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i saw an add not too long ago for a mouse hole 260lbs for 150$ but it sold fast

i got dibs on first one

honestly if you decided to make these and sell em pm me id be interested and like biggundoc said you need a mark on these and weight , i saw the ones on ebay but yours is way more detailed anyways great work mate

post pics

oh kk thanks

no one has a clue of the make?

sweet post pics if you can

yeah i cleaned the thread as well, used a pointy file to remove all the rust and grime that werenleft in threads over the years now it works great i greased it up too to keep it working well for a long time probly the best 20$ i ever spent lol

heres the pics of the add i bought it from(the before pics)

leg vise is done as well now need to do the forge heres the link to the vise http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/42027-unknown-leg-vise/

so as some of you know since i talked about it in my anvil thread i bought a 60lbs blacksmith leg vise for 20$CDN, the guy i bought it from found it in the fields of his farm buried in dirt so it was in pretty bad shape.i couldnt even open it, it was totaly jammed up in rust anyways with a bit of elbow grease i finaly got it all appart,i used the wire wheel on the drill to clean every part then oiled it up with engine oil and rebuilt it, i had to grind a tapper on that lower bolt because it wouldnt fit jn the nut anymore because when i extracted it i gave it a couple of hammer blows to release it and it upset the metal anyways heres the pics . i put a peice of wood there under the spring to try and make it change a bit of position since it dosent have enough tentoin anymore ,in was thinking of heating it up and bending it a bit more for better tention but not sure if its a good idea, maybe you guys have a better solution to this,other than that it works great now, also i cant find any markings on it if anyone can identify it that would be great as well thanks guys!

sweet ,c'ant wait to try her out to see what it felt like to use tools of the good old days just need to set up my forge now and finish restoring that vise of course, ill work on that tomorrow morning though

oh ok thanks wasnt sure if i was just missing a peice

great! thanks bud ill order one this week once i get my paychek (spent too much this week)

yeah kinda proud of my purchase here just made another good one today though, i got a 60lbs leg vise for 20 bucks the only thing is that it was rusted preatty bad and the screw was jammed but i got to loose it and finally got that part out and now im trying to part out the rest to restore it fully,ill post pics when i geta chance

nice thanks for the tip neil but i was just wondering if its normal to have only 1 of the 2 washers on mine or did they all have 2

hi guys im actually restoring a leg vise as well,and got lucky to come across this thread but its raising questions, is it normal that mine doesent have the screw box washer? i do have the thrust washer though...

great thanks! i tested the ring and rebound when i bought it ,stills rings and rebound seems decent,theres not much dents on top mostly just busted up corners on one side the other is fine though

hi guys new here,ive been wanting to start blacksmithing for years now and finally bought myself an anvil,its a 1854-1975 mouse hole anvil with this written on it " M&H armitage mouse hole forge 1.0.13" so if im right and did my homework it should be 125lbs anyways just wondering if i got a good deal on this or if i overpaid(lol really wanted an anvil) got the set of tongs for free but paid 350$CDN for the anvil btw im from quebec canada anyways here the pics i cleaned her up with the metal brush that goes on the drill then oiled it with a little extra engine oil i had laying around