BillyBones

Those are not motor mounts, they are spring mounts. Looks mostly like GM rear spring mounts with couple Ford front leaf spring mounts. Many Ford 4x4 have leaf springs in the front, especially the heavy duty trucks like you would find on a farm. It is pretty common to replace both the spring and the mount. The bolt gets frozen in the bushing and will not come out so it is easier just to cut the rivets holding the mount to the frame and replace the whole assembly. Thomas, you see them now becuase it is cheaper to re-buy that to re-label or return. As an example a parts store next to where i work changed their color scheme. Rather than corporate re-brand or just sell as is they had the store just fill the dumpster. I mean $1,000's worth of parts just chucked into the trash. Also with the covid many shops have went under. We have had a 20% reduction here alone. People going into clean out those shops just see scrap metal. Fun climate fact, global warming leads to an ice age. When the polar caps melt the heat from the sun is absorbed by the ground and sea water rather than reflected back into the atmosphere. This lowers global temps. The lower temps lead to a covering of ice and snow which then covers the polar caps leading to global warming trend by reflecting the heat back into the atmosphere...

I pay $215 a ton, delivered. Some of the blocks weigh in at over a 100# but once you learn how to break coal it is no big deal. Most are about the size of a football though.

A couple years ago we got a transmission in a wooden crate at work. Huge heavy crate that i looked at and said that would make a nice cabinet in the barn. I got it all hung with the door swinging down. 2 legs and i can use it as a work space also. I had hinges i repurposed off something else but no hasp. So i made one. Also my first double barrel hinge. A lot of mistakes, like the set of hole next to the hinge, need it to over hang an inch. A few steps of the process i would do different also. The pic, still needs filing (a lot of filing, it is done now so it was a lot of filing on the rectangle hole) the hook needs tweaked for the staple location. I was going to make a plate with the staple riveted to it for the hoop but it got late and i got lazy so i just did a quick staple. Definitely need to work on my hacksaw skills.

Welcome aboard. When i first started i thought i wanted to make blades. While i like forging them i hate finish work. I found i want to beat hot metal. If you are new to using tools one thing that i would like to touch on is this: dont forget the PPE. Safety, safety, safety. A good pair of safety glasses should be the first thing you get. You will also want a respirator. Many materials are quite dangerous when grinding, including some woods. Consider a leather apron, you can get a welders apron fairly cheap. May want to redo the straps so it is not supported by your neck though. When forging wear natural fiber cloths, the giant scar i have on my leg shows i had to learn the hard way that hot scale and polyester work pants are not a good mix. Cotton will burn, polyester burns and melts into your skin. You have joined a great group of folks here. They have helped me out tremendously. Keep it fun but above all stay safe.

George, we have that same law about how many liquor license are allowed. I am not sure how they do with bars but i think that bars are not allowed to sell liquor for consumption out side the establishment but they can beer. Where i grew up in KY it was a dry county, liquor came in a Mason jar, i went back for a visit a few years ago and stayed in the new hotel they built. As i sat in the bar of the motel enjoying a beer it hit me that i was not supposed to be able to. So i asked what happened with the dry county. The only liquor license in the entire county was given to that motel. May have something to do with it was one of the huge chain motels. I cannot remember if it was when i was stationed at Ft. Hood or Ft. Knox that if you went out one gate it was dry but the other gate it was a wet county. Guess which had more traffic. Not sure if it is true or not but a shot of liquor is called a shot because in the old west you could get a small drink for a bullet. Maybe a wives tale, i dont know.

We got 1 1/2" of snow the night before last, flurries and freezing rain last night, come tuesday they are forecasting 81*. But that is Ohio, we have a saying here "Dont like the weather, wait 10 minutes it will change."

"Tell me and i forget, teach me and i remember, involve me and i learn" an old quote that has always stuck with me.

Huh, whiskey comes in different brands than "Mason" or "Ball"?

Here in Ohio we call the place to buy liquor the State Store. You have to have a license from the state liquor agency to sell anything over 40 proof. They have gone from independent stores to now drive throughs and carry outs can get the license.

You poor guys, we only got about 1 1/2" here near Dayton.

Those aint just transmissions, them there are some seriously heavy duty standard transmissions. Dump truck or tow truck.

Guess i will go with the slug then.

I was in Germany from 89-92. Had a blast, 19 years old, could be served in the local tavern. I really wish i could remember some of those days Are there many Norwegian Blues in Sweden? I would figure they could fly to Sweden from Norway. I would have one as long as he is not pining for the fjords.

Welcome, i used to live in Livingston Parish, just outside Denham Springs.

I to am doing some work on doors and locks. Here is one that i just got through cleaning up and ready to re-install. This one goes into a pocket in the door. The striker plate and lockplates for the doors have that same pattern on them. I also have the style you have through out the house. Fortunately those were not painted over. Anyway just thought you would like to see it. Also i do not think this one is as old as yours having the stamped steel body and all. I am also pretty sure that the pattern was stamped then chased by hand. You can see small inconstancies from one to the other but, in my opinion, they are to uniform to have been done completely by hand.

George, I figured as much. When i was stationed in Germany you could pretty much travel the whole country and not speak a word of German.

Will, your only 14? Cool. Like others have said this is not a beginners project. 5160 is notoriously hard to weld. If this is your first ax i would suggest getting something much easier to weld to get the hang of it. Something you may want to try. Cut some small pieces of your spring, say maybe 1/2" long. Put 2 of them together and try and weld them. Make a couple faggots like that and while doing it pay attention to the color and look of the metal. Once you can do that an ax should be easy peasy. Anyway keep at it. When you get it and you have made 100 axes you will wonder why it was such a fuss.

Do ya'll speak English there? The only Swedish i know is from the Swedish chef. Put me a bed and a shower in there and no one will ever see me again, heck i dont even need a shower with the stream right there. Beautiful shop, beautiful location. Looks like there is already electricity from the overhead lights.

1100 posts! DHarris here is a jig i use. Just change the socket for different sized stock or you can bend around the socket. Quite handy. The socket has a piece of 1/2" square about 2" long or so to hold it. That is a 26mm socket on it, i got sockets that go up to 2". Shirts have buttons? Huh, who would have figured. I wish i could say that about my time in. I spent 90% of it knee deep in the mud and rain. As someone who served combat arms the medic and the cook were the 2 guys you wanted as friends. Thanks for patching us fools up.

You can get a replica 1914 (?) original edition from that place named after the forest in S. America for about $45.

Even the old lady said that is pretty cool.

We have an old church here that has plexi over all there windows, but they are 150 year old stained glass and it is there to keep vandals from breaking them. I have somewhat of the same problem with glazing windows, however all mine are interior. I have windows between a couple rooms. I am doing them with silicone caulk instead of the old glaze. Looks about the same but much easier to work. Right now though i am doing the interior doors. They all have gorgeous bronze hardware that has about a 100 years of paint covering it all. A good paint stripper and a lot of mineral spirits and so far i have 2 out of 15 done. The good thing is the wife dont want them perfect she wants that aged chippy paint look. I been posting some pics of my progress, the next will come once i get the 2nd door hung. It is a double, bi-fold between my bedroom and the living room. Next up is bathroom doors, yes i have more than 1 door in the downstairs bathroom, then the mudroom and upstairs. After i rebuild the basement stairs. Man a lot of work in an old house but the resale will worth it. Anyway, i made me a filing vice this weekend. Not real purty but purty don make functionable. Edit: 2 of 15 doors done, of course that means 45 hinges, 30 lock plates, 15 locks, 30 doorknobs, etc., etc.

While i do not use many burs, i do cut stainless. A die grinder will spin at 25,000+ RPMs. When i am setting up a stainless job at work i spin it at about 2,000 RPMs. Steve is spot on, slow it down and expect to wear out the tooling. We change tools at about 1/2 the life if i were cutting a 1035 or 1018 steel. You can also tell the difference in stainless to other steel by the chip it makes. Stainless will pull a spiral when drilled while regular steel makes small chips for instance. You can download some of the older Machinery Handbook, a new one will cost somewhere around $200. However even the older ones the info is still usefull today. 304 stainless cuts the same today as it did 20 years ago. The only reason to get a new one is for the newer materials and tooling. This book will tell you how fast you can cut different materials along with a whole bunch of other stuff most people look at like they are reading Greek. Anyway it is one i highly recommend for any one who wants to work metals. Not only does it have speeds and feeds, but drill and tap tables, conversion tables, etc. Loads and loads of info, hence the price of a new one. Well worth the investment in my opinion.

Steam rotary plow? So...Snow Piercer is not real then?

Blu, we have a few guys here that still run gassers and the old style funny cars with the shortened wheel base and straight axles. Many of the older guys still raise the fronts of their cars also. Thomas, that is certainly a thrill. I never got to see a Saturn launch but i did get to see a space shuttle launch. Watching on the TV gives no justice to just how fast that thing is really moving. The M-1 Abrams has a turbine engine. One night when i was in the field my tank commander asked me to start the tank to charge the batteries. When they start it sounds like a jet plane. Starts with that low woooooo sound and gradually gets louder and higher pitched. After about 5 mins of it running these 2 medics come out of the bushes. They were on their compass course, got lost and heard our tank and thought they were near the airstrip. We did have one on post, 20 miles away.