May 28, 201610 yr 50 minutes ago, 51 Papy said: I came up with a couple several months back and this was the reply. Hope it helps. I cut one it was harder then heck. I keep forgetting to throw it in the forge to heat treat test. Papy Thanks, Papy.
May 28, 201610 yr These happened to find their way into the back of my truck today. All for under 45 bucks. 8# straight peen 8# sledge two 3# hammers 17 rr spikes fire extinguisher (hopefully it is steel so I can make it into a crucible) a punch some round stock and the army duffle bag and 3 axe heads
May 29, 201610 yr Went by the Las Cruces NM fleamarket today and besides stocking up on english muffins I bought a hewing hatchet head; oldy it's steeled---the cutting edge was a strip of high carbon steel forge welded to the body of the hatchet. I'm still figuring out if it was a folded body or a slit and drifted one There is a visible line at the poll and front end of the eye so I'm leaning toward slit and drifted.. Lots of life left to it and no Idjit has ever put a bevel on the back side of the edge!!!! Now to stroll down to the pecan trimmings pile and pick out a piece to drawknife into a handle... US$5
May 29, 201610 yr It's getting bad. Things just keep begging for me to rescue them and put them back to work. Got this rock island 574 today for 60 bucks at the flea market. Weighed about 75# and is very smooth opens to 7-8 inches
May 29, 201610 yr perhaps you should start carrying some auto interior protection stuff as a standard practice. I even carry a piece to go between my roof and long things in the bed of my pickup. And red flags of course.
May 29, 201610 yr i have one i set it on right after i took the picture. my old truck (plow truck) isn't anything that can have much more damage done to it and notice, so i tend to get careless at times but its perfect for me. covered in dirt and grease and dented up but still a runner. the back was too full to put it in because the rest of my blacksmithing gear is in it
May 29, 201610 yr I bought it the other day at an estate auction. that's where i picked up the 8# hammers and the spikes aswell
May 30, 201610 yr my daily drive is a 1989 pickup and it sure doesn't have fancy seats like that! But I try to take care of them as I don't plan to replace it till it turns 30 or needs a major repair...
May 31, 201610 yr Here are some soon-to-be post anvils that I got from a machine shop estate sale. The round one is 4140, the hex pieces were unmarked but were in a big pile of tool steel. I also picked up a few random pieces of tool steel and some vintage paper micarta.
May 31, 201610 yr Dude! Wow! That is sweet! That can of Welch's looks delicious. What a score man! I mean i guess the metal isnt bad either though...
May 31, 201610 yr 3 minutes ago, MrDarkNebulah said: Dude! Wow! That is sweet! That can of Welch's looks delicious. What a score man! I mean i guess the metal isnt bad either though... I would caution you, that can is filled and is under pressure; You may want to rethink making a welches post anvil... LOL, great score! Think of the different radii you can put on those hex anvils!
June 1, 201610 yr Lol, I spark tested the Welch's but the orange liquidy sparks with no branching were inconclusive... I'm excited about the hex anvils, I want to make up some hexagonal wooden bases to match them.
June 1, 201610 yr I'm running a "recycling" program at work. I'm offering $10 off of bed delivery when a customer brings in their old metal bed frame for "recycling". It costs me $2.50 to offer the ten dollar discount, and yields me about $80 worth the angle iron, if purchased as stock at HD. So far, I've gotten 8 assorted frames, and 4 of those have tested out as High Carbon steel. Lots of hinges, hangers, and decorative scroll in my immediate future...
June 1, 201610 yr Won't be long till you are Major Mayhem with thinking like that! I just tend to go by the dumpsters when the university's semester is over; hmmm this weekend for instance. Thanks very much for the testing results; spark or quench or both or a mix...?
June 1, 201610 yr I like a little general mayhem. Bed frames are handy stock in general folk usually just give them to you at yard, garage, moving, etc. sales nobody wants to pay for them and it saves a dump run. Frosty The Lucky.
June 2, 201610 yr I was surprised how fast bed frame sell here in my little valley. I was hoping yo get some free ones like back home,but not here.
June 2, 201610 yr Thomas mentioned octagonal hammers, here's my new favorite hammer. Hand forged by some talented smiths in north Alabama! Little over 2 lbs. Flat on one end, rounded on other. Perfect for a lot of work I do.
June 2, 201610 yr the lines on that hammer is like to give me a toolgasm! Next time you replace the handle think of using a faceted handle as well if they suit you hand... Chain is almost always useful; I once found a heavy chain buried in a spoil pile and drug it the mile home behind the truck to clean off the rust some. I always look for "odd" chain at the scrapyard to use in handforged projects where I don't plan to forge one myself, (tends to up the price a bunch if I do it)
June 4, 201610 yr yesterday my brother and I went to the scrap yard and picked up some stuff including an axe head, hatchet head, an old simplex railroad jack, a large crowbar, some hammers- 4lb,3lb,8lb, a meat grinder (not sure why I got it), and some other items. after the scrap yard we stopped by a garage sale that was mostly selling tools. almost all of his prices were high but I found a few things. he had a drawer full of wrenches, a file,ect that I bought for $5 dollars. he also had a really neat craftsman hand crank grinder in good shape that I bought for $10. in all I think I did all right. the pictures are after I cleaned up some of the stuff. Littleblacksmith
June 4, 201610 yr Just my opinion, ... but I've found there are few things in the world, as useless as a "speeder" wrench. Everybody has a couple laying around, ... and they're NEVER worn out ..... On the other hand, Potato Forks are quite useful, ... but conjure up unpleasant memories of sweating in the garden. Fortunately, it can be "re-purposed" into something less traumatic. .
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