Farmall Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 They are Tearing an old building down on the other side of town. Giving away the coal in the bunker. Lots of fines, but I'll sieve them out and use them to help with the fire. Lots of scooping, but it's easier when it's free and for me! Little bit stiff today, but thinking of the forging ahead with it, brings a smile to my face. Oh, that's an 8x10 foot tarp for those wanting to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Guy near me bought twenty of these from a shop that went belly-up. One of them followed me home for $55. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Score! You are going to love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Once I get some blades, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Lennox 14/18 tpi. Worth the money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I don't doubt it, but why the variable pitch? EDIT: Never mind. Googled "variable pitch" and found out for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Lennox 14/18 tpi. Worth the money! I've heard the same from too many people. Those are apparently regularly stocked at Lowes but can be had online as well. Congrats on the new toy @JHCC. It was meant to be after I showed off mine on Thursday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Lennox 14/18 tpi. Worth the money! Et voilà (with a nice ball peen hammer from a yard sale): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I got given this leaf spring by a friend who has a garage and he has said i can go back for as many as i like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Try to find the ones with the least miles on them as the failure mode for leaf springs is that due to fatigue and stress a number of micro cracks form and expand slowly until one propagates catastrophically. The best ones tend to be nearly new where some is raising or lowering their car and so replace perfectly good springs with new ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Oh that is good to know i will keep an eye out Thank you. I don't think this one is too old it is off a new truck, the bit that has fallen off to the right was thr one that snapped but the rest are still solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Greetings JHCC, As memory serves, That band saw takes a special blade .. Longer than the Milwaukee.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Greetings JHCC, As memory serves, That band saw takes a special blade .. Longer than the Milwaukee.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim I believe it's a model 7724, which the manual (available online) says takes a 44-7/8" blade. I think the smaller (non-deep cut) Milwaukees take a 35-3/8" blade. Thanks for the heads-up, though; I'll keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Update: we're good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Just cut some metal randomly and savagely for pure pleasure. It feels good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I suspect I'll be prepping a lot of RR spikes for Frederick's crosses.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Well, I just had to.... I know I've been wanting one of these for a long time and I'm figuring I can pay it off in use with not buying nearly as much gas for torches for smaller heat bending operations and other heating smaller areas including heating stuck bolts. And the deal was good with the extra coils and a pad is coming as well. So I bought a miniductor off my Cornwell dealer buddy. Can't wait to get using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Um... what does it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundryman Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Looks like a hand held induction heater, think electric blowtorch for localised heating. It's an interesting idea and I didn't actually know such things existed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Yeah I goggled it looks really cool, I didn't know they existed either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Poet Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 All of these were saved from the scrap bin, I was at a small amish auction and no one was bidding on these so I managed to get all of it for about $20 Personally, the most interesting thing here is the "Little Giant" (rivet setter?) Considering I never really thought about what else they made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I've seen one of those little giant thing's, didn't buy it cause I didn't know what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 That's a good haul for $20! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Um... what does it do? I'll take "Things that aren't SCA period-correct" for $500, Alex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Nice haul Iron poet. Yeah sorry, the miniductor is a hand held induction heater. It heats metal that's within the coil. I've known about them for a while in the auto body repair business. They are great for small localized heating but these little guys won't do for larger stock. I know Jeremy K has a large induction heater he uses to heat stock to forge. Great technology but it's still up there in price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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