Reeltree

Look online at new ones if you are leery

2 hours ago, Brewsky88 said:

Now just have to find room for them.

Let me store those fer ya on the front of my backhoe bucket

Last fall Lowe down box stores had a Makita chop saw and 4 1/2"  7 amp grinder combo marked down from $199 to $149.  Being frugal as I am,  thought to wait till the close out sale.  I have 3 of said stores within my normal travels.  One store had only one the other two had 5.  Checked on the one and it was gone, store guy said they did reduce it for clearance a week back and went quick.  Went by another store and was told they too clearance priced them and one guy bought them all.  Stopped by the last store and they still had all five units along with the $149 price.  I talked to a store guy and ran down the story of the other two stores and then we began to haggle.  I realized I had the upper hand in this negotiation being they were closing out other tools for new incoming stock.  So I got the deal closed for $100 .  My old dewalt flapper grinder is on its last leg along with the cheapo 25 year old chop saw .  The Makita grinder also too has the flapper switch which I prefer. 

That had to hurt the ol' pocket book

Well it will be spring gobbler season soon and they are a in full swing now.  Was a stand off yesterday morning behind the house on who would be the lucky propagator, I was able to get the "deed" on video

Simon  -  Mitchel    they sound the same to me

yessss,,, Joanie

Revived this old auction find weather vain.  Heat and beat some twisting and flattening a little bit of welding then slapped on some paint. Just need to drag the 28' ladder out to the end of the shop to measure for a mounting bracket

Deep cell batteries are designed to drain and charge over and over,, Marina type, trolling motors, live wells and the like, last longer.

Thx for the reply,,the tank is old as Methuselah, I have been opening the gas valve sloooowly, I usually do the same on the torch tanks , I will try the reg. on a newer 20 # tank tomorrow , I took the hose off the out port and tried free flow incase was any trash, no ,luck,Ialways crack bottle valve before attaching any thing ,

0-30 psi adjustable high pressure regulator showed up today,,a snaping/ popping sound as the gas valve is slowly turned on and off .  Sounds like the diaphram inside the regulator. Does not return to set pressure, most times only barely allows flow until repeatedly close/ open gas valve. $45 HOJ. Will call the supplier Monday.  Did get it working for a few times and tested the two burners. Will fine tune those after forge is built, thinking of a old portable air tank as the sacrificial lamb

Your sand paper resembles  the type used on machines for sanding hardwood floors

Id say leave it in as in condition,,it matches your slide square

Ok ,Im off to bed and tomorrow when I wake I will have made it over the hill twice so I will light six candles and reflect

is it a cure then eat raw ?

Was able to find some stuff,,just need to get a regulator and some .35 tips.  Lincoln magnum tips will work with the 1/4 x 28 tap

Never ever fails,,you can bend down pick up every little nut bolt washer , save every usable screw for untold years and when you need that specific one Out of Luck. Same applies to The burner parts, decided to slap a couple together knowing full well I must have the fittings,Pffft everything but, have every tweco tip except .35, even have a big spool of .35 wire go figure. Somehow I managed to have a 1/4 x 28 tap.Anyhooo I will get one done sometime or another.

A man has to realize his own limitations, so when it comes to chemistry I"ll leave it all to you guys

Thx, I Just mod the nail puller jaws ( sample laying beside) to a scrolling jaw, will do final tuning on a scroll sometime,,I have been finding shop stuff to do as a diversion from prepping for paint on upstairs rooms,,old farm house = a lot of cracks  and a lot of work. Bathroom was remodeled 2 summers back, kitchen  and bedrooms downstairs last year now three rooms left upstairs.  Have to get into the right mind set to get motivated.

Another thing off the "to do" table. 

22 hours ago, jlpservicesinc said:

Reeltree -nice chisel..  Have you used these for hot chisels before?  Wondering how they would hold up.. 

No ,, is a first with a rail clip, another poster just did one this past week and the consensuses was a good source  material . Got the tingle  to do a little heat & beat today.

That WR piece reminds me of a fence/gate rail top ornament, or the beginnings of a mushroom

Pooty Tooty the II & Tucker. they both passed on a year ago, they had a long and wonderfully live here on the farm

Viking nice looking candle holder, perhaps a clef note for the music lovers,

Heat & Beat a rail clip to a hot cut 

Thx ,, the strange thing is I measured to center then punched a mark , still could not bring it home,,o'well