KYBOY Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Glenn I just sold 50 pounds fo those ingots on ebay for $50. I still have two five gallon buckets left to smelt and mold. Lead is high right now. My buddy owns a tire station and hooks me up. I cast a lot of sinkers:D But $50 buys....well a little steel anyway:rolleyes: 50 pounds will fit in a flat rate box too.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Found this ASO gouged out of a piece of RR track today at a yard sale..Picked it up for $10..Didnt really need it but thought I may use it when I didnt want to abuse my anvil. I knocked a pritchel hole in it and welded some square stock on the back to form a hardy hole in case I needed to use a hardy in it..threw the stand together out of scrap laying around the farm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 (edited) This followed me home back in the early 1990's from Italy but I didn't know what I had till I "rediscovered" it in my box of "stuff" Seems like forging like that could be painful. So the missing photo was of a Italian 50 Lira coin with a naked smith (probably HEPHAESTUS) hammering at his anvil. Edited June 1, 2008 by larrynjr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Nice coin, but isn't this just a little risque having some blacksmith forging just what only heaven knows and burning just what while bare butt naked on a family friendly forum?;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 true, I didn't take that into account. I'll take it off and people can PM me and I'll email them the photo directly so as not to offend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt87 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Considering it's an Italian coin, I wonder if the 'al fresco' figure is in fact Vulcan (the Roman ripoff of Hyphestus). Cool find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 This is my haul from this last weekends NEB Spring Meet tail gating, In addition a very generous member of NEB won this NEB swageblock in the raffle and then gave it to me <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Two busted anvils, a head and a tail? Cool! Now, if you can figure how to stick both ends together you'd really have something. Actually, I wouldn't mind have those two halves. "They must have been racers in their days" That sweetheart deal on the swage block requires a great deed from you in the future. Don't forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 You want to forge weld them together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 WOW! Heads and tails. That is a nice small swage block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 The one with the horn is around 150lbs even without the tail, just as much as my main shop anvil, and quite old. The one with no horn is around 110lbs. Neither of the anvils has seen a whole lot of use really, and the faces are in quite good shape. The price was right on them so i bought them both, because there's a lot of use left in them yet. The block has a shovel shape on the other side that's wicked nice too. I fully intend to return the favor more than in kind for the swage block. That made my whole weekend, heck i'm still smiling ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I've bought an anvil missing the heel once; old with a great face and horn and about 30 cents a pound in price cause it was "damaged". It's my loaner anvil/ leave outside the shop anvil and has worked great! I can put a hardy in the post vise if I need to. Too many folks get hung up that the anvil has to be perfect to work; well I've seen a lot of great smithing done on pieces of scrap metal---it's the skill that makes it great not the tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Well answered an add in the local free web ads and came away with a bucket of tongs 14 pair all together and a box of stuff, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 top and bottom swages, 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 top fullers, A real good handled cold cut and handled hot cut, 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 bolt headers, Three misc hammers and some odds and ends. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 When you say free web ads are you saying these were free? Or are the ads free? In one case it's a good score in the other it's a tremendous score. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Frosty, The web ads are free, I did have to give up some coin this time:rolleyes: John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinD Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 None the less, nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Awesome score John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 thats an great find John , wished i was as lucky as you LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Mulholland - Tetnum Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 i have had metal appearing at my shop but the big peices are 250#3/8 galvnised cable(stream team) a pipe 24 inch dimeter 3feet long(construction scraps) and old corroded transmission? the transmission just materilised and is sort of puzzleing as to where it came from mabe START (stream trash art) program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlarkin Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 So a friend of mine comes over today so I can weld up a table for him. He had all the parts pre-cut, but I had to make some adjustments. Seems as he used the iron worker at his employer, but did not know how to adjust for miters, notches, and metal thickness. Anyway, we get all done and he loves it. "the table that is." He says he found something at work that they were throwing out, and he snagged it for me. Say it's yours if you can use it. He goes to his truck, and when he returns, he sets it on one of my work benches. I could not believe my eyes. It is a Whitney Tools, 2x2 1/4" notcher. A little dirty, handle is missing, but the dies are in good shape. I clamped it down, found a piece of 2x2 1/4", placed in the notcher, stuck a piece of 1/2 conduit in the top and gave it a turn. BAM!. Knocked out a perfect triangle with razor straight edges. No pics yet. My daughter broke my camera. Now I gotta build something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 (edited) This hitched a ride home with me today. I don't think it's been used but once or twice, the safety clip is still on the hook, no scratches in the paint and the casters are unmarked. $100 at a garage sale, $300 at the engine hoist store. Now I can move things around without pushing the weight restriction on my arm. Frosty Edited June 15, 2008 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Frosty, find the proper size tubing to go inside the tubing cross bar most distant from the load. There should be a stop inside that tube, if not, measure from the middle to about 24 inches beyond the edge of the tubing to act as out riggers and to keep the hoist from tipping over when under load. You may have to drill a hole and weld a nut to the tubing, so you can use a bolt to hold the out rigger in place. You may want to look at replacing the wheels with all swivel wheels and stronger wheels than those supplied. If you plan to use the hoist on anything other than smooth concrete, a larger diameter wheel should be considered. This is NOT to be taken lightly. I have seen these things tip over (load was a small block v8), the wheels collapse (load was a 2000 pound), and the wheels dig in and bury up to the frame (into asphalt). Great score !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Good idea about the outrigger even though I don't intend to be lifting or moving odd shaped loads there's always a chance of a wheel getting chocked when in motion, then a little momentum puts the whole thing on it's side. The wheels are heavy duty and all six swivel. If I need to take it out of the shop I have more off road wheels on dollies I can attach. Maybe motorize something off road one of these days. Good tips, these things can be dangerous and it pays to use caution. Heck, I sweep the floor before moving anything more than a couple hundred lbs. with one. We had a pebble chock a wheel while we were turning one sideways once. Everybody got out of the way but the load (right angle drive for a drill rig) hit the floor with great authority. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Went to the dump today and next to me was this pile of sod. I was loading while my wife was unloading. I was afraid the attendant would stop me, then he came over and said I could have as much as I wanted. Got the whole pile about 24 rolls all in good shape, just finished laying it down and it looks good, and I,m ready for a nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Went to the dump today and next to me was this pile of sod. I was loading while my wife was unloading. I was afraid the attendant would stop me, then he came over and said I could have as much as I wanted. Got the whole pile about 24 rolls all in good shape, just finished laying it down and it looks good, and I,m ready for a nap. Good score. Only in America would someone throw their lawn out! Frosty GCOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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