August 28, 201411 yr Got this flatter and Hardy tools plus 75 lbs. of some nice (looking) smaller leaf spring today for $5. And now it is raining. Does it get any better?
August 28, 201411 yr WOW! I didn't realize that they are giving good stuff like that away in Texas!!! Maybe time I took a little road trip!
August 28, 201411 yr No, it doesn't get much better than that. Hope some of those fit your hardy hole. Congrudgulations!
August 28, 201411 yr No, it doesn't get much better than that. Hope some of those fit your hardy hole. Congrudgulations!
August 28, 201411 yr No, it doesn't get much better than that. Hope some of those fit your hardy hole. Congrudgulations!
August 29, 201411 yr If some don't fit your hardy hole due to being smaller, you can build them up with angle iron. I have a 1" hardy hole on my H-B and someone gave me some hardy tools that had 3/4" stubs. I welded a piece of 1/4" thick x 1" wide angle iron to one corner of the 3/4" stubs, making the new size 1" across. If you have some other size hole or stubs, just weld the appropriate thickness iron to two sides of the stub. Great find, BTW. A little rust removal and wire wheel cleanup and you're good to go!!
August 29, 201411 yr Whoever had all those was equipped to do some hot cutting and now you are hey and you could sell one for 15 and be ahead with the rest. And the flatter that's a great bonus piece . Nice find for sure must of been a granny with no idea what they were for (-:
August 29, 201411 yr Author I cleaned up the flatter and will make a handle for it tomorrow. Most likely out of pecan. Planning on cleaning up the rest of the stuff and adjusting fitment as necessary. Grind or mill? Right now I am looking for some youtube of bottom round swage useage.
September 4, 201411 yr Or instead of welding it to the stem. Slit the angle iron down a 1/2" or so and bend the tabs out and then just drop it into the hardy hole before you put the hardy tooling stems in.A better method is to find a piece of sq tubing that will do the job, slit the corners with a hacksaw for the 1/2" and bend out all 4 tabs to have a removable hardy adapter.Now if they are *larger* then you need to buy a bigger anvil! (or forge or grind them down or make a separate holder for them or .....
September 4, 201411 yr I'm glad you're getting rain - we're still dusty and dry, just south of New Braunfels...oh, and nice score!
September 5, 201411 yr Or instead of welding it to the stem. Slit the angle iron down a 1/2" or so and bend the tabs out and then just drop it into the hardy hole before you put the hardy tooling stems in. A better method is to find a piece of sq tubing that will do the job, slit the corners with a hacksaw for the 1/2" and bend out all 4 tabs to have a removable hardy adapter. Now if they are *larger* then you need to buy a bigger anvil! (or forge or grind them down or make a separate holder for them or ..... I've been planing to do just that to "reduce" the size of the hardy hole on my new anvil so I can make use of all the existing 1" hardy tools I have in it's bigger hardy hole.
September 5, 201411 yr If one were to use angle iron or square tubing, I would think the square tubing would be better. If the angle iron is split and folded over, the hardy tool would rest on the angle iron with a gap/space on the opposing corner...might not be very solid footing.
September 5, 201411 yr I don't think he's describing folding the angle/tube over. Just splaying it out so it forms a friction fit in the hardy hole. So your 1 1/4" angle iron is now say 1 9/32" ( or however wide it needs to be to be just slightly bigger than the hole) at one end in each direction so it's a "wedge" fit in the hole and stays put.
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