ThomasPowers Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Picked up a bottle or pipe wrench today at the fleamarket---like this one: About 4-5' long; US$5 I hope it will make taking the valves out of pressurized gas bottles easier as I can clamp the valve and then turn the bottle with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I bought some bar clamps like that when one of the school districts shut down all of it's shop classes I bid $5 each for them, kept two and sold the other eight for $20 each to a cabinet maker, I also bought a small sheet metal brake for $10 and a really nice metal shear for $15 those I kept. It's terrible that they closed down the classes but I got a few good things out of it. The lathes went for small fortunes though as did most of the other shop equipment. Nice bottle wrench you got there Thomas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayden H Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 The rider on those clamps when flung can lop off large chunks of finger meat if it catches your hand inbetween the divots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Some W1 drill rod..Its being broke down for flint strikers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journey333 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 The rider on those clamps when flung can lop off large chunks of finger meat if it catches your hand inbetween the divots Thanks Hayden, I will be careful. That is good information to know. I bought some bar clamps like that when one of the school districts shut down all of it's shop classes I bid $5 each for them, kept two and sold the other eight for $20 each to a cabinet maker, I also bought a small sheet metal brake for $10 and a really nice metal shear for $15 those I kept. It's terrible that they closed down the classes but I got a few good things out of it. The lathes went for small fortunes though as did most of the other shop equipment. Nice bottle wrench you got there Thomas! Bentiron, you did better than me...I paid $10 each and still considered it a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I bought a planishing hammer for $2 at an estate sale on Friday and finished polishing up the two faces this morning. Looks like the widow had used the flat face for driving nails to hang pictures with over the years. This hammer hadn't been used much otherwise, it still had the varnish on the handle and almost all the original gray paint on the head, stamped made in W. Germany. I couldn't make out the other hallmark though but I bet he paid plenty for this hammer when the original owner bought it new. Some other fellow beat me to the other silversmithing equipment, this hammer was in the kitchen junk drawer stuff, lucky me! This is about what it looks like http://store.metalliferous.com/prodinfo.asp?number=37.332 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 The school auctions I attended back in Columbus OH were sometimes productive---whenever they sold something new, the dealers wouldn't bid on it until they could go back and research it and so the next auction they would bid things up. So the first time they sold a Johnson heat treat forge---I bought one for $40. The next auction they went for several times that. With smart phones that probably no longer occurs. I did buy a lot of sheet brass at a School "garage sale"; I'm always looking for materials cheap even if I have to store them for *years*! Last Saturday at the scrap yard I didn't find much except for 30 7' pieces of 5/8" rebar that I happened to need for a project---stakes to hold wattle panels up. I believe I can cut them down to size, make tentstakes from the drops and end up getting the wattle stakes for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I've been busy at the auctions and with Craigslist recently, a couple weeks ago I picked up a 170lb (far left)PeterWright, then a few days later a 94 lb Peter Wright off craigslist (small one 2nd from left) , then saturday I got the red 146 Lb Peter Wright at an Auction and yesterday got a 175# mousehole (I think) no markings). Then today another craigslist offering, I got 2- 6 inch jaw post vices and several hardies and a nice stump anvil and a raising hammer, and some nice leathers. One of the vices needs a spring, and some wedges made,no problem , I think my pal Stu stole an anvil out from under my nose though, the seller said some guy from Jersey called and bought it sight unseen. I was gonna try to bargain with this guy a bit, it kinda sucks when you don't even get the chance cause some out of town guy calls it in. But if it was Stu, at least I know it will go to a blacksmith. I told the guy I was coming and he did not even wait for me to see the anvil, it was a 300lb hey budden. In all likelyhood I would not have paid the 750 he was askin for it, so sour grapes on me! Tomorrow night another auction with 2 anvils and a forge, yeehaw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Man, I wish it was you, now some collector got it, bummer!! oh well, tomorrow..tomorrow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 today was road trip day. picked up divermike at about 8:45 this morning. finally got us home abot 3 this afternoon. laying quietly in the back of my p/u was a 178 lb trenton in pretty good condition. now i just have to figure out how to get it out, it took three of us to put it in. all in all drove 200 miles for the day and spent 250 bucks. figure it was a pretty good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 today was road trip day. picked up divermike at about 8:45 this morning. finally got us home abot 3 this afternoon. laying quietly in the back of my p/u was a 178 lb trenton in pretty good condition. now i just have to figure out how to get it out, it took three of us to put it in. all in all drove 200 miles for the day and spent 250 bucks. figure it was a pretty good day. Chainfall? Tie the anvil to a tree and drive away? Sounds like a good day! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloe01 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Pull it out with come alongs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 It took three grown men to lift 178#? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Just tip it out of the bed, and then pick it up off the ground, if the bed height is not manageable. I am not that big, and I moved a 170# HB with help from the seller into the bed of my 4x4 Dodge 3500. IIRC I just rolled it off the tailgate when I got home, then used some ingenuity to get it into position. I have an 8,000# cap. Champ forklift now that I use for moving the heavy things, like my 7,000# lathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journey333 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Today a 1970 edition of Machinery's Handbook followed me home, for the cheap price of $3. The thrift store was selling books by the pound, you see. I had only yesterday been reading How Do I Get Started In Blacksmithing on Anvilfire, and recalled the title when I was browsing the books section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 the 178# anvil was on a heavy old rr trestle section, all bolted and spiked, very heavy and akward, but the bolts were hand forged out of wrought, rusted to the nuts. worth saving. With my shoulder having had surgery, it was 2 and a half men...wait..where have I heard that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Jib Crane at the front of the shop? I've seen a number of smithies with them for good reason. And I agree better safe than expensive repair work later---says Thomas who gets an MRI on his lower back tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Shears Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Was down to the local scrap yead yesterday. Took down some scrap material and came back with a Benzo-matic torch kit/case with multiple extraparts; mild steel stock (3/8" round and 1" by 3/16" bar); a double handful of mechanics sockets, 5 lb axe head; a couple of wrenches; and a vernier caliper. Left behind 4 and 8 lb sledge hammer heads; a couple of 24" carpenders crosscut saws; and a 50lb nail box full of 3/4" bolts (mixed types.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMoore Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Edwards Shear No. 10B. Picked it up in Texas and brought it home to Colorado via Oklahoma and Kansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Blythin Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I just picked up this horizontal band saw last night: ... Recently had a scary incident with an abrasive cut-off disc breaking up on me. Luckily no injuries, but it made me think there must be a better way to cut my stock. $100 on Kijiji, in great condition, with a bunch of extra (new) blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK! I was asked by a friend to look at a home he wanted to buy, so I showed up early, the owner was having a yard sale, nothing I really wanted but a jackhammer bit, so out of the blue I asked "Got any blacksmithin tools?" He got a funny look on his face and said "yeah, I have an old anvil and stand I been haulin around for 30 years, and I don't really want to move it again". He takes me into his basement and shows me the treasure. As I tried to contain myself, he quoted a price I could hardly believe, as he wanted not to move it I figured he lowballed it a bit, but this being dutch country I had to try to get him to drop it a bit further, he did, and helped me load it in the car, a Hey Budden 156# anvil and a heavy stand, he also threw in a 24 inch diameter 3/4" steel round, all painted up nice. My buddies around here say I have a "knack"! Well it was a good day! I am trying to put in a smaller pic but having trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 try a smaller pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 he has the knack of stepping in a pile and coming out smelling like a rose. glad he's my freind. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Blythin Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 We are currently going through the process of clearing out my late in-law's estate. My father-in-law was a very interesting guy, he'd been a prospector in his younger years, and a millwright later in life. In any case, I'm finding some really cool books in is library - some very old, technical books. Today's find: "The New Encyclopedia of Machine Shop Practice" by George Barnwell. Published in 1941. The entire book looks like useful info to me, but in particular there are chapters on the "Heat-Treatment of Metals", "Welding, Soldering, and Brazing", and one on "Forging". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wells Model 8 Bandsaw followed me home, plus a bronze top bronze gear slip roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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