Mithral Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 SWEET MITHRAL! Nice wrench and good find on those tanks! *grin* I started askin' around at work, turned out they didn't know how to get rid of them. I could have told them that the local scrap yard would have gladly paid money for them, being steel and all. But I've been wanting a new grill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 NICE!!~!!~!~ See how many more you can get! if you rune out of space, cut the bottoms off and weld a chain to the top of the tank where the regulator used to be, they make great bells! Also, you can do that with old oxygen bottles too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLOB Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I just bought the one on the left......Glen just posted the picture in the disscusion in the "show me your vise" thread...... since he already had the pic up (and the gallery isnt working for me) I just snagged his picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Nice vises ( they look to be in good shape ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candidquality Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 25 pounds followed me home for $9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdalcher Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Wrought Iron? Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Just got home with a 1964 Hyster 4000# forklift. Gravel parking lot traction tires. Drove it 12 miles down the highway to the house, ran like a top. I've been moving big stuff with prybars and pipes for way too long, my chiropractor is going to have to find someone else to make payments on his boat.. I was going to add a picture, but the manage attachments button doesn't seem to be working. Try to imagine an old yellow forklift sitting in front of a shop, it looks a lot like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 SWEET MIKE! I cannot wait to see her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Mike-hr, I got the visual: "an old yellow forklift sitting in front of a shop". Although Mike, I see it sitting outside of My Shop instead. As long as we are visualizing, I may as well see pin stripes and my name printed on the side also. Sorry Sam! He he he Good for you Mike! Be safe! Old Rusty Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I did a 10 day demo from Oct 12 to the 21. One day a spectator asked if I was interested in buying "one of those things". Later that night I drove home with a 308# anvil, A blower in real good shape, A forge of unknown origen and a bucket of tools. The anvil has a fairly annoying ring to it and has had cold steel hammered on the far side and needs the resulting mushroomed edge either ground off or reforged. The near side edge is still fairly sharp. I can't find any identifying marks except the 308lb letters in the picture. It has an 1 1/2" Hardy hole and a 3/4" pritchel hole. The Blower says Tiger on it at the base but thats about it. The forge has no ID marks. It has a repaired crack on one side and is mounted in concrete. The ash dumps original hinge bolt is broken and someone has drilled the center of it and put a piece of plate at the top with a piece of althread from top of grate to ash dump. I haven't cut the bolt yet to see how the grate looks. If anyone can identify the maker of the anvil or the forge please let me know. And yes I feel lucky:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 The anvil looks a lot like my 202# Trenton. Weight's in lbs. as well. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 What does the base of the anvil look like, picture please. Often a general look can be nailed down by the shape of the depression on the bottom of the anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdalcher Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 NICE!!! I am envious ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Well a lady was cleaning out her late husbands junk in the garage and had a box of misc hunting knives. I picked up two with stacked leather handles, a PAL and a Marbles; also picked up a hobo knife to keep in the glovebox, (Solig-M, Japan are the only markings I have seen). US$3 apiece...I estimate that they were from the 1960's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Thomas, Here are some pictures of the bottom of the anvil. As I was rolling it around and trying not to let it slip off the base onto my toes I thought to myself "Thomas just wants to see if I'm dumb enough to turn it upside down and drop the blasted thing on my toes." Hope this helps and try not to chuckle to much at the thought of me trying to reach a hammer to prop it up with while trying to balance it with the other hand. Felt like I should have been on the ED Sullivan show. LOL;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 It followed me home! Took a lot of driving, but i'm happy! Now i just need to find someone to help me get it out of the back of my truck so i can use it.http://www.tharkis.com/images/hammer1.jpghttp://www.tharkis.com/images/hammer2.jpghttp://www.tharkis.com/images/hammer3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Got if off the truck and in the shop =) I need to make a flat die for the bottom , but most of my other hardie tools fit the hole already.http://www.tharkis.com/images/treadlehammer.jpghttp://www.tharkis.com/images/treadlehammer2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Nice score Justin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Doesn't look like an HB, (hourglass) or Trenton (pill) base; I'll have to bring in Anvils in America and see what a base with no indent might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_iron Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 My new 400# (182kg) anvil. Make is as yet underermined. Got it at a farm clearing sale on saturday. It belonged to the fellows grandfather. Condition is nearly perfect, barely a mark on the face. Cost AUD$999.http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4981&cat=500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdalcher Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Looks like a Peter Wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 With the shelf on the front and back faces of the feet, looks like either a peter wright or a henry wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Rusty, that looks an awful lot like the 308# I just posted the other day.http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/attachments/f7/3909d1193429646-followed-me-home-anvil3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 This rolled into my truck at the ABA Fall conference earlier this month. Weight: 110 lbs Size: 9 1/2 inches diameter 3 1/2 inch bench vise for size comparison. Cost: Nada, Zip, Zilch (traded an old axe head for it!) Cast steel, baseball-size hollow core, should be good for something around the shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primtechsmith Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 From what I have heard the steel ball is used to crush coal into finer pieces to be burned as fuel....as they tell me these balls roll around in a circle track as coal falls down on them. When the balls get under size from all the wear and tear they are discarded........not sure if this is a true thing but it is cool to think about! Ha! Lucky find Key! well done. Peyton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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