April 19, 201115 yr Edwards No. 5 shear, 5 1/2" Attwood post vise, Champion 400 blower, small cone mandrel and 2 pound rounding hammer: That is the cleanest post vice I've ever seen. Very nice!
April 19, 201115 yr Hey Dennis, I'm not quite that lucky. I got the lot for under $400. Not a great deal, but not bad for this area either. It started with the vise and the guy kept telling me about more stuff he wanted to sell. I just missed out on a solid forge with Champion 400 blower for $60 earlier in the week I bought the rounding hammer off ebay for $10 + shipping.
April 22, 201115 yr Why Wal-mart? I got one for $5 at the local thrift store.Same price at Goodwill and just about every garage sale I`ve ever been to. Unfortunatly I have not been able to find any good thrift stores around me, I looked for one at alot of garadge sales but I couldnt find one, eventually I just got tired of it and went to walmart
April 22, 201115 yr That's a nice small cone mandrel, very handy in that size. I liked using a rounding hammer on occasion too, my son took mine one day and left it out across the arroyo and the termites almost had the handle ate off before I found it. And that's a pretty nice looking vise too! You done good on that shopping expedition :blink:
April 30, 201115 yr We had a wicked wind storm here on Thursday and my nephews old wooden silo fell for mother nature. We tore it apart yesterday and all this 5/8" wrought iron followed me home. It was sad to see the old girl laying on the ground but happy no one was hurt his two boys that usualy are playing where it fell were at the babysitters house. Bob
April 30, 201115 yr We had a wicked wind storm here on Thursday and my nephews old wooden silo fell for mother nature. We tore it apart yesterday and all this 5/8" wrought iron followed me home. It was sad to see the old girl laying on the ground but happy no one was hurt his two boys that usualy are playing where it fell were at the babysitters house. Bob SAVE THE LUMBER!! That stuff is worth some pretty big $$ to some folks, especially the artsy designers! May well be worth your time to stack it in a good place and advertise it. Glad no one was hurt and that the wi is going to someone that will use it!
May 1, 201115 yr The lumber was all 1 1/2" x 6" tounge and groove douglas fur and it is cleaned stacked and covered. Thanks Bob
May 1, 201115 yr A month ,or so ago, a friend of mine took his son to a Mtn Man Rendezvous with the Boy Scouts. At the event, they had a smith doing some small projects, and it really fascinated his son. He asked mt to keep an eye out for some smithing stuff to get him started. Saturday I delivered a decent sized, and very smooth running Lancaster blower on a homemade stand ($50), 3 pairs of tongs and a flatter ($20), and 3 quarter barrels of coal to his house ($3). I located these down the road from where I am working in LaVerkin Utah. His total was actually $80 because he compensated me for a couple of pairs of large sheetmetal shears that I also picked up for $7. They are the type that cuts a strip out,and has the side crimpers for ducting, not sure of the actual name for them. One set is Pexto brand. He figured that was too cheap for me finding, picking up, and delivering it over 130 miles to him, but it was all I would accept since he wanted to give me more. Besides, I was headed to Fabulous Las Vegas anyway. One of the barrels was covered with a round pan that will make a nice base for forge by cutting the center to drop a brake rotor in. I have referred him to IFI, so hopefully he will sign up soon.
May 1, 201115 yr A month ,or so ago, a friend of mine took his son to a Mtn Man Rendezvous with the Boy Scouts. At the event, they had a smith doing some small projects, and it really fascinated his son. He asked mt to keep an eye out for some smithing stuff to get him started. Saturday I delivered a decent sized, and very smooth running Lancaster blower on a homemade stand ($50), 3 pairs of tongs and a flatter ($20), and 3 quarter barrels of coal to his house ($3). I located these down the road from where I am working in LaVerkin Utah. His total was actually $80 because he compensated me for a couple of pairs of large sheetmetal shears that I also picked up for $7. They are the type that cuts a strip out,and has the side crimpers for ducting, not sure of the actual name for them. One set is Pexto brand. He figured that was too cheap for me finding, picking up, and delivering it over 130 miles to him, but it was all I would accept since he wanted to give me more. Besides, I was headed to Fabulous Las Vegas anyway. One of the barrels was covered with a round pan that will make a nice base for forge by cutting the center to drop a brake rotor in. I have referred him to IFI, so hopefully he will sign up soon. Now THAT's cool!
May 2, 201115 yr What was the roof made of, some of that old steel is also sought after for some to make repairs to vintage items. That is a nice haul of wrought iron rod. You're a good man BigGunDoc, I hope you give some instruction to the kid also B)
May 2, 201115 yr I have no problem helping friends out if I feel that they will appreciate what I do for them. It's the "friend" who need a hand moving then don't even feed ya, or say thanks that doesn't get any more help later on. My friends in Las Vegas are like a second family for me. I have had a key to their house for 11-12 years now. I just let them know when I am in the area, and they know that they may find me on the couch the next morning. Once he gets ready to light a fire, I will be there to help out, and I have plenty of extra tools to lend him till he gets more. I loaned Tim McCoy an extra 150# anvil I have,and just dropped off a single burner LP forge for him to try out since the coal smoke may end up being a problem for the neighbors. Like I said, if I feel that they will really appreciate my help, I will do whatever I can for them. A friend of mine back in CA turned down the money I offered him for moving some machinery for me with his big flatbed truck when I got in a pinch. He told me over lunch "I'd rather have good friends than money." I feel the same way. Personally I think things would be a lot different if more people could look past the dollar, and barter more. Besides, scrounging is fun for me B)
May 4, 201115 yr Not to get too far off topic from having things follow us home ... BIGGUNDOCTOR is more than kind in his support and encouragement - he's a true friend who asks for nothing - thanks Walt!!
May 4, 201115 yr Yes, I too feel it is better to give something to someone who will appreciate and use it than to sell it for some money (within reason of course). Rob
May 5, 201115 yr A friend i work with lost her husband a couple years back and recently decided to clean out the old shed a bit. She told me to bring a trailer and come load some stuff up. Everything from drill bit sharpeners to belt sanders x5, socket sets, angle grinder, sawz all, coil spring, files, tap and die set and lots more followed me home. Oh and lets not forget the drill press!! That one was my favorite.
May 6, 201115 yr Flea Market Report, Socorro NM: Elongated sledge head, marked Cast Steel 10 pounds, $3; old style adjustable wrench---wooden slabs for handle type to turn into a twisting wrench $2, Wooden Bucket $2 (old icecream maker bucket to be turned in to LH bucket for demos), 3/4" square blacksmith's punch---handled $3
May 6, 201115 yr Boy, ain't that a fix all our wives are going to be in one of theses days, looks like a nice haul though :blink:
May 8, 201115 yr My son-in-law called me from a garage sale, this afternoon. He said that they had 10 pr of blacksmith tongs, but he didn't know anything about tongs. He told me the guy had $5 tagged on each one. I told him to offer $25 for the lot. He called me back and said that he had my tools in his car. Here's what I ended up with. Not bad for $2.50 each.
May 8, 201115 yr Curly, Those are sure some nice looking tongs. Have you had much luck reforging those nippers into tongs? <_<
May 8, 201115 yr I forged one pair into straight jawed v-type, for a friend of mine to use on square 3/8" & 1/2 stock. I also cut a v in both jaws of another pair and welded a small piece of angle into the v to use on square stock, for myself. Worked out OK. :D
May 9, 201115 yr Nice score George, I think you owe your son in law a cookie. What I've thought of trying off and on over the years is using end nippers for hot cutting smaller stock. I've just never thought of it when I had hot smallish stock to cut. Frosty the Lucky.
May 9, 201115 yr Looking at the haul Altusjg made, Set me thinking - if we totted up what all our tools and stock were worth and pointed out to our better halves that they would provide a very nice little nest egg when we are gone, would we get a little less hassle when you haul home another load of tools or metal?
May 10, 201115 yr Looking at the haul Altusjg made, Set me thinking - if we totted up what all our tools and stock were worth and pointed out to our better halves that they would provide a very nice little nest egg when we are gone, would we get a little less hassle when you haul home another load of tools or metal? Dream on brother!
May 10, 201115 yr I live in fear that my widow will sell all my stuff at the estate sale for what I told her I paid for it. :rolleyes:
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