divermike Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I replied to another thread here, about tool gathering, and it got me to thinking, what do I really want in my shop for Christmas, and I am trying to keep it real, not like asking for a 250lb beaudry or chambersburg or something, just reasonable items, and my wish list is: A treadle hammer or a bit more time in the shop or A fly press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 An anvil with edges. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 All I want for Christmas is to be home with my family. If I were dumb enough to spend that time out in the shop I would be flirting with death for sure (my wife can kill with nothing more than a sharp look from forty paces...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 An anvil with edges. Weld a hardie post to a piece of plate steel and put it on the top of the anvil when needed. You can radius the edges of the plate how ever you like, and when you wear it out, replacing it with a new plate. The cost is one welding rod and some scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Time to work the forge, weather that cooperates, and less needs for the money to go to... what I got was a visit from most of my Family, which was better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Well I'm hoping to get the purlins mounted on my shop extension; but may get to go visit relatives instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan W Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 A few jigs would be nice. Mainly S hook and Heart. I do a lot of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Weld a hardie post to a piece of plate steel and put it on the top of the anvil when needed. You can radius the edges of the plate how ever you like, and when you wear it out, replacing it with a new plate. The cost is one welding rod and some scrap. OK, since this is a "Tool and Workshop Wish List" I'll go with a real wish list Peddinghaus #9 anvil 'cause that's about the biggest I can move by myself. Since I have no welder, a welder, one that can do wire, stick, and tig, with or without gas shield if desired and all necessary attachments, on a nice welding cart, and a visit from the electrician so my wife doesn't worry. New garage/workshop so all the tools and lawn equipment move out of my parking spot in the existing garage AND I can have a dry, heat-able, workshop suitable to use both solid fuel and gas forges WITHOUT having to move lawn equipment or cars to use said workshop. Concrete driveway, at least by the house, asphalt from the pad to the road is fine. The county requires asphalt in the right of way anyways! And I'll take a basket ball hoop set up on that new pad for my daughter while we are at it, even though she won't be big enough to use it for a couple more years. If this is a less frivolous wish list then it can start with healthy family and friends for the new year, and many more to come. Oh yea, can't forget world peace! I have stock to make a bottom set, bottom fuller, and hot cut hardy. I have a bolster plate to upset them on (finished filing hole clean today). I have not yet finished the pair of tongs to handle stock of this size (1 1/2 inch round 4140) so maybe I just want time to work and a striker. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 1. A pair of rollers for a roller-mill. I have the rest of the parts. 2. A copy of "The Skills of a Blacksmith: v.2: Mastering the Fundamentals of Leaf-work" by Mark Aspery 3. A new power supply for my computer, it might be dying. 4. A full-time job would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 For it to warm the xxxx up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 A lessening of my back pain would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 id just like life to SLOW DOWN so i can get more of the fun stuff done:) happy christmas everyone xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRunals Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 i'd like a striker to give me a hand once in a while..... i've been doing a lot of 1"+ square stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 My list is long and unfortunately unlikely to be shortened this season. First I'd like to be well enough they'd at least trust me with my shop keys. Yeah, they not only took my truck and car keys but my shop keyd too Take too hard a crack on the head and nobody trusts you with anything dangerous anymore. I'd like insulation, wiring, lights and a power drop from the pole so I can warm and light the place while running a power tool. I'd like to be able to drive again too. Okay, don't get all maudlin on me, all these things are temporary, and as soon as the Therapists and hospital testers think I'm okay I'll get my juice back so I can go to work, plow my own driveway and do stuff in my shop. I'm alive and recovering well so I'm not complaining but this thread is about Christmas wishes and that's my list. So, seeing as my list isn't likely to get shortened by this Christmas here's the wish I'm really hoping for. I wish Deb could relax and enjoy more. She's been so worried for the past three months it's like it's almost rewired her and relaxation is coming hard for her. My Christmas wish is for Deb. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Frosty, Looks like you need to put that one on the Prayer List like I need to put mine. I hope she eases up some on the worry. Merry Christmas and may you have a white one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) Frosty, Looks like you need to put that one on the Prayer List like I need to put mine. I hope she eases up some on the worry. Merry Christmas and may you have a white one. The prayer list might be the place for sure. You're wishing US a white Christmas, US? Perhaps you're not aware that I live less than 200 miles south of the Arctic circle? Meadow Lakes AK is in the grips of a typical winter, I haven't seen an outside temp in the double digits since before I was KO'd by the tree. Happily (knocking on wood furiously!) we haven't seen but a couple tolken below zero days like -2 or -3. If you'd like a little white Christmasness feel free to pay us a visit, we have exterior whiteness to spare. If I'm successful uploading a couple pics, one is a school of Great White . . . Birches and the other simply illustrates that groceries often visit. (no, we don't actually hunt moose in our yard we live in a drawing permit only area) The moose pic is off our front porch, it'd be about a 30' shot if one of us succomed to temptation. Mmmmmm. Moose. Frosty Edited December 21, 2009 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 White one? Is that another birch innuendo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 No, it took a sugrical team quite a while to remove the birch from myendo! Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Is a cool wet Christmas. Too hot and dry here these days. Merry Christmas everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWCarlson Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Out of student loan debt. Purchase a house with 30+ acres of land. Let the fun begin after that. Well, that's my 8 year plan at least. Pay the house/land off in 15 years or less. Puts me right around 50 years old... kinda scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 If I could ask for anything.. anything for myself... I would like to be able to spend as much time on a project as it took without having to worry about if its paying the bills or making me money.. I would like to be able to learn from those who I admire and share what I learn I would like to spend a year with my wife a 100 miles from the nearest phone in a small cabin with no power or indoor plumbing.... Thats what I would like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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