Cavpilot2k Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Old, used, 12 lb shot put. Gonna make one heck of a ball stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 12 pound---ever thought of building a Napoleonic cannon? 12 pounder was one of the sizes. I'll have to show you one of my 99 pound dock weights next time I get up to my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 You just need 1220 pounds of gun metal bronze to cast the barrel of a US Model 1857 12 pounder "Napoleon" gun-howitzer which was a common gun of the US Civil War of 1861-65. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavpilot2k Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Ironically my last name is...Cannon. And my Great, great grandfather fought in the Civil War, and was wounded twice, at Gettysburg and Fredericksburg - and survived it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavpilot2k Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Not gonna get any work done this weekend for being glued to this book! Signed by the author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 You should be trying things out as you read! So lots of work getting done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Sometimes things just show up at my house now. not arguing one bit about it other than I'm not sure who to thank. I have a couple suspects since they are bucket teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelonian Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 What's the weight of one of them? Clearly the best use for them is to make 2 1/2 pairs of the toughest steel toed boots ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Some days, you kick the bucket; some days, the bucket kicks you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you, and some days everyone goes home hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Lol. They are roughly 6-7# on my busted up, cheapo scale. I really need to get my better old store scale from my parents house. My first though was steel toed cogs to be honest. I have a few ideas for uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Nine bucks at the flea market: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Also, my neighbor across the way gave me a rod of aluminum and another of brass. It’s a nonferrous kind of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 A guy on a town sell and swap page was selling this as an anvil. It is beat up and I have little need for it but it was a curiosity I had to have it. It was cheap anyway. It appears to be a small swage block with a small bick. It is 11.5 inches tip to tail. The guy told me his grandfather used it as an anvil. You can see where his missed hits took chunks off of the corners and he deformed some of the swages. Too bad he didn’t know. Either way, anyone have any ideas what it is and where it comes from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Looks like one of those rope crimping anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Took my daughter to the fleamarket today and found a few things. A few handles so I can make a few jackhammers, an oval bracelet mandrel, and a 14# Iron City straight pein sledge. The bracelet mandrel was an interesting find. I'll probably weld a different shank on it since the welds to the round stock are cracked anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADHD-forge Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Found 2 brand new hydraulic cilinders 25 tons each for 100 euro's. Now i can start gathering steel for my forging press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Daswulf said: 14# Iron City straight pein sledge Stone dressing sledge, I have a 22 lb Iron City just like it. It's a handle eating beast. I may have to go with a new fangled plastic handle if it breaks another handle. and NO it's not from missed blows. It's a metal moving beast. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Thanks Frosty. I bet it is a metal moving beast. I have another that I haven't used yet, and even tho this one needs a new handle anyway, at $5. I couldn't pass it up. Now if I only had a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I found the cross peen version in my garage when we moved in, with some extensive cracking on the face. I trimmed it down and gave it a short handle; it is now named THE BEAST (left). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris J Dixon Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Picked up a roadside dump bed frame. Salvage some of the sheet-metal and angle iron off of it. Not sure what I’ll do with the holy stuff. Thinking it might work good for tea light candle holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eventlessbox Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Chris, Would probably make nice inserts for a radiator cover(in home not vehicle radiator). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Yeah, it's probably worth a Fiver Das, I got mine as part of a take it or leave it deal. 2 minutes ago, Chris J Dixon said: Not sure what I’ll do with the holy stuff. It's called "perforated sheet" and is excellent to have on hand, don't invent reasons to use it, the reasons will come to you and you'll be glad to have it on hand. It is good for candle holders, keeps flammables say paper napkins off the flame and casts attractive shadows. The bed frame angle iron is NOT mild steel, it's in the medium carbon range and is tough strong stock. It'd probably be a good addition to a pattern welded axe billet. Good scrounge, well done! Oh, for you guys picking up stuff from ditches and rural dump sites. The head of "Right Of Ways", the people you have to call to have abandoned cars hauled out of ditches. I had to go through some serious bureaucrat drubbing to discover the right office to call to have an abandoned junker removed from the ditch about 50' from our driveway verge. The thing was blocking out line of sight and a real road hazard but not the State Troopers problem, nor the Wasilla PD's nor. . . Anyway talking to the nice lady, director of Right Of Ways, got it tagged and towed within 48 hrs. about as fast as she could do anything, the Dept is really understaffed for field guys. She gave me a card of 6 free dump passes for bringing it to her attention and not being nasty about it. She said if I had to pick up crap dumped in our driveway she'd give me more for each run. I asked about steel I picked up out of ditches for stock as a blacksmith and she said I'd get dump passes for that too, she thought blacksmiths helping clean the right of way deserved the reward. I don't know about your Right of Ways Dept policy but here I not only get springs, axles, etc. I get a sheet of 6 transfer station (dump) passes. Can YOU spell win win? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Frosty, Concerning your 22 Iron City straight pein sledge hammer. One add-on might save the wooden handles that you prefer. It is an over-strike protector. They are installed on the handle just below the head, and they are constructed using a rubber or rubberized substance. I find plastic handles robust, but they are not very shock absorbing. (especially when we get older). Regards, SLAG. I must get back to cooking Kotogari Chicken Kari (an amazing hot madras curry.) YUM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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