Gergely Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Some recent ironware that followed me home: Some plastic injection moulding die parts from two batch of scrapped dies. There are more similar parts that can't be seen in the pict.They make a pretty strong a variable bending jig. A 22kg/48lbs anvil for travelling. I really don't need that 114lbs with me all the time This baby is pretty unique, it's a cast steel anvil that the workers of a casting company made back in the socialist times, just for their own needs/fun. Has pretty nice rebound. This scrapped copper band I couldn't resist. It's perfect size for bracelets, pure copper, and 8,5 m/25 feet long. How could I resist... These two rings I found and thought: Nr1 they can come handy sometimes, Nr2 they are so precious... we musts have them... And about a week later I found out why I was right: you can do pretty serious damage with a 9kg/20lbs ring when applied on hot steel: Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 18 hours ago, Frosty said: Nice safe, a little insulation and some fridge plumbing and your lunch and beer would be safe in the shop. oooh OOH! Hide it in a wall and I'll call Geraldo! Rig a camera inside so we can get a shot of Geraldo's expression when he opens the door and sees . . . whatever we come up with for a surprise. Maybe one of Das' insects, hmmm? Frosty The Lucky. Lol we could make up a giant spider that will spring out in attack mode when the door is opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On the flat copper strip: I take some nickle silver wire I have and place a piece on each side of the strap and grab the ends with visegrips and twist (annealing if necessary) till I get a roundish rod with the nickle silver visible inset. Looks very nice when buffed. Been doing about 40 years now using old transformer windings and making bracelets and penannular brooches from it. Also, I silver solder the ends when it's cut to size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks, Thomas! That's real good outside the box thinking. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Fresh ton of coal followed me home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Fresh ton of coal followed me home. At 100-300 million years old, how fresh could it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 As fresh as coal can be. Fresh off the pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 The time frame is the Carboniferous Period, which spans the period from 360 million years ago to 286 million years ago, about 70 million years before the dinosaurs. The bottom half of this period is known in the U.S. as the Mississippian Period, the top half as the Pennsylvanian Period, and coal formed as the Mississippian Period ended and the Pennsylvanian Period started. If you got NEW coal it might be peat. How peat changes to coal: Pressing the peat down further in the earth gradually changed the material to coal. Scientists estimate that from 1 to 3 meters of plant matter was needed to form 1 meter of coal that we can use for burning to give us different kinds of energy. Coal formation is a process that still goes on. It takes a very long time though for the whole process to take place. Some of our newest coal is a only about one million years old…wow…just a fossil baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Few things mysteriously (to my wife anyway) followed me home the other day! One thing is forsure, no one is going to run off with my vice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Glenn, Thanks for the info. Millhand, Nice haul. I have to say I'm a little jealous of that swage block! I'd love to have one like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 don't forget lignite an intermediate step between peat and coal. That swageblock has nice dimples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 that is one serious vice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, Tubalcain2 said: that is one serious vice! "Vise", TC2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Vice is the English spelling Vise is the american English spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 TC2 lives in Tennessee! (By the way, do the British still use "cramp" for the tool Americans call a "clamp"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 but most of you profess to use English as a language which comes from England some woodworkers do I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Originally, perhaps, but after 400 years of being spoken here, American English has taken on its own local colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 yes, it is not English anymore, maybe it should not be referred to as such so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 "The American dialect of English" does not roll trippingly off the tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 your right JHCC. just a spelling error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I so,.. failed English class lol I hit the jackpot tonight guys! The snow is about gone so I went out to the homestead where previous generations had a work shop. Hoping to find some wrought iron. The roof has mostly caved in so I had to do some digging but luckily some of the old Steel had covered the spot I found these items. Found some pretty cool things I think some of you may appreciate. Did not find much wrought.... Any idea what the last set of tongs are for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Millhand, you are one lucky guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 bull nose lead? Nice score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Man! At the first picture I thought to myself "hmmm, not too bad at all" and then the second picture came, and I thought "wow that's pretty good, and a nice bit of wrenches and files" but by the third one I was thinking "Dang, I wish I was him" and then I saw the skillets and was like "Dang, now I really wish I was him!" Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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