Jim Coke Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Greetings CTG, The springs make great dishing and forming tools . Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllife Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 This followed me home a couple weeks ago. Lucky for me a fellow member keeps his eye out for local smithy stuff that I could use. Also lucky for me this just happens to be the style of press I was planning on building this winter. She needs a motor & pump which is almost a plus since I can put on exactly what I want. As for cost, it was a touch over scrap price. I think filling the truck with fuel on the way was more then the press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 It even has shelves for dies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Nice stuff CtG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 DROOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Yeah that ^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm hoping once I make it home (work-week away, helping another branch catch up with jobs) that I can check on my adobe experiment and fire back up the JABOD and get to working... well, something darn it! I had mental thoughts of the pipe being utilized for an ash-dump perhaps. That is, provided my rivet-forge pan arrives at the upcoming local event. My clay and adobe experiments should help prepare me for that (though I will still need to either braze or Ni the crack...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonred Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Picked this up at a used book store. Anyone used this book? Why did 2 pics load and why does it reappear after I delete 1? It was downloaded twice... Edited January 24, 2020 by Mod30 Delete duplicate photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Absolutely a great book for making animal forgings. It's the only book I'm aware of that specifically focuses on it. I'd love to find a copy at the local used bookstore. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 It was for sale at the Blue Moon Press booth at Quad-State. I wanted to buy a copy, but I’d already blown most of my discretionary budget on a speeding ticket on the way down. 3 hours ago, masonred said: Why did 2 pics load and why does it reappear after I delete 1? Because it’s about working iron, and you have a magnetic personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Took some scrap to the yard and got enough cash (mostly for a couple of copper busbars) to get another tankful of propane, some drops from the steel supplier, and a couple of hammer handles and a nice B&S hermaphrodite caliper from the local junk shop. (Five bucks for the last three, which ain’t bad.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 We have a copy of the Iron Menagerie a very good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonred Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 JHCC HAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Went to a yard sale and found a few gems in the rough. From left: fuller, eye punch, rectangular drift, rock chisel?, round drift, round punch, drift?... 25¢ each Also a set of letter punches. 7.50 When asked why they were getting rid of it all, they replied that it was in their garage when they moved in, and they were tired of tripping over it. I managed to talk them down to $10 for the lot so we didn't have to mess with change and everyone went home happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Ooo that's a nice score. I never find good stuff like that at yard sales. It's always screwdrivers and pliers. Don't even find hammers very often. I guess folks around here hang onto their stuff for which I don't blame them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It's always hit and miss for me at yard sales, mostly miss. Haven't found anything at the 7 sales before this one, but then you find the one that has quite a few things you could use and it makes the effort of the others you went to worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I hit a sale Friday morning and got a ton of good buys. One standout is a c-frame ratcheting punch for $4. I'll try to get some pics later, I need to get to sleep as I work tonight. We have been working 7 days a week recently. I don't mind as Saturday is all time and a half, and Sundays are double time. Cha-Ching! Das, I just bought a Koenig Iron Works PTO winch for $10. Need to dust it off and check it over. Spins free, so that is a plus. It may go on the 56 Imperial 4x4 project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 A couple of hammers. 3lb and 10lb found in thrift shop in Grand Junction both for $15. A little steep for thrift prices but I've wanted a 10lb sledge and the chances of me coming across a used one for much less is slim as I don't frequent the recycle center as much. And sometimes the 2.5lb just ain't enough, so the 3lb will be nice for the extra heft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 That 10#'r looks a whole lot like work to me! I'd like to have the entire gamut of sledges; currently my smallest hammer is a 2 oz ballpeen and largest is a 16# sledge. I've run across a 20# sledge but they thought it was made from Au. I've also talked with a fellow who used a 32# sledge breaking rocks for road work back in the CCC days; (I'd thought that was an exaggeration except I'd run across a published reference to that beforehand.) If the handles are decent you made your money back just there! Paid a tow truck driver to pick up and deliver the LG power hammers from my big deal. More than I wanted to pay; but my wife pointed out that the co-pay for an ER run would be even more. And it turns out that the tow truck driver has a 50# LG... So that's 4 powerhammers I've found in 2 weeks within a mile of where I work in front of a computer screen...I must be getting old---I'm slowing down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 1:38 AM, Shabumi said: I managed to talk them down to $10 for the lot so we didn't have to mess with change and everyone went home happy I keep going to yard sales in hopes of finding something blacksmith related but so far no result. I'm still holding out for the ONE that pays off. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I usually do better on the adjunct stuff---like propane regulators and hoses, files, scrap metal, handle materials---sometimes still on the mounted head....Clothes---my wife keeps throwing out my shop clothes...AND *asking* about possible blacksmithing stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Finally, after at least 9 months of searching, I bought a Lincoln 225amp welder...............in GREAT condition. Rubber looks brand new and was plenty pliable. Seller said the unit was around 35 years old but he seldom used it. I believe it. It's been sitting in an enclosed metal storage unit in his driveway. It's the old heavy copper coiled one. It came with about 40 pounds of sticks. I've got a lot of little projects in the shop I won't have to go "begging" friends to do for me. Have to learn how to weld with a stick first, of course. And the cable is only about 6 feet long. Won't even reach the plug on the wall because of other equipment. Will need to run 220 from my woodworking shop to the forge shop and then get a 220 extension cord. I have no idea the condition of all the sticks. There are several packages marked in such a way I'm assuming they are universal. Some of them I don't know. Should I put these in an oven and dry them before trying to use them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Depends on the rods, you can id them at most welding web sites. I use this one.http://w4zt.com/welding/stickrods.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks. Just printed this out. Also have a good friend who owns a welding supply. I'm sure he can make suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 That site is just a short list (rods I use most), this one I have bookmarked and is more in depth. Forgot to mention the color dots on the end of the rods. As far as putting them in an oven, it won't hurt them and some say they should always be dried and stored in moisture proof containers. https://weldguru.com/welding-electrode/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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