Frosty Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Have you opened the jaws all the way to get a look at the threads? You got the: mounting bracket, bale wedges, straight leg and handle, Rust included for $30! SWEET DEAL, even it it turns out to be a parts vise! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 I opened them most of the way and they looked good to me! Funny thing is the last leg vise I bought also was 30$ and both that seller and this one tried to sell me a post drill with my vise haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 There was at least a decade where a 4ish inch postvise would sell for US$20 in central OH and they were pretty easy to find. I used to pick one up at Q-S to take back to New Mexico as we are tool poor out here. Then the prices started rising, I remember $45 and then $75 and after that I just would TPAAAT for vises when I wanted another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 For some reason leg vises are cheap here. When all other blacksmith tools pretty much cost a lot. 75$ for a good condition 5” vise is fair here. Anything 100$+ takes months to sell. I see them a lot for 50$ and some for less. I missed it because I got there late but I saw one sell at an auction for 15$ haha. I should buy them and take them somewhere else to resell haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I bought my first leg vise a 5 1/2 inch off of eBay, back in the early '80s. It cost more in shipping than the vise sold for. I think it cost $40 U.S. and the shipping was $75 by truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Found this and couldn’t pass for 45$. Works as it should just needs a motor. This beautiful old iron mike 3.5” capacity power hacksaw is around 62 maybe a bit fewer years old. Manufactured in grand forks North Dakota. Around an hour away from me. Just a neat little tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Yep, put a motor with a step pulley on, oil it up, put it to work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 That’s the plan! It’s lot as efficient as my Horizontal bandsaw or chopsaw. But it wins style points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Took 5 minutes to cut 1.5" x 1.5" x 0.25" angle iron. Not too bad for what it is and the fact it has a 32 tpi blade. It says to use a 18 tpi blade so I’m going to buy one and test it out. Regardless I love this thing it’s so cool to watch. Hooked a 1/4 hp motor as that’s what the originals had. Pulled it off a old broken scroll saw. The pulley happened to use the same belt the hacksaw uses. And it was 2” diameter like the hacksaw recommended. So it works perfect. It was real loud but after a liberal oiling of all oil ports and the chain and all that. Including the motor it’s nearly silent. Makes noise when cutting steel of course but not too much. As long as it’s oiled well it cuts straight. Slow and steady. I’ll oil it of to. As I’ve read power hacksaws like to be practically bathing in oil (birdseed bag was to catch oil and shavings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Got a grindstone but there is wobble horizontally. It’s good to go other than the horizontal wobble? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 yes, take off the nut and repack the center with plaster of paris. Then set it properly so the wobble is gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Will do that. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Forged a simple hook with a single “chain link” on it to add to the swivel shackle I forged a few months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Drifted the hole square and cleaned the horn a bit for fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 pairs of tongs. Didn’t bother putting a finish on the left one because it wasn’t turning out too great. The other one came out nicely . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Love seeing the work. You have come a long ways.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Hot chisel and square punch rough forged along with a 1/2” round spring swage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Box jaws in progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Finished box jaw tongs. And a pair of 1” tongs from old hoof nippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Got another post vise. Jaws are 5-3/4 inches. Paid $17.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Must have been wearing a mask when ya got that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Sure was! Definitely only because of the virus and definitely not for any reasons related to the vise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Started work on a little vise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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