Michael Cochran Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I would've thought you'd be an android user instead of a flip phone kind of guy. Lol I guess that's what I get for thinkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 You're a strange guy Ian but here's mine.Frosty The Lucky's Cell.Wow, those old kerosene powered flip phones really hang in there, out here in Africa we stopped using them when they motorized the wagons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 175 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Latest addition to the collection.. I've decided that as I cant get using them then I'm gonna collect them.Anyone recognise the shiny hammer? I was told who made it but cant remember.No idea why there was shoe polish there. It was in the box. Edited September 1, 2015 by Stephen Jones added comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorsHammer82 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 How are you going to line a spherical forge? It's going to be a BIG beast but fun just to see running.Frosty The Lucky.cut it in half and call them "Hemi forges" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry Dog Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Nelson studs, gridded wire, and some sort of castable insulating refractory? Make a heckuva doodad (glory hole?) for blowing glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Found out its a Jim Blurton 2lbs turning hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_K Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 A Jim Blurton in that condition would be worth a bit of coin to the local farriers if you aren't going to use it. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 cut it in half and call them "Hemi forges"That's a clamshell forge, the name's already assigned. Well, on second thought that's if you're going to hinge the halves together to open and close.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuppiejr Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Powers technique really works... got a call today out of the blue from one of the various notes I'd dropped regarding anvils, and after a trip across town , turned $250 into a beautiful 128 pound Peter Wright anvil and a Dixon-3 blacksmith/silversmith hardy hole forming stake that seems to sell for somewhere between $120 and $250 on it's own. My wife gave me a strange look a I huffed the anvil into the garage and asked why my latest garage tool came equipped with a steel **** (phallus). The conversation went downhill from there. (picture is from an eBay auction, the one I got has a bit more patina but the same shape). Edited September 2, 2015 by Yuppiejr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 ... a Dixon-3 blacksmith/silversmith hardy hole forming stake that seems to sell for somewhere between $120 and $250 on it's own. [...]Oh, you're tearing my heart out. I had one of those once that I picked up at an antique shop for about $30; it was yet another of the tools left behind in my move to the big city in '92. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 A Jim Blurton in that condition would be worth a bit of coin to the local farriers if you aren't going to use it. Just a thought.Only cost about £56GBP here about 90 usd i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Tomorrow is the city-wide garage sale in the Ohio town where I live. I anticipate lots of things following me home.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) Town wide Garage Sale? My Lord I'd have a nervous breakdown on that one, have to rent a U Haul either that or in Jail if my wife had my stuff for sale in it. Thinking more on this I'll bet she would. Edited September 4, 2015 by notownkid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorsHammer82 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Town wide Garage Sale? My Lord I'd have a nervous breakdown on that one, have to rent a U Haul either that or in Jail if my wife had my stuff for sale in it. Thinking more on this I'll bet she would. Some welding humor, but I think it would apply to Smithing as well.Tom finally decided to tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend. One evening, after the honeymoon, he was welding some stuff for fun. His new wife was standing there at the bench watching him. After a long period of silence she finally spoke,"Honey, I've just been thinking, now that we are married maybe it's time you quit spending all your time out here in the shop. You probably should just consider selling all your welders along with your gun collection.Tom got a horrified look on his face.She said, "Darling, what's wrong?"He replied, "There for a minute you were starting to sound like my ex-wife.""Ex wife!” she screamed, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!"Tom replied: "I wasn't." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 He replied, "There for a minute you were starting to sound like my ex-wife.""Ex wife!” she screamed, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!"Tom replied: "I wasn't."Good one consider it part of my joke bag. Town wide garage sale eh, how big's the town?Speaking of welder joke, I'd have to weld the doors on the shop and connex or Deb would be selling MY stuff. <shudder>Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will. K. Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 A While ago I was at a rummage sale and saw a small rusty toolbox for sale. It was one of those small ones about the size of a lunch box. I was not really interested in the toolbox itself but I picked it up to look at it because it had a price tag of $10 on it but was something you'd normally see for 25 cents or so. I thought maybe it had something nice inside, but it was empty. Turns out a guy's wife wanted him to get rid of it but it was his old tackle box and he didn't want to get rid of it. He had marked it up so high so it wouldn't sell. When I picked it up she saw me looking at it she came over and told me to just take it and make it disappear before her husband came back from running some errands! I told her I wasn't really interested in it and I didn't reel right about her scamming her hubby but she informed me that if I didn't take it was going to end up in the trash before he got home! I took it to save it from the landfill and now my little niece has a tackle box.Remember If your wife/girlfriend complains about some of your junk and she wants it gone she might not even sell it. It might just disappear when you are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Town wide garage sale eh, how big's the town?About 8,500 people. There's one guy who usually has some good tools; I'm interested to see what he has this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 A While ago I was at a rummage sale and saw a small rusty toolbox for sale. It was one of those small ones about the size of a lunch box. I was not really interested in the toolbox itself but I picked it up to look at it because it had a price tag of $10 on it but was something you'd normally see for 25 cents or so. I thought maybe it had something nice inside, but it was empty. Turns out a guy's wife wanted him to get rid of it but it was his old tackle box and he didn't want to get rid of it. He had marked it up so high so it wouldn't sell. When I picked it up she saw me looking at it she came over and told me to just take it and make it disappear before her husband came back from running some errands! I told her I wasn't really interested in it and I didn't reel right about her scamming her hubby but she informed me that if I didn't take it was going to end up in the trash before he got home! I took it to save it from the landfill and now my little niece has a tackle box.Remember If your wife/girlfriend complains about some of your junk and she wants it gone she might not even sell it. It might just disappear when you are gone.He should get rid of the wife not the boxGöte Speaking of welder joke, I'd have to weld the doors on the shop and connex or Deb would be selling MY stuff. <shudder>Frosty The Lucky.I have had it for real. We were erecting a factory in the old DDR and there was a gang of Bulgar thugs in the neighborhood who would steal anything. The security guys were afraid of them. We had all tools in a container and welded it shut in the evening and cut it up again in the morning. Welder and angle grinder were kept in one of the cars.Göte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Not much joy today: just a drill press stand for a hand drill for a buck. Maybe more later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadeseeker Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 It was so cute & fluffy. I had to bring it home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 It was so cute & fluffy. I had to bring it home.Are you referring to the man or the machine…or did they come as pair? Both look equally useful!AlanA While ago I was at a rummage sale and saw a small rusty toolbox for sale. It was one of those small ones about the size of a lunch box. I was not really interested in the toolbox itself but I picked it up to look at it because it had a price tag of $10 on it but was something you'd normally see for 25 cents or so. I thought maybe it had something nice inside, but it was empty. Turns out a guy's wife wanted him to get rid of it but it was his old tackle box and he didn't want to get rid of it. He had marked it up so high so it wouldn't sell. When I picked it up she saw me looking at it she came over and told me to just take it and make it disappear before her husband came back from running some errands! I told her I wasn't really interested in it and I didn't reel right about her scamming her hubby but she informed me that if I didn't take it was going to end up in the trash before he got home! I took it to save it from the landfill and now my little niece has a tackle box.Remember If your wife/girlfriend complains about some of your junk and she wants it gone she might not even sell it. It might just disappear when you are gone.The apocryphal tale of the £5 three month old E Type Jaguar comes to mind. A bloke saw an advert in the local paper for a E Type for £5, thought it was a misprint but telephoned to get the story. A woman answered the phone and said it was a genuine sale. Her husband had recently died and named her as executor of his estate. His Will said his Mistress should receive the proceeds of the sale of his new Jaguar….ouch!Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Welcome aboard Shade seeker, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the IFI gang live within visiting distance.50# LG? Good for you, I'm a serious proponent of rescues. A rescue never forgets you know.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 So both of them "had their way" with the mistress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadeseeker Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Welcome aboard Shade seeker, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the IFI gang live within visiting distance.50# LG? Good for you, I'm a serious proponent of rescues. A rescue never forgets you know.Frosty The Lucky.Thanks Frosty, I updated my header. It's a 100 pounder. She might need a little lipstick, but she runs great. I got to use her before buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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