HWHII Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I went to visit a friend at his shop this weekend. Yesterday I went to deliver a job and and found this in the back of my truck. Not sure how it got there. It looks like it needs a little TLC, a new spring, a stand and a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I went to visit a friend at his shop this weekend. Yesterday I went to deliver a job and and found this in the back of my truck. Not sure how it got there. It looks like it needs a little TLC, a new spring, a stand and a new home. nice vise....on a side note love the figure heads on you headache rack. heck love the whole design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 nice vise....on a side note love the figure heads on you headache rack. heck love the whole design Thanks Tim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 An orange Thump-a-matic! Tres Bien! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Nice old wood turning lathe. Maybe take up metal spinning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Creek Blacksmith Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Brought home 250lbs of free coal today. Saw the ad on craigslist 2 weeks ago and forgot to call. Saw it again last Tuesday and called, someone else was suppose to get it and he didn't show up,I did. Didn't take a picture figured ya'll know what coal looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_edge2 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 the little jewelers anvil on the ute( 160kg peter wright ), a bench 10t hyd press, a 15 to 20t hyd press 3 phase, a 150mm notcher cradle for a press, and a forklift, still deciding on the radial arm drill....nup....and the drill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Looks like all of you have been doing extremely well in having stuff follow you home! You leaving out seed, dog food, cat food, just what are you doing to get all of this first rate stuff to follow you home, jump in your horse box or the bed of your truck? Just what is the bait? :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack hollingsworth Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 money helps! i find it gets me most things i want, sometimes even the opposite sex... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 money helps! i find it gets me most things i want, sometimes even the opposite sex... Stay away from women son! I know of no other single thing on the planet that can interfere with forge time like a woman can. Consider yourself duly warned. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Job R Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Stay away from women son! I know of no other single thing on the planet that can interfere with forge time like a woman can. Consider yourself duly warned. i dont know it seems to have the opposite effect for me, she must like the big smile on my face (it cant be the fregrance , or the black foundation all over my face) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Big difference between when you're hunting and when you've caught a mate. When you are hunting, you can lose a *lot* of shop time. Once you have caught a good one they may *send* you out to the shop on a regular basis! (My wife says that it's good for "constipation of the soul". One of my criteria was to find one who had a craft passion as well; as they would *understand* my smithing needs. (I also wanted one who wasn't a smith so we didn't have tool contention! Yes the budget for *my* tools is smaller; but I get to hog them all the time! Also my spouse's hobby can't be done in a smithy so it doesn't get filled up with their projects... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Thomas, that's a good point too late for me. My girlfriend is only partially employed so she started helping in the shop. She's now generated a couple of her own paying jobs and all of sudden she's got 'tool spread'. Her little earring stands (retail dispays, finish by Thanksgiving) took over an entire 4x10 foot table. I've been working alone for 15 years, so it really chafed. Of course my outrage had to be tempered by the fact that I had encouraged it and that it was a paying job. I went and thumped stuff around in the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Those are some serious toys Mike, some people get to have all the fun! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_edge2 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Those are some serious toys Mike, some people get to have all the fun! the catch is i need the forklift first.....and if i do that...later....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 the catch is i need the forklift first.....and if i do that...later....lol I think its called "Method in Madness" ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Fleamarket report Socorro NM: got a real wood, (well veneered *plywood*), bookcase for my study for $15. The club stuff goes to the new president and I can at last get back to using my study *tomorrow*! Also picked up a largish sewer snake 75-100' 3/4"wide. Got it as "stock" for $7 in good condition---now to hope I can cut it up and use it and *not* need it for it's original purpose! (and that none of the people buying simple eating knives off me read about the source of the stock! I was planning to use a Theophilus quench anyway...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlander Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Saltfork Craftsmen swage block came in the mail today. Looks great and is 100% worth the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 A friend who knew I was looking for some coil and leaf springs dropped this off the other day. It's off his agriculture field sprayer. It's a big sprayer. Looks like I have to get a hot fire ready. First snow came early. mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 sry i do not have pics a 21/2 in by 81/2 ft long piece of titanium. i already made it into blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 How about some pictures of your titanium blades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 lol, you beat me to it, I was gonna post the same thing xxxx i made 250 of those suckers they sold fast i will try to see if i still have a few. then comes the part of my stupid camera. i am going to buy a 110 lbs round bar of titanium in 1 year or 2 i defiantly can get you pics of that. even know the bar is $2500 i make i lot off of every one. they take 11/2 times as long to forge tough. but they are worth 10 times as much one the right market. that bar only lasted 3 months. and the knifes 1/2 that. no kidding them knifes sell fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 More fun at work. Last week I took my dually in and filled the bed with stuff from their attic space. I got a bunch of misc items that was surplus, or no longer needed. A Schaublin bench top turret lathe, electric motors up to 1.5HP, coolant pumps, collets, time clock-always wanted one, B&L Accurite digital readout, lots of hardware, old cam type screw machine parts, plumbing, electrical, some 2x2 steel material(one is possibly O-1), gasket material, shim stock, Hardinge lathe controller and speed readout, and some stuff I that have no idea what it is. I also bring home the wood crates from work that our material comes in. They are usually pine,and run around 6"x6"x12'. Lots of shelves, and other uses from the reclaimed wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 More fun at work. Last week I took my dually in and filled the bed with stuff from their attic space. I got a bunch of misc items that was surplus, or no longer needed. A Schaublin bench top turret lathe, electric motors up to 1.5HP, coolant pumps, collets, time clock-always wanted one, B&L Accurite digital readout, lots of hardware, old cam type screw machine parts, plumbing, electrical, some 2x2 steel material(one is possibly O-1), gasket material, shim stock, Hardinge lathe controller and speed readout, and some stuff I that have no idea what it is. I also bring home the wood crates from work that our material comes in. They are usually pine,and run around 6"x6"x12'. Lots of shelves, and other uses from the reclaimed wood. Sounds like an early Christmas bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Our Christmas bonus this year is we have a half day on the 24th, then we are off till Jan 3, paid. I think I have them pretty well trained now, although I still have some work to do. They are asking me more, and more now when things are headed out. I also have several tossing their aluminum cans in a 55 gallon drum for me. I collect them 3 times a week from around the shop floor, and I am filling the drum up in about a month. We had a guard at Jelly Belly that was averaging $300 a month on the cans he collected there. I remember when I was getting 10 cents a pound, now they are $1.80 a pound in some areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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