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Cool idea Das. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Logged in early this morning and immediately hit the list of blueprints in the Activity section. Are you done loading them? Thanks Steve!

Scott I like the shock an awe you provide.

Nice work Chad. Only 98 coat hangers to go. (sarcasm) Frosty thanks as always for the encouragement. Will do swedefiddle. The school is in Underwood, it's not far from me. Unfortunately Longview,WA is a bit of a drive witch is where a lot of blacksmithing stuff happens. And I'm always working 6 days a week when Swaptoberfest is happening. One of these days I'll retire. The pliers teeth need a little fiddling to line them up. They work well for holding small drifts, 1/4 to 3/8"

Got the reigns shaped half round and realized the boss area wasn't quite the same. The only tongs I had that would hold well were the 1/2" style I got from Fazier. Some things I've been doing for the past week. Made a 2 1/2 Lbs cross pein, chisels and a punch. Straitened out several pieces of door spring for future whatever projects.

The 64 1/2 inch stationary Dayton bandsaw I use at work doesn't have a cylinder. I'm very careful about lowering slowly onto the workpiece. I'm guessing it was bought back in the 80's? It's a real common style I see at auctions. Took a close look at that red one at harbor freight and it is pretty much identical.

Have you tried it as it's pictured in the ad.? Second picture. Just wondering if there is enough weight to use it as a stationary band saw. In other words, set it up to cut something and walk a way from it while it does the work.

A recent video "How to put a copper skin on steel" by GS tongs, Its a different approach. Who knows how long the finish will last.

Thank you Scott. I just push them in tight, did this a couple of days ago. I suppose I could glue them in and just keep using the same cap when a pen wares out. I don't think I've used those metallic sharpies yet.

Trying to keep things quickly accessible by the vise. Drilled a couple of 1/2 inch holes and jammed Sharpies in them. I can grab them with one hand. Cap stays in the hole.

Yeah, that does sound like fun. You took apart a seed drill? Thats got me thinking about one I bought for 150 bucks several years ago thats been sitting ever since.

To bad we don't live closer Scott. I have a 3 point sickle mower parts machine. Thats a part that probably never wares out. Its a knife/ledger/segment guard, not sure its hardened. But, between are two supplies you could build quite a flock.

Hopefully they have surveillance video that will lead to catching the thief (s).

Don't think I can add much to what has already been said. Other than maybe two pieces of angle iron laid across the feet of the anvil, and anchored down to the stump real tight with lag screws. Your situation makes me think of Glenn at GS Tongs. He does his smithing on an apartment balcony in Taiwan.

Finished this mourning. I know, pliers are pretty mundane. But I enjoy making tools. Used a part of a load lock for the serrated jaws.