saying the majority were wooden.  Found one I had read about that when he rebuilt the shop when cars became a sideline for him he installed concrete except for a 12' x 12' section near the forges that he put a wooden section into it to shoe on. 

I have noted a number of original shops I've visited that the roof beams and roof boards are black and burned to charcoal in places from being on fire.  One or two walls I've seen burned but no floors to date.  I have concrete as it work for me.

Just my observation

On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 7:15 PM, Nivsknives said:

I've been building a basic folding machine in my dinner break at work for about 4 months now and finally finished it today so I thought I'd share it with you all.

We call them Bench Breaks in my part of the world.  nice job.  I worked in a shop in CT USA in the late '60 for a few months after getting out of the army where we made these.  Few Hundred a month.  We also built 100 ton Press breaks.  Always have wanted one, don't really need it but would be nice and the last one I saw of this manufacturer they wanted 4 times what it sold for new.

" If you hit me with that hammer one more time I'm going to fall on your toes"  "I set out here in the cold all winter while you were in Sunny Warm Florida, and now you are home I'm suppose to welcome you and let you beat on me. I don't think so!" 

I understand on the vice, enjoy your old friend and the way down memory lane will be smooth.

Brazer  all the best here, as has been said strokes are the worse, my Dad had one a number of yrs. ago.  He hung in the family business  until he felt I had what it was going to take to carry on. 

It would be nice if you or any of us could give a dedicated young person a "leg up" in blacksmithing by gifting your anvil and tools and your knowledge esp. Knowledge.  Please stay on IFI giving us all the benefit of your experience it doesn't come everyday. 

Hang in there Blazer. 

The Lake Champlain Maritime Mus. , Basin Harbor VT will hold it's Annual Hammer In  on Sat. May 26, 2018 at their facility outside Vergennes VT. 

It will be 9-4 with lunch included in costs.  Cost $35.  Judson Yaggy of Bristol VT who you see often on IFI will be the Demonstrator.  Judson has over 25 yrs experience in the craft.  He is also one of the state directors for Vermont to the New England Blacksmiths.

Further info and registration is on Line at lcmm.org          Call: 802-475-2022

Worth the trip to see the nearly new Blacksmith  training center and all  the classes offered there through out the summer esp. bladesmithing

I offer my condolences as well to all  his family and friends. 

Find a museum that might like it, est. a price that will  stand the test of review  , (IRS) donate it and take a tax deduction, that is if these deductions are still available next yr.  Nice conversation piece in a shop and slightly  useful at times.       

Cabin Fever is a state of mind I have discovered after 70+ yrs, also discovered that at this age the mind is in a state of confusion often. Just keep moving your mind around onto different things.   My mother's remedy was if nothing else to do get outside and shovel snow (we always seem to have a surplus of it) and even it there is no need for the snow to be moved it will not hurt the snow and gives a little exercise. 

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 9:58 AM, Marker Dylan said:

I'm in the Springfield area. I have looked into them and am interested. Right now I'm trying to scavange for time to do anything as my actually job takes most of it.

I'm about 25 miles north of you when home I got sick of the bitter cold and loaded up and in Estero FL for another month.  Jobs have a tendency  of taking too much time away from life.  More than willing to chat when we get back but shop in state of confusion since moving farms and retiring. 

Hello Mark, welcome to IFI and the blacksmith bug!  How Far Southern VT?  As you can see I'm north of you most likely but at the moment warming myself in SW Florida.

Thomas Powers is correct look up New England Blacksmiths here and on the net.  Spring meet is lasted as well as a fall meet in Colraine ? Mass.  There will most likely be a Hammer In at Lake Champlain Maritime Mus around Memorial Day. 

We all started somewhere usually from scratch. 

Dale