rlonstein Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 New hobbyist here putting together my garage workshop. I picked up this Peter Wright 138# locally over the weekend: I doused it with liquid wrench overnight and hit it this evening with a wire hand brush and lightly with a wire cup: Also bought from the same guy, a 5" leg vise which seems to be in good shape. Now all I need is to build a forge and find some more free time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Welcome to IFI. Looks like you have got a great start to setting up your smithy. Look thru the Forges thread in the forum. There are a lot of good ideas on building your own forge, and doing it fairly inexpensively. Good luck. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 You'll always be looking for free time!!!! Nice start, soon you'll collect your self out of your shop that you thought would be plenty big enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBrassaw Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nice score! I watched that one show up the other morning, then it was gone by the evening. Hoped it was snatched up my someone who would put it to good use. What do you suppose the dimple on the heel was caused by? Welcome to IFI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 There are actually three dimples there on the heel... two at the edge and the one in the middle. They look like they were deliberate to me... methinks a smith's alteration for a specific purpose. They certainly might be useful too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlonstein Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nice score! I watched that one show up the other morning, then it was gone by the evening. Hoped it was snatched up my someone who would put it to good use. I saw it on craigslist in the mid-afternoon so I sent email. Then it showed up a few hours later in tailgaiting. I was sure someone would be faster than me, but I lucked out. Seller was a really nice fellow. I looked at the swage block (good shape, someone will get a deal), but since I barely know one end of the tongs from the other decided against buying it too.What do you suppose the dimple on the heel was caused by? Don't know. It's about the size of a silver dollar (remember those?), even, and shallow. It really shows up now that it's clean.Welcome to IFI! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans138 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 i recently got a few peter wrights and i love them, that was the one item that was holding me back from starting my own forge, it took me a year of constant searching to find that great deal i knew was out there, congrats,have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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