JHCC Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 What Thomas said. If you've got space to store them*, I would jump all over that offer. Good size stock, the square nuts could come in very handy, you can use the head ends of the bolts for rivets, and those discs could come in handy for lots of interesting uses (e.g.,bobèches on a chandelier). * And even if you don't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I’m going and get more for sure. Don’t really care whether they harden or not. Just curious what they may be. I always need good strong hooks around the barn. They should be good for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Daswulf, only flared on one side. I will wander through 1887 patents to see if I can thread the needle in the haystack. I just thought they were an interesting tool and, as a result, had to have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BsnNFrnt Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Randy, I have never checked one for hardness but I weld them onto the stock I am working all the time. Judging by how easy they weld and bend they are mild steel. That being said, I agree with the others - very handy to have around the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 The bar stock cutter will handle up to 3/8" round. I also snagged about 100 or more carbide burrs in both 1/8" and 1/4' shaft diameters, a tiny rosebud heating tip for jewelers oxy/acet torch, a small antique machinists chest, about 50 pounds of various size split roll pins (mostly stainless) and all kinds of other odd stuff. I forgot to mention this file - a Swiss made piece specifically for draw filing. In all my years of browsing tool catalogs I had never seen one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Randy, thats a good score on round stock. I used some to make hanging swivel hooks. Gazz, I'm thinking draw knife when I look at the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 The file looks to be only slightly used so I'll keep it just for draw filing. I have plenty of leaf spring stock for a draw knife if I were ever inclined to make one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Gazz, that is a very cool file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 That is an interesting file Gazz, I wonder if they still make them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Got a big magnet from a friend who’d found it in her cellar. No idea what the pull is, but the dimensions are about 3”w x 6”l x 2”h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 We had draw files with two tangs in jr. and sr. high school metal shop class. That was 50 years ago though. What drew you to that John? Nice score by the way. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 It was either the iron in my soul or my magnetic personality. I really had to steel myself to pick it up, even if I am rather attractive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Carrying a pocket knife were you? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Gazz, that file is for when you don't know if you are coming or going. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 JHCC, you should put a stout line on it and take it fishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Frosty, leave John his "romantic notions"! Can you put an anvil on a bathroom scale and try to lift with the magnet to get the pull" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Masterson Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Haha good idea Thomas. Delivery from Coal Iron Works today. 3/4 Flutagon/A33. This stuff just sounds way too good to be true. Forge, quench in water and well…that’s it apparently. Can’t wait to try it out. I feel like at the price point I was able to get this for and the amazing properties it’s supposed to have, everyone would make all of their tools out of this stuff - if they were buying new material I mean. Obviously making tools from good hardenable scrap is another story but that’s why I say it sounds too good to be true. Anyone have experience/suggestions for this stuff? My heat treat app doesn’t even list it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 There's a thread or two in the archives about it, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 mail calls first is 2 18tpi bandsaw blades and 2 6/10tpi bandsaw blades and the second is 2ft of 1/4 copper and 9ft of 3/16 brass M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Sale Saturday at the industrial surplus place: three welding helmets and a shade 5 face shield. (Someone else got the bin of tool steel. Oh, well.) And a mail call: a selection of rivets from Blacksmith Bolt and Rivet Supply: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Tailgating today at the PABA local gang's meeting, one of the oldtimers was starting to clear out his shop. I went home with some ( as he called it) 'aught wrought pure iron' in 1/4 x 3/4" and 1" sq. Also got a nice piece of brass sheet 14 ga. A buddy who went with me scored a nice complete 4" Columbian post vise. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Got the corded model. just wow! Cut through a RR spike under 9 seconds! now to make a stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Well I traded some scrap items I had picked up to make armouring tools from for several pounds of rough amber; most likely Chiapas. I plan to sit down over the holidays with the grandkids and see if we can find anything in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Thomas, being a skeptic I suggest that you check the amber to make sure that it is not copal. Copal will get tacky if acetone is placed on it, amber will not. Also, I believe that Chiapas amber tends to be darker than copal. If you have a rock tumbler you might want to run the rough stuff through it since it is a lot easier to detect critters, etc. in polished nuggets than rough. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 George; not my first rodeo! This is quite dark and I was planning to test it anyway, (Alcohol or Acetone; whichever is on the shelf in the shop...) I'm more likely to polish a "window" into a piece and "candle" them with my grandkids. We'll do the UV test on them too. As rough as it is; it may not have been thoroughly examined. Chunks are pretty large too, the Arkenstone is about as big as my wife's fist. As the stuff I traded was scrapyard finds I'm probably ahead even if "fake"! (Definitely ahead in the "clean out the shop" way.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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