divermike Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 A pal of mine has had a matching set of Yater swage blocks for all the time I've known him, and finally....finally he was ready to part with them, now I can sit in the dark and hold them, cause their mine... all mine yeeeheehahhahahahhahahha urk gurgle haaak! oh yeah, he tossed in some cool pieces of tool steel to boot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashin' metal Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 hahahahaha awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Congrats Mike! I'm even more happy to hear he tossed in Cool tool steel, HOT tool steel is so much harder to catch. Hope the missus doesn't mind sharing the bed with your new acquisitions for a while. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 So how long will you be holding onto those before you are willing to pass them on? (And how did you encourage him to finally pass them on? Did it involve beer?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nice blocks! Will you miss your first born child? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamptroll Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 He has a big hole in his backyard next to his forge that he can bury stuff just to tease all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nice score Mike! Your friend is very wise,now he has cash to go and buy other toys yet still has access to those blocks if he needs them. Looks like the spiders got the most use from them so far.I`m sure you`ll fix that! Post pics of their new stand won`t ya,after you get it built that is. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzonoqua Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nice!! Once you've had them for a while you'll wonder how you ever managed without!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Good things come to those that wait....great score. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Tomorrow we have our monthly meet here, I'm gonna have them front and center, hopefully the drool will drive the spiders away!! We had planned to build an outhouse tomorrow, but I may have trouble getting the guys to move now!! No beer was abused during the transaction, only dead presidents!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyancarrek Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nice score Mike - you'll love it! On any given day, my swage block sees more use in my shop than my anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Quick run out and buy some flats of flowers to plant in your new planters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Nice set of blocks Mike Tanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Thomas, maybe you ought to take a Mark Aspery class, you will learn to use the swage blocks in ways that make them more than "planters", I love having them handy, they are useful, if you get used to using them, you start to find all kinds of things to do with them, otherwise, why have them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 nice score there Divermike, I picked up a set last year the Yater blocks are real nice, Jere Kirkpatrick told me that Wally used old wrecking balls to make them, I don't know if that is true but they are pretty hard not cast iron like some that I have seen. I was sitting right next to Wally on Lyle's tailgate in Memphis and did not know who it was until later on (bummer I would have liked to pick his brain some) I would like to see what you come up with for a stand as I have not built one yet, the blocks are heavy and they will smash your fingers quite well I Can assure you of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 "if you get used to using them, you start to find all kinds of things to do with them, otherwise, why have them??? " Hmmmm....why have them ??? Because you can, I've had mine for years now and use the Salt Fork block instead. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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