Alec.S Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 check out this! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-American-Combination-Blacksmiths-Forge-/120577935262?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Collectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item1c1301479e alec :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 You have a typo it's a LEAST practical type of forge! Combo tools are almost always out preformed by singles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I admit that it's cool looking, but it's like a Swiss Army knife with about ten too many blades. I love the fact that it's a side-blast. I don't recall ever before having seen a portable side blast like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svarttrost Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Well, at least it's very portable. I wouldn't mind having one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I admit that it's cool looking, but it's like a Swiss Army knife with about ten too many blades. I love the fact that it's a side-blast. I don't recall ever before having seen a portable side blast like that. You guys are missing the point.That`s a pic of a forge that`s also being used in it`s function as a temporary transportation fixture for a vise. Once you get where you`re going you take the vise off and bolt it down somewhere that is out of the way of the forge and with your 2 30 gallon barrels(one for water and one for fuel) you pretty much have all the big bases covered. The tray that was used to transport the vise now becomes a place to put tools and/or cooling work.Pretty handy when reduced to it`s sub-assemblies,although the vice is ugly and has too many moving parts.I suspect a substitution would be in order and entirely acceptable. Might I suggest a separate leg vise? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Looks like a novel way of hurting yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 These like combination vise/anvil/grinders were intended for really light use, not general forging. It's probably intended for light repair work, say you needed to straighten a bent barn hinge and didn't want to drag the whole smithy with you or go to the farm, dismount the door, return to the shop, do the repair abd THEN return to the farm and remount the door. Much better to have a really portable multi-use piece of equipment to take places. Seriously, not only won't a vise/anvil combo tool NOT take serious forging, the stand the whole sheebang is on wouldn't either. Nor would the vise take anything like serious forces without falling over. Of course the foundryman at Columbian Tools may have had too much time on his hands that day. . . Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfirenut Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It's pretty interesting, regardless of practicality. It amazes me sometimes what people can think up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric sprado Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I see it is for use on "remote raunches". Is a remote "raunch" something like Mustang Ranch in the middle of remote ranches?? Sorry-words words words...... There are a lot more misspelled words in the guy's ad, but remote raunch is a gem. That forge is a beauty though!!! What a collector's item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 It's pretty interesting, regardless of practicality. It amazes me sometimes what people can think up. Do you read science fiction? Good sci fi makes a little combo forge seem pretty tame. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjh66 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Winning bid 162 pound Interesting unit. Not for heavy full time work but for quick repiar jobs looks ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 great conversation piece. I would't mind having it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 the problem i would see with a tool like this is proper hight for hammering and if you put to much torque on the vice you could tip the whole thing over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 the problem i would see with a tool like this is proper hight for hammering and if you put to much torque on the vice you could tip the whole thing over. I recon the biggest downside to this tool is going to be the lady behind the check-in desk at American airlines, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 the problem i would see with a tool like this is proper hight for hammering and if you put to much torque on the vice you could tip the whole thing over. I recon the biggest downside to this tool is going to be the lady behind the check-in desk at American airlines, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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