December 31, 20178 yr Y’all are starting to get my goat. This could go on until the cows come home. As long as things don’t get fishy, I’m ok with it.
December 31, 20178 yr Correct, the jaw tops would be flush with the workbench top. The dog would be pulled up and the board laid across the top of the bench. There would be pegs that are dropped into the top to provide a stop to clamp against.
January 2, 20188 yr Well Saturday Dec 30 I stopped at my favorite scrapyard, it's about 8 miles from my shop, the owner smiled and told me he was saving something for me and took me out to the pile and showed me a 50# Vulcan anvil in fair using condition. I said I'd buy it how much? US$20 then while I was hunting the piles a fellow drove up and started throwing steel out of his pickup. I pointed out to him that he was throwing out a set of showing tongs---alligators--- and he said they weren't any good anymore; so I grabbed them. The bitts were soft and I filed down the aggressive teeth on them and they work a treat for bladesmithing holding stock a bit smaller than my 1/4" holding short bitted shoeing tongs I use for holding tangs. The scrapyard owner gave them to me as a Holiday present...so in return I bought a piece of 5/8" plate with a hole blown through it from the explosives test site near by.
January 3, 20188 yr Been to cold so went over in the valley for some coal. 300# @ .12 cents a #. Where as the same stuff " bagged" is $8.95 for 40# bag.
January 3, 20188 yr 4 minutes ago, Reeltree said: Been to cold so went over in the valley for some coal. 300# @ .12 cents a #. Where as the same stuff " bagged" is $8.95 for 40# bag. How coal'd was it?
January 3, 20188 yr I feel for you; it's not supposed to get up to 69 degF till the weekend out here, next week we'll hit the 70's...
January 3, 20188 yr That in coal-junction with a hot lunch plate on the return home Coal'erd greens with your pork bellies yesterday?
January 5, 20188 yr From our weekly foray to the trash compactor. Some cable for Damascus billets, assorted pieces of plate and 3 shaft's 1 1/2 inch in diameter 11 inches long with some type of cam on one end, probably make good anvil tools. From a local junk shop a 42 inch in diameter by 3 inch wide wagon rim (probably wrought iron) weighs 45 pounds that cost ten dollars U.S. and 2 files and a large box wrench. .
January 5, 20188 yr Hi Irondragon, those 3 shafts with cams are air brake s cams the cams are what actually spread the brake shoes apart. Probably off a semi or end dump. I've dragged a few home after replacing them but never made anything from them should be good stock for some project.
January 5, 20188 yr Thanks Direwolf for letting me know what they are, knew someone would be able to ID them.
January 6, 20188 yr 38 minutes ago, Glenn said: They get used here to start penny scrolls. Are you saying that they're worth a pretty penny?
January 6, 20188 yr Don't count on the big tire being real wrought. I have picked up several that are not. Give it a good check. Still pretty good steel though.
January 6, 20188 yr Out this away I'm running about 9 wrought to 1 mild steel. I'm probably high grading as the newer mild steel ones are more often still associated with the wagon wheel and so are not in the scrap stream yet. I do find WI stuff that was made from wagon tire as it was a common scrap material at one time. The cross section is distinctive...
January 6, 20188 yr Didn't quite follow me home as much as it may somehow have found its way from a well known auction website to my front door this morning. It fits in the Hardy hole ok, but I'll probably sort out a small stump for it instead.
January 6, 20188 yr If you are going to use it in the hardy hole, you will want to square up the stem. Tapered items can be bad news to heels on an anvil.
January 7, 20188 yr These didn't quite follow me home but they were waiting at the gate to greet me. My son works as a fitter/turner in Townsville and he dropped these ball bearings off this morning. He repairs big industrial pumps and keeps these for me. They make good eyes for junk sculptures, but I have yet to find a good use for them in blacksmith work. I'm guessing the metal is high carbon. Any ideas? The golf ball is there for size comparison.
January 7, 20188 yr Use the bearings as water analogue for a waterfall simulator. Kind of like a heavy duty marble run. Would look pretty cool to have the flow bounce off an anvil...
January 7, 20188 yr On 1/5/2018 at 4:08 PM, JHCC said: Are you saying that they're worth a pretty penny? They're heaven cent.
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