ThomasPowers Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 It won't fit in the hydraulic press? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 8 hours ago, JHCC said: Swung by the industrial surplus place and got this interesting cart in the hope of using it for a hammer rack: That looks a lot more like a bar stock rack to me John. a plywood floor with a rim around the outside and you could stack a forest of bar stock in it and roll it out of the way till you needed something. I see what you were thinking when you picked it up but it's WAY too big and one set of tines would hold more hammers and a person is likely to need very often. I still think it's a good score just not as a hammer rack. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 That is an interesting thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 That was my thought as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I wonder if I could use the back for stock and the front for tools. That would free up some more floor space. The tricky bit is that that is a cramped area of the shop already, and I don't want to block my 230v outlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Well, I brought home two motorcycle chains today to use as hold-downs. One is really heavy, the other, not so. But I think the heavy one will work fine if I pull a pin at the halfway point and make two hold-downs out of it. Now I'm on the hunt for some old cast iron window weights. Haven't seen those in years, but I bet there are still some out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Picked up a few bits and bobs from a garage sale today. A few files and a rasp for 2 dollaridoos each. Biggest one looks to be a 350mm bastard cut. Solid steel cylinder that I'd like to turn into my next anvil somehow and a chain that I might try making some chain Damascus out of. Don't know yet. Also got some brass and a shorter piece of steel cylinder as an anvil for my other half who would like to try her hand at silver smithing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 18 hours ago, JHCC said: The tricky bit is that that is a cramped area of the shop already, and I don't want to block my 230v outlet. I suppose if I suggested mounting a short 230v extension cord to the cart Steve and every other legitimate electrician would demand I be tied to the mast and given strokes with a cat O' 9 tails. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I’m thinking of rearranging that wall of the shop. There’s some stuff I can get rid of at one end, which will open up some space to shift a cabinet and some shelves enough to the left to create space for this cart, especially if I use the back as a stock rack and shorten the pegs on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Grabbed a couple of wagon wheel tires from a yard sale for $5 each, in the hope that they turn out to be wrought iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Pretty safe gamble. Worst case you have usable flat bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Chris do you know about the secret doors on the sides of sash weight windows to allow them to be removed when the cord breaks? Got any neighbors with abandoned farm houses you could get permission to check? Last time I saw any was, yesterday. John, I hope they are WI too. I was once walking down the alley behind my house in Columbus OH and found that the flower store at the end of it had thrown out the 5' diameter wagon tyre that had been using as "decor" for their front window. They were happy to have me fish it out of the dumpster as they figured the trash people would not be happy finding it there. So far my finds in AR, OK, OH, and NM are averaging out at over 95% of the tyres being WI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Uh. . . D.H. those tires aren't flat. New guys. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Is there a way you can tell it's wrought without just cutting it up and forging it? Maybe a vinegar soak or something? I have a big wagon wheel with the spokes and the hub. If it were wrought iron, I'd be willing to disassemble it and forge it. But I'd rather leave it intact if not. I also was given a horseshoe that was found on a 100+ year old farm and I thought maybe it's wrought iron. Definitely hand forged and I don't want to ruin it either for nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Spark test: grind on it and compare to a piece of known WI and/or mild steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Yep, Thomas, those are what I'm looking for. But don't know anyone with abandoned farm houses around here to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Thanks Thomas. I'll have to compare it to mild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Hmm some folks use them for jug fishing weights. Any architectural salvage companies around there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 As an alternative to sash weights, use bar bell weights which should be plentiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branding Iron Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Chris C said: Yep, Thomas, those are what I'm looking for. But don't know anyone with abandoned farm houses around here to ask. Small local contractor, Habitat for Humanity or local window replacement companies would be a much better place to start. An abandoned farmhouse in Oklahoma is a good place to stumble into trouble. Snakes, meth labs, and people associated with property who don’t want you there even though they may not own it... bad combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I got to thinking about Habitat for Humanity a little while ago. Thanks for the tip, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Cocker Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 My family got me a Smithin Magician for Father's day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 COOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 4 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: John, I hope they are WI too. At least one is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Super score Cocker !! I got thermometer and my first piece of known steel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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