the iron dwarf Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 it will be used unless I find a new owner for it, I have a few anvils but this is the heaviest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I'm glad it will feel the comfort of glowing steel on it's face again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 tried it for bounce with a small hammer about 60% and a ball bearing about 80%, think I will try it soon with something hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 tried it for bounce with a small hammer about 60% and a ball bearing about 80%, think I will try it soon with something hotNice! I hope you are going to make a real nice 'thank you' for such an awesome friend on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Nothstine Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hit an estate sale at lunch today and pick up a vintage Heller 2 1/2 lb hammer in great condition for $5.00 It feel great in my hand can't wait to try it out. Also pick up a pipe vise for $20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Oh that hammer looks *good*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I guess I am pretty lucky with resources. Things just appear in my trailer from time to time. A farm area was being cleaned up a bit and owner says put your trailer here and we'll fill it up. Take what you don't want to the dump.Lots of usable stuff there - old blacksmith made hooks and harness items, wheel hub rings, old machinery parts, heaps of buggy leaf springs and a few nice old coach axles. Some lengths of railway iron too, but that's too heavy for what I do and it will go to the dump. Also some heavy castings which I don't use. But I'll keep 80% of it. I think a lot is wrought iron.It's nice when folks think of us before just dumping this sort of stuff isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 what a haul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Nice catch! I'm going to the scrapyard to try to disassembly two big ornamental-like gate elements. Or to see if those are usable. Greetings Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Ausfire, It may be worth looking round to see if anyone near you restores buggies or such, iron work like that is often sought for. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 "Yard art" comes to mind too---how about some large mosquito's with that auger for the probiscus? Lovely stuff for those of us that like the "old iron". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Nothstine Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Pick up another hammer at an estate sale for $2.00 this one is kind of odd. The main hammer is maybe 1.5 lb then the other side is maybe .5 lb Here is a photo of the hammer next to my 2.5 lb Heller not sure why the hammer is set up this way, no brand name on the hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Just a variation on a ball peen; I have a number of "odd" ones including the "peg" end, the sphere end, faceted ends, small straightpeen ends, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 these followed me home on sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 so i went to a tag sale this weekend and besides from getting some stitches i came home with a nice old manual 20ton press cleaned her up and she spins like a top once i got the bird crap out of the bearing then today i was helping level a house and i ended up coming away with with a really nifty screw jack duff brand the inner threads turned really hard and as i was freeing them up the outer set started moving i had no idea they were even there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sing_j_ Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Bigred1o1 not gonna lie, I'm pretty jealous of that bottle jack. Many times would it have been nice to have one like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Here's from this last weekend gleen of a garage sale. After cleaning a little bit, a ball pein, and a couple of items some of you will remember...an old tire hot patch clamp and a Ferguson wrench for the tractor parts / attachments. Thinking of the patch clamp, maybe good for clamping knife handles after gluing??...dono... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 got a few pieces of round EN8 ( 1040 ) steel yesterday, about 3" diameter and 8 to 10" long, wondered about using it for an early anvil just set on end in a stump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 got a few pieces of round EN8 ( 1040 ) steel yesterday, about 3" diameter and 8 to 10" long, wondered about using it for an early anvil just set on end in a stump That'll make a fine period correct anvil for almost any period. Don't forget to hand forge a point on one end. <wink> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 got a few pieces of round EN8 ( 1040 ) steel yesterday, about 3" diameter and 8 to 10" long, wondered about using it for an early anvil just set on end in a stump That would make a great stump anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Man what kind of garage sales do they have where you people live?!?! I'm so jealous! I'd be lucky to pick up a hammer or a chisel at anything around here. Nice, big iron pieces, just not gonna happen where I live. sulking now...... thanks...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Nothstine Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Plumb 2 lb hammer and and a 1859 Fray & Pigg brace. Hammers are my new addiction, it took me about 1 year to kick my hand saw addiction (well almost). Lucky they have all been hammers I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm often struck by (whatever they call yard/garage/rummage/? sales in the UK) envy. Not only to folk that side of the pond come across juicy bits like that but real wrought iron, centuries old tools and equipment and such. You ought to try finding blacksmithing tools in Alaska. If you find something they want stupid money for it and that's not counting the stupid expensive shipping, they tag that on too. <sigh> I just try to ignore the great finds on the other side of the planet. If I could fire up my jet and visit I might but I'm just a guy so I read and go look at the next thread. Okay now I'm little depressed so I'll think about those two BIG coil springs laying in what I think is an abandoned lot. The diameter of the stock has to be near 2" dia and would make probably a couple hundred hammers. I'll salve myself imagining all the cool things I can make with those two BIG coils of (probably) 5160. I'm better now, hard as that is to believe. <grin> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I once picked up a coil spring made from 1.5" stock---came from a large earth mover that was sold at a surplus sale and scrapped---they left a few pieces behind when they torched it up and hauled it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Frosty, quit thinking, and find out who owns the property. They may even pay you to haul that "junk" off their property. I waited too long to inquire about a very large crucible I saw abandoned on a vacant lot across from Timet in Henderson. One day it disappeared, probably to the scrap yard. I saw it as a yard art possibility placed on the edge of the slope on my property tipped on its side with Mexican bird of paradise flowers flowing out of it like hot steel. that thing must have weighed several tons, so moving it was a chore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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