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.And a couple of hammers of the 50¢ table, about which the best thing that can be said is that they're reforgeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) 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.Am I forbidden to quote too? Now I'll see about editing a quote. <sigh>My sister lives in Boise and Ron Reil lives in the mountains north of you somewhere.So much for my expertise with mechanical power hammers your's looks a LOT like my 50# LG.Fingers crossed, Frosty The Lucky. Edited September 5, 2015 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty 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.I picked up a clamp in hand drill, drill press thingy at a yard sale a few years ago and it's come in really handy more than once. I call it my poor man's Mag drill. A couple C clamps and it drills in most any position. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I picked up a clamp in hand drill, drill press thingy at a yard sale a few years ago and it's come in really handy more than once. I call it my poor man's Mag drill. A couple C clamps and it drills in most any position. Frosty The Lucky.Good, I can use the big C-clamps I got at last year's sale.Also got a few ball pein hammers off the 50¢ table, about which the best thing that can be said is that they're reforgeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ball peins and C clamps are almost all there is on my grab it list garage, etc. saling. blacksmith tools aren't seen very often and when you do they're stupid expensive, if it's rusty it's an antique you know.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob.a.K Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) Found this post vise on Craigslist luckily listed under tools instead of "antiques", the old timer who had it thought it was time to get rid of his spare. He had it listed for $75 and I gave him 80 because neither of us had change. Most every other one I have seen has been an "antique" and been at least double that price. So thanks go to Herb I'll cherish it and put it to good use. Picture : http://i.imgur.com/KnpOs49.jpg?1 Edited September 8, 2015 by Rob.a.K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloe01 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Now I can make that foot powered vice.....IF I can find that thread again.........Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 had a good day at an auction today, tho it was rather damp. an adjustable stand, 40 feet of 1/2 rebar, a halogen shop light and a 5 1/4 inch post vise. $60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Had a good score at the dump yesterday, about 200' of 1" wire rope, 4 coil springs and a piston pump for all of the $7 I had on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 today at the car boot sale, a roper whitney number 5 punch with a selection of dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Those little Whitney's are handy. Turbo7- how long did it take to coil up that 200' of cable? Looking to make a lot of cable Damascus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 In 3 pieces, guessing at length but be pretty close, time to start making knives now -) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 have a number 8 as well, does holes in 1/4" plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson645 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Picked up a new anvil Saturday. 180lb Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 You ever notice that the *first* anvil may seem hard to get; but then others are attracted to it over time till you are tripping over them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 ThomasI think it is down to gravitational mass, your first anvil has a set amount of gravitational mass which will attract other small pieces of metal. These small pieces combine and increase the gravitational pull thus attracting larger pieces of metal and so on until there is enough pull to attract another anvil / swage block etc which further increases the pull.The range of the pull also increases as the mass does, starting with the yard then the neighbour hood and further outwards not only drawing in more metal and tools but in some cases other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Chaos Theory refers to phenomena as a "Strange Attractor." Non linear mathematics show that attractors concentrate(?) order from chaos. The trick is getting the right amount of chaos, not enough and the system is too stable/stagnant, too much and order isn't possible. There are no pools of smooth water in a waterfall, white water rapids is a different story on the other hand.Anyone want to write the formula for predicting blacksmith tool attractors more predictably than the "get one, more will follow," rule of thumb?Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Anyone want to write the formula for predicting blacksmith tool attractors more predictably than the "get one, more will follow," rule of thumb? Something like "((O x D x C)-S)/L", where:O = How many you already OwnD = How badly you Desire a new oneC = How much ready Cash you have on handS = Spousal resistanceL = How hard you're Looking Probably leaving out a couple of important variables, though. Edited September 15, 2015 by JHCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I think it is due to a herd instinct... Or perhaps the old dating belief that the easiest time to find someone is when you are already with someone---being single/desperate scares off other possible partners. Once you have an anvil you relax and they start turning up everywhere you look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTail Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Got home from fishing and found this stuff by my shed. A giant section of I beam, couple leaf springs, looks like some screws off an old lathe bed, a milk crate full of big roller bearings and races, and a 1 inch belt grinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Somebody likes you. Keep up the good vibe. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Got home from fishing and found this stuff by my shed. A giant section of I beam, couple leaf springs, looks like some screws off an old lathe bed, a milk crate full of big roller bearings and races, and a 1 inch belt grinder. You have posted this in the wrong thread…these treasures preceded you home! Alan Edited September 17, 2015 by Alan Evans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Somebody's feeding his scrap addiction; I'd check the local scrapyard that will sell to the public....so is that enough I beam to make a treadle hammer with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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