Ricky Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi John, If I leave the house with $500 in my pocket, I’d better be on my way to buy a kidney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Hey, when I get out of one of my vehicles, the spot value halves. I can carry the same wad of bills around for months, but when a windfall lands in front of me, BAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Dear Ricky, Just be thankful you haven't reached the power hammer collecting phase (yet) Maybe this ought to be said to the spouse, too. Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Power Hammers? There are Power Hammers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Don't tell anyone that you heared it from me, but yes there are. They even make them... And those are awesome machines, that's all I can tell you now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 On 12/29/2017 at 1:47 PM, MotoMike said: This thread would be infinitely superior with hammer pics. and here are a few of mine. Had to recently put together another hammer rack as I was running out of room. The first couple pictures are mostly of ones I made, on the left side of the tool table are where they are kept. Then on the right side of the tool table is some tongs and top tools. oh, and my sledges. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Geesh LBS, I can only imagine the warehouses of tools you'll have when your 80 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 What's the weight of that closest rounding hammer in pic #1, Mark? Looks like a beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 shhhh...5-1/2lbs....Then there is a forged sledge that weights 8lbs... 2 hours ago, Daswulf said: Geesh LBS, I can only imagine the warehouses of tools you'll have when your 80 years old. wow, 80 years old, your setting the bar high! I cant imagine what it will be like, if im still gathering tools, by then there may be no more to gather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 The things I’m most jealous of in those pictures are the metal coffee cans. It’s wild how hard those are to come by nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Yes! I like them too. when I see them I pick them up. sometimes at the scrap yard, or you can get a can full of bolts or nails or what ever from a garage sale for under a dollar. I am on the hunt for some more 'cause they are now getting a little crammed. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Like you said, I’ve picked a couple up at garage sales for fifty cents or so. I’ve even resorted to drinking really bad coffee for a couple of weeks to get the can the really bad coffee comes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Lol Ben, I did that once. Wasn't worth the can. It's way more fun to sort through old " resource" cans from fleamarkets and auctions. Mark, I think there will still be old tools to gather lol. For the most part, we come and go, good old tools just find new owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Thanks @littleblacksmith Now I have hammer envy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 Okay Little, That’s just mean. “Oh woe is me! I’ve got three million awesome hammers and I just don’t know where I’m gonna put them all. I guess I’ll have to build a whole new shop to hold them all blah blah blah....” (lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I tend to find a metal stand of some sort and then run black pipe across it spaced as needed and flatten the pipe ends and drill and bolted them to the stand to make a hammer rack. Back in Ohio it was a stand for a quite large aquarium, out here I moved up to 1 from a stand made/used in a painting facility and another was for a blacksmith made inversion unit. It has some 1.5" sq hardware cloth on the top and holds my armouring tools. Here at the casita the hammers like in buckets and milk crates for "on the road" use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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