Pug}{maN Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 so i have seen lots of great deals on here so lets put them all in one spot so we can all go "o man he got a great deal" ! so ill start of with this .... It’s an Edwards number 5A shear i got for $57.00 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Cross Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 How 'bout a 125# anvil (not sure of mfg, but has 125 stamped on the foot beneath the horn) for $100, a Roper-Whitney #16 punch for $256, and a 36" post vise (complete and in great working order) for $10? I also recently purchased an old forge with a "Hero" blower made in Chicago Heights, Ill. for $50. I'll post pics if interested when I get the blower reassembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 #1 Beverly Shear-$40 at a neighborhood garage sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 36" post vise (complete and in great working order) for $10? I also recently purchased an old forge with a "Hero" blower made in Chicago Heights, Ill. for $50. I'll post pics if interested when I get the blower reassembled. o ya pics of it or it didnt happen ! lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 most depressing thread ever... :( (Because it didn't happen to me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 yep i got this stuff free... blower and the fire pot that goes with it for free..http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28124-got-some-free-stuff/ post drillhttp://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28125-post-drill-help/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigcity Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 a neighbor gave me this anvil when i started forging this I-beam with the vise on it in the background was my first so called anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadchunker Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 130lb Fisher anvil with stand for $175,brought it home Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 pics or it did not happen ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I don't have pics, don't even own a cell phone; so I guess the LARGE screw press in excellent condition for a bid of US$50 (+15% buyer's reaming + $35 rigger's charge) didn't happen or the 515# Fisher in MINT condition for $350 or the 66 pound cast steel swedish anvil given to me, or the 6" postvise for $50, or the Pexto stake plate for under $10, etc and so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob S Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I don't have pics, don't even own a cell phone; so I guess the LARGE screw press in excellent condition for a bid of US$50 (+15% buyer's reaming + $35 rigger's charge) didn't happen or the 515# Fisher in MINT condition for $350 or the 66 pound cast steel swedish anvil given to me, or the 6" postvise for $50, or the Pexto stake plate for under $10, etc and so on... Here is a very cheap digital camera in your area. http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/ele/3151571061.html could probably find a cheaper low megapixel camera at goodwill etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 How is this thread different from "It followed me home"? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 just shorter i think. so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I don't have pics, don't even own a cell phone; so I guess the LARGE screw press in excellent condition for a bid of US$50 (+15% buyer's reaming + $35 rigger's charge) didn't happen or the 515# Fisher in MINT condition for $350 or the 66 pound cast steel swedish anvil given to me, or the 6" postvise for $50, or the Pexto stake plate for under $10, etc and so on... thats right ! lol, pics or it didnt happen ! no its just nice to have them ... if you ant got a pic thats fine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 How is this thread different from "It followed me home"?http://www.iforgeiro...llowed-me-home/ Phil yes this is just for smoken deals ! free or almost..thanks for your input.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very good then. Smoking deals are awesome! 4 pieces 33 inch x 48 inch X #11 galvanized sheet steel. FREE courtesy of my Dad and my late Grandfather (who I never met, he died before I was born) I needed my parents suburban to bring them home. One piece will be pickled and made into the table for the forge my brother made a firepot for. The other 3 will get put in the garage for later. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Bob in my area in that it's not quite a 100 mile drive each way...so 2 weeks of my vice allowance to buy it and 2 weeks of my allowance to buy gas to get there and back, => me getting a camera so I can show other people the goodies I have? I'd rather buy scrap metal! I've never had much luck with cameras digital or other. Would rather participate than stand back and take pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Scored this at a barn sale in 2001 for $65. #269, make unknown, could be P.W. or possibly Boker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 This one was free. When a friend divorced she got the house in the city and he got the cottage at the lake. This was one of his ex wife's lawn ornaments at the cottage. "You want that old thing? It's all yours, just get it out of my sight because I'm tired of people tripping over it"! #114 American Wrought by Hay Budden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 5'x5' platen with very large (around 200 pounds) Reed vise - $100 Approx 350 pound Fisher Sawyer pattern anvil - $150 25 pound trip hammer - $300 7 3/8" jaw, 170ish pound Peter Wright vise - $150 4 post drills including 1 massive Cannedy Otto - $5 Swage block - $150 New 40 amp plasma cutter - free Cone mandrel, swage block w/stand, 8.25" Peter Wright Vise - $1000 I have paid $1/pound or less for many of my anvils. Whether that is a steal of a deal or not is debatable as is evident from the numerous threads that drone on about that magic number... Edit, I forgot about the Champion 400 I got for free, the large Vulcan firepot I got for free, my current forge and blower that I got for free, I have about 5 leg vises I paid less than $30 each for, my 10" Wissota bench grinder I paid $30 for and the list goes on. I just watch local online classifieds very closely. As soon as I see the ad I contact the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 o ya you sir got a life time of good deals there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I was gonna post a few but marks post shamed mine :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 KYBOY, there's no shame to be had. Please post yours and be proud of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsmith Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 ok here's mine, 6" leg vise = 30 bucks 111 lbs arm and hammer anvil = 50 bucks 60 gallon air compressor new = 20 bucks ( needed a minor repair) 4 inch leg vise= 40 bucks 6" angle grinder = 20 bucks cedar tongue and groove siding for the shop = 120 bucks there is more but i can't think of em off the top of my head oh yeah i got all my floor joists for the house (2x12x20) for 10 percent of cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Should I mention that my first triphammer was a 25# LG for $75, my second was an odd no name homebuilt??? 50# one from a small town in OK back in the early 1980's for $250 and under power when I got it. The third was in 1990 in OH a 60 pound Champion under power for $700 the fourth was last year another 60# champion for $600 needing some work. Still I feel outclassed, I helped a friend move a totally restored 25# LG that he got for $15, a friend who was a retired industrial machinery rebuilder was moving overseas and gave it to him for a lunch. Then the swordmaker I once worked with picked up a 250# LG in *beautiful* shape for $450 in the mid 1980's; sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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