hammerkid Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I `ll order it in probally about a week . I going to become a memeber first. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilwarblacksmith Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Brought home a new forge from the guild meeting last week. Got it for $40.00. It needed a new bottom plate. I put a 1/4" plate in it had it punched on a CNC machine at work. Got it in and welded and going to try it out this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Brought home a new forge from the guild meeting last week. Got it for $40.00. It needed a new bottom plate. I put a 1/4" plate in it had it punched on a CNC machine at work. Got it in and welded and going to try it out this weekend. You gave $40 for it?! You must be quite the horse trader to work a deal like that. $30.00 is plainly written on the side! Buy something from me? Please? Frosty Edited October 3, 2008 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilwarblacksmith Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Actually it says $80.00. Still wanna Horse trade? ;) Edited October 3, 2008 by civilwarblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 This little fella followed me home today for $125.00. 86 pound Lakeside anvil. IIRC they were produced by Trenton. 86 pound Lakeside Anvil - Blacksmith Photo Gallery Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Back from Quad-State with: an early medieval stump anvil (modern repro, hardened and tempered!), a nose cone cone mandrel, a 5" post vise, die springs, zero carbon sheet steel, some thin SS strip, a twisting wrench, couple of socket chisels, high tech punch lube, memories and probably an extra couple of pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Thomas of course you got a couple of extra pounds, all that steel adds up.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Finnr, Nice little anvil. Lakesides were also made by Hay Budden (that's what yours looks like to me judging from the horn shape). I have a 100 pound Lakeside by Hay Budden.http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Picture_0681.jpg Edited October 3, 2008 by Sask Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) This stuff followed me home today from a machine shop I recently discovered.. 2 inch dia rounds of 4150, one 8.5 inch dia round of 4150, 5.5 to 6.5 in dia rounds of 8620 Edited October 3, 2008 by rthibeau trouble posting images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 So was this all for free or did you have to do something for it?:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Rt those flat rounds are great in the shop for a bench anvil I use one to set rivets,,drive handle pins in flatten out thin stock an something or other each time I am in the shop..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 These followed me home, They will be looking for new homes shortly, will post details in Blacksmiths Guild UK section, there are still more items to sort yet, including leg (post) vices, bench and floor drill, gas hearth, chain block, punches and stakes, cast iron firepot with clinker breaker, and other items Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Nice score John. Sweet Array of hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Mulholland - Tetnum Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 a huge pile of files some fire tongs and some other stuff followed me home from the flea market for $5 aswell as 250 lbs fo coal blacksmithing coal form BAM i will try and post pics of find when i can find the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Bentiron.....all was free except the big piece of 4150 which I had to pay scrap price for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyshackleford Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Bentiron.....all was free except the big piece of 4150 which I had to pay scrap price for. *scrap envy* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 So tell me now, how many of these shorts are going into hammers? That is sure a great deal even if you had to pay scrap prices for a piece of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Heck, it was a good deal if he had to pay scrap for all of it. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Here is what I traded a smith I met Saturday for . I traded him a rr. spike split cross for this Flatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcs7 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 My wife and I got an invitation from friends who purchased the property next to them to pick up some concrete culverts that turned into another invitation to look thru some scrap metal. I got about a wheel barrow full and really didn't hit it all. There was a post vise buried in concrete that I was told wasn't up for grabs. Oh well. I did get a nice bit that's almost 2ft long. A lot of the metal looks like it's galvanized so I didn't take it. Do you guys know if they galvanized plow parts. There are a couple in the attached pics. Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Russel, I grew up in Goldthwaite, TX and have seen literally tons of old plow points and parts that did appeared to be galvanized. This appearance comes from the lime and alkalines in the ground. You can take a new plow disc and leave it on the ground for a couple of years and it will have this same look to it. You would think it was much older also. Everything in your photos are safe, no galvanize. Good score and very wise of you to leave the galv. stuff. If there was any pipe in the material you left it was most likely galv. also alot of old farms had windmills that the tower was made from galv. angle iron. But if it was old farm equipment you should be safe from the galv. Sorry for the length of this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcs7 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Thanks Thomas. Goldthwaite is just up the road from us. My wife grew up in Breckenridge. I get to go back to pick up the culverts this weekend and look over more of the scrap as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzkohle Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 rcs7. Russel. In your last photo of the wheelbarrow, there is a piece of about 1/4 by 1 with a hole near the left end. That looks like a telephone/powerline crossarm support, two to each arm. If so, it is galvanized. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 What Mr Charcoal said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 OOPS! Jerry's right, I believe that is a piece of galv. flat bar too. Sorry, I just missed that one totally. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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