j.morse

Thanks Bigfoot, I'll check them out.

Anyone have any info to share as far as a review of either grinder/buffer? I need a 2 x 72, but don't have the $ for the high end belt grinders out there.

I made a bunch of those out of small diameter copper rod that is around 5/32 in diameter. I bought a coil of it at Home Depot. The various wimmen-folk loved them. They were considerably smaller than the one pictured above. 

On ‎3‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 1:54 PM, ThomasPowers said:

May be contaminated with H2S; and he should know if it was involved with any sour gas wells as that's common knowledge in the patch. I worked one well where I was responsible for testing the Sour Gas detector. Not fun!  Get your APB to tell you some of the horror stories about sour gas.  Probably not much of a problem  IFF you are using proper ventilation *BUT* why add another worry?

Thank you Thomas.

On 5/16/2019 at 7:26 AM, pnut said:

j.morse, could you post a picture of it please?  

Sorry Pnut, I just saw you request. I only have my phone as a camera, and don't know how to do it from the phone. I'll see if I can find a way to get a photo on here.

 I picked up a beautiful 4" Monday p.m. for $70. It also needed a spring. I went out to my trapping stuff and grabbed the spring off an old (I've owned it 50+ years!)Victor no. 1 long-spring. Works like a charm. The vise has a number 5 on the underside of the screw-down plate. Any ideas as to it's maker?

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 5:47 PM, ThomasPowers said:

Note sucker rod is often cheap in TX; but is generally medium carbon steel and so hard to use. AVOID ANY SUCKER RODS THAT HAVE BEEN IN SOUR GAS WELLS!

My All Purpose Boy is an oil field worker. I can get sucker rod by the literal ton. Why do I need to stay away from the stuff used in sour gas wells, and just as importantly....how can you tell what type well it was in????

That is a great looking Wilkinson anvil. I have one nearly identical, except mine is just a few pounds lighter at 143 lbs. A REAL STEAL! 

  Can any of you folks give me the name of a good metal touchmark making company. I have improved my abilities enough that I want to sign my work!

I paid $150 for a 90lb. Columbian near Farwell a couple summers ago. I was tickled pink to get the darn thing, I'd been looking for a long while.

HP500, where are you from?

 Taxidermist....recently retired.

considering the fact that my shop was also my full-time taxidermy studio for near 30 years, I have had all manner of weird animals come through my door......most of which were deceased at the time.

Once again you've made "beautiful things"!

Your doing a great job on it!

Ain't that the truth!

Wow, I am experiencing anvil envy big-time!! What a great deal. Was that thing bought in Michigan? If so, what county?

It sure resembles my Wilkinson.  Does it say anything on its sides?

  Gunslinger, the forge went for $475, tongs for $17 each(bidders choice of a couple dozen), and the anvil sold for $650. I'd give my left eye tooth for a PR that size and shape (it was in great shape), but I'm just too stingy with my loot! I find it hard to believe the darn things are selling for the prices they are getting. Then again, a couple of vehicles I've owned, if I still owned them, would sell for 2-3 times what they did new. I'm officially and old guy I guess. 

 There was a big old (315 lb?) Peter Wright at an auction near Mesick, Mi. today. I had a friend bid on it for me because I couldn't make it........the first bid thrown was exactly my maximum!  It was a beauty I'd loved to have had. Any of the members there? They sold an old forge and a bunch of tongs too.

My All Purpose Boy works in the oilfields here, and has lugged home a few sucker rods. The only thing I have pounded out of them were some dinner bell triangles. That was from the rod, not the knuckle/coupler on the end. It was HARD stuff.

The second photo....what Daswulf called Hobbles/Shackles, are what old country boys call "cow kickers". They were, as Kozzy said, used while milking....... to keep cows from kicking over the milk pail!  Got a set just like those hanging on my wall even as I type this.

If you post your location people will know more.

Go to "Etsy" and search "Hand Forged". There are a zillion simple, yet useful, items being sold there by other forgers. There will be an overload of ideas when you scroll there.

Hawg, personal message sent.