brucegodlesky Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 stone hammer???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 No! Top swage for redressing star drills for drilling stone. (before they made the replaceable tips for powered drills) For the rolls---make a roller! be a pity to waste all that effort on cutting them. Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks Thomas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 No! Top swage for redressing star drills for drilling stone. (before they made the replaceable tips for powered drills) Thomas I thought that when I saw it. Looks like a pretty good size one. I've seen a few before that had a point raised in the center. I assumed they were for star drills also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 some stardrills have a hole in the center to pump water through in use, That hole makes a good centering point for the swage and a point keeps the hole from being squished while dressing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Jones Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 @Glenn: The category "it followed me home" was a great idea, It really gets the juices flowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 (but I keep waiting for my wife to post *my* picture in it...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Rusty, did you notice that the thread has over 1,700 replies? With all that material following folks home, there is much less junk scattered around, it is now centrally located behind a smithy (grin). Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheftjcook Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thomas, As long as she is not waiting for it to be posted on a milk carton your alright! :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichudov Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 A double cast iron enameled dishwashing sink followed me home. My neighbor set it outside, so it did not cost me anything. I suppose that if I connect a ShopVac to blow air into it, it would basically be a good enough forge, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Igor, Watch out for flying enamel. I think it will spall off the cast. looking forward toSept Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 You will probably need to fill it in some so the hot spot is not so deep in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichudov Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 You will probably need to fill it in some so the hot spot is not so deep in it. Something like gravel would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 this lot followed me home from the scrap yard for less than $50:D, except for the forklift tong... that in itself was $30:p let's see i got -hand press -coil spring -rr spikes -chunk of carbon content unknown stainless -big steel box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Are you sure the hex bar is SS? In my experience hex bar is usually med C steel not SS. Being shiny might just mean it's a new drop. Of course it certainly could be SS, it's available in all kinds of shapes and things like drive shafts and kelly bars are needed in corrosive or food grade environments too. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 they told me at the scrapyard that it had been there for over week... and it's heavy as all get out... so i assumed it had to be stainless because of the lock of rust after being in the elements for over a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Perhaps wood ashes mixed with really cheap kitty litter (bentonite clay) as a fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Junker slap a magnet on it if it sticks well its not SS. Also nice vise use it for holding not hitting those cast iron vises were not made for smithing. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Deb and I like to do a little garage saling one day a weekend and last Saturday we spent a few pleasant hours driving around meeting people and generally declining to PAY someone else to make their dump run for them. Well, every once in a while you hit gold and last saturday was my turn. I picked these up for $20. Two 10/3 extension cords with four outlet ends. The big fat yellow one is an arctic cord. AND a 2 ton chain hoist, new in the box. I also picked up a 10" miter saw on a collapsible stand for $40 but I didn't take a pic of it as I'm more excited about the hoist and cords. It was a good weekend and for once I spent Deb's allowance instead of the other way around. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgtwister Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 the magnet trick is not allways right it depends on the grade of stainless i worked in a header shop and we had stainless that a magnet would stick to or some what would can't remember the grade though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Well if it's high carbon it's going into knives... if it's not it's going to become dies for my new press... as soon as I can imma heat it up and water quench it... if it shaters under a lite hammer blow ill know it's high carbon...(which I doubt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Heat up only a small CUT OFF PIECE. If you try heating the end and quenching and it is high carbon you can mess up a large chunk of your piece. My finds today at the fleamarket:: antlers for knife handles US$1 for the pair and a tub of silversmithing stuff including several ounces of scrap silver, unused sheet silver, hard solder in good quantity, etc for $15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jura T Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I bought a shear from a web auction. When I drove to get it I found out that the seller had a drill press for sell as well. I didn't have the heart to separate the two machines so the drill followed me home as well. I had been looking for a drill press for a while already. The first thing I did with the drill press was to drill open the pritchel hole in my anvil. The previous owner of the anvil had closed it by welding. :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuk Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 the other day i JD gator seat and a JD lawn mower seat followed me home, only thing wrong with them was a small rip that doesnt matter at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 orgtwister you are correct however a magnet won't stick as well to say 416ss as it will to a36. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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