*6* of them!!!!!

Here you go, you can make one of these, and still have one ball left over. :rolleyes:

 

On 8/12/2013 at 4:52 PM, ThomasPowers said:

*6* of them!!!!!

Yep, hang them fore and aft!

 

edit: xxxx, I forgot to quote the post above this one first to give context

I thought of a newton's cradle but cast iron doesn't have the snap of hardened steel...

It would work about as good as the Mythbuster's meganewton's cradle. lol.

Hmm I could build a counter ballance system and store my 515# Fisher up near the ceiling when not in use; perhaps you wouldn't mind standing on this red X when you visit?

Hmm I could build a counter ballance system and store my 515# Fisher up near the ceiling when not in use; perhaps you wouldn't mind standing on this red X when you visit?

Sorry, I'm no Road runner.

It's a Fisher not an Acme (sold by Sears, some were HB's as I recall) you would be totally safe---until you said "beep beep"

if I remember right, The road runner would stand on the X, than say Beep Beep and be gone in a puff of dust. and than the Coyote would come over and look up, wondering where the Anvil was at which time it would land on him. So, Sure, I'll be your road runner. lol. Beep Beep.

Running in my shop would probably be more dangerous than standing on the X

Please don't call the cops, because this was almost highway robbery, 

 

400lb Peter Wright anvil

Canadian forge co. blower #1; no stand, 18" fan housing

Canadian forge co blower #2; on stand

Portable refractory lined forge

5 pair champion bolt tongs

7 misc tongs

misc wrought iron, springs, lawn mower blades and steel bars

1 ton coal in bags (mixed bituminous and anthracite)

misc top tools

2 hammers

3 nice new homemade wooden boxes, 5 antique crates/boxes (for mommy)

casting stuff (ingot mould, lead ladle, cast iron melting pot, holds 1.5 gallon)

 

The seller was asking $1000 for all of it, but i talked down to $800, as a $200 down payment and $50/month until its payed off...

 

Pictures!?!?! you want pictures!?!?!?! well fine then!

 

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You win!

 

Eight years, 180 pages, 3,600 posts and we have a winner. Safe to say this thread can be closed and archived now ;)

You win!

 

Eight years, 180 pages, 3,600 posts and we have a winner. Safe to say this thread can be closed and archived now ;)

why would it be mothballed? Sounds to me like you haven't had anything cool follow you home lately. lol. :D

I'd like to thank the academy, my friends and family, the director, and everyone who voted, this trophy will have a special spot on my shelf!

i was helping to clear brush around a building and came across this drill it was rusted solid but i had my hopes up that i could be reselected and an afternoon of oil and heat and she is free

my hope is to be able to use this as a pore mans magnetic drill press until i come across one i can afford you can clamp it to a work surface and dill in any direction as well it has a high and a low speed

over all this seems very simple and yet versatile tool

this is a Millers Falls co no 1

 

Greetings Big Red,

 

That's a slick one... I have several but not that model...  I think that one you can clamp to a flat plate and use it like a cordless mag drill...  Just like the Cole drill...

 

Great find

 

Forge on and make beautiful things   Jim

WOW  I didn't know Millers Falls made tools like that! On the hunt now!

i have had no luck finding any info about it on line but i will keep poking around

i find it kind of interesting the way the gearing is set up so you can use it a "high" speed drill with the handle to the side and as a low speed ratcheting drill from the top

I had to go into town today to buy some screws for my old truck and thought I might check out the scrap yard for anything interesting while in there.  I couldn't get near the pile at first as the yardman was running the big magnet thingy moving stuff around but he finally finished up and I was able to get a look. In the pile was the partial contents of somebodies tool boxes as well as some other good stuff.  About 220 pounds of it!  The yard snagged me for $55 and I think I got a great deal.  It's hard to make out but there is a kerosene or carbide type lamp for an old car or carriage in there - unfortunately the red lens is broken.  The red tool box in the background has more little stuff in it as well.  The smaller vise is a Columbian, two different types of valve spring compressors, two jack stands, a lifetime supply of cold chisels and punch tools, large drill bits and some fine thread taps of uncommon sizes.  Also included was a tin of UMC central fire primers which were actually percussion caps.  I didn't take pictures of the domed tank ends that were also included.  A good haul!

Some days are like that, spent US$2.40 one Saturday at the scrap yard and $133 there the next Saturday and was happy both times!

It's been a while since I have posted, I have moved from NY to Kalamazoo Michigan, and while building my new shop, I put in 2 isolation pads in the slab, One for my tire hammer and one extra, just in case a hammer I could not pass up came along. Well I call my tire hammer big red, now he has a little brother from Steve at Matchless Antiques. He loaded it for me and off it went, it took everything my tractor had to get it in the new shop, but now it resides in its place of honor. Soon to be bolted down on a rubber pad. I figure my new shop should be up and stocked by thanksgiving.

Nice score Mike. Kalamazoo eh? I married a UPer so maybe a face to face is in the card one of these days.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Beautiful hammer, Mike.  I had the chance to transfer to Michigan not too long ago, and one of the reasons I didn't was the proximity to Matchless Antiques!   There's no way I could be that close and not spend too much of my paychecks with them.

mike, i'm sick :)

Seldom,

come on over and play on it anytime!!

hmmm, not sure if this fits the category as I had a friend stop by and give me these things, early Christmas presents!  Anyway he and I served in the Marines together, he wanted to stop by and watch me make something, knew I needed a motor for the belt grinder I'm building, and that I'd been making knives from old files.  It's a 2 hp motor 3450 rpm, can be wired for either 110 or 220. 

 

He stayed awhile and I forged this letter opener out of one of the files to give him as a thank you.  I still need to finish it, but here it is in progress.