Jim Coke Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Greetings Aus, Looks to me like a counter - weight for a machine.. I have one like it with a big star cast in.. This type of weight weight was used in sheet metal breaks and others where a return to position was required. Nice find .. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 obviously a "Brisbane swimsuit" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 9 hours ago, Jim Coke said: Greetings Aus, Looks to me like a counter - weight for a machine.. I have one like it with a big star cast in.. This type of weight weight was used in sheet metal breaks and others where a return to position was required. Nice find .. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim I googled EAP & Co but found no reference. Perhaps they were an engineering company in colonial Brisbane. Don't know what I'll do with it, but just didn't want the scrap dealer to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 More steel from a rail-to-trail conversion near a friend's home outside Boston: rail anchors, spikes, a broken spring, a broken Pandrol clip, and some other bits and bobs (with apologies for the crappy photo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Bill Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Here's ag tractor axle I was able to cut with my portaband, the local weldor said he'd have to cut it with his abrasive cut-off saw due to hardness. Earlier threads here pointed out that might not be the case so I tested with a hacksaw and could not tell it from mild steel. The cut took fifteen minutes and a cut on mild steel afterward indicated no loss of blade sharpness, 2 3/4" diameter cut to 33" length. Grinding and a flap disc very easily finished the face and not surprisingly a rebound test with a 1" bearing ball dented the surface. That being said, the feeling of mass underneath is profound; my intent is to inlet it into a halved and banded log section. When the daytime high temps get above zero. Fahrenheit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 They're not made to be hard, they're tough so a decent hacksaw blade goes right through them. Unfortunately too many guys in metal trades don't have general metal shop schooling. It's really common for idjits to lean on bandsaws and do hand stands on hacksaws to make them cut faster. Just rolls the teeth so they don't cut worth diddly but you just can't tell some folk that. If you over hog a hot saw the sparks shower falls off and they can see that, they don't have to listen to the motor, singing of the blade, etc. A good practice is to keep a wire brush next to your bandsaw to clean off dirt, rust, etc. before you cut it really makes the blades last longer. One trick ponies, world's full of em. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Of course, bringing home scrap in your luggage has its disadvantages, such as when the baggage handlers snap off one of the wheels and you have to drag your suitcase to your car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I guess suitcases are meant for, well, ... suits! I remember when we were building a stone house and I brought some attractive stones back from holiday from an island off the Qld coast. The taxi driver said 'What have you got in here, rocks?' He didn't really know he was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hey, we're all about repurposing, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Looks like it is time for a skid plate, and some steel wheels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 32 minutes ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Looks like it is time for a skid plate, and some steel wheels... Someone should invent a hover case. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I just came home from an estate auction where which my wife wasn't able to attend so keep me in mind tonight cause who knows if I'll live when sees some of the junk I bought lol. I missed out on a few things because the prices went a little higher than I was comfortable with (good example is the 20lb box of metal working chisels I've been kickin myself about all day) but I did find a few good deals. Just the tools I bought came out to $17 plus another $2 for a box of old knives (not pictured). 7 minutes ago, Alan Evans said: Someone should invent a hover case. Alan Just put the suitcase on one of those new hoverboards and hope it don't catch fire walkin around in the airport lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Rusty gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Rusty gold! If all goes well I'll clean these hammer so p in the next week and see if I can find any brand and makers stamps. Sadly I missed out on the bucket of hammer handles so it looks like I'll have to use some of the wood I have to make some. Bad thing is the guy that bought the handles didn't bid on the hammer heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 If something goes too high and you can get it elsewhere or make it you didn't miss out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The handles ended up goin for $15 so still a good price at about $1 each and the chisels ended up goin for about $25 which is a decent price as well. My problem was I knew my wife wanted a piece of the furniture so I had to make sure not so spend all my money before it came up or I would be in some trouble lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 gatta make the wife happy. Good picks anyway. I dont have a wife so to me handles are worth about $3. Apiece not to have to make em. Always depends if the cash is there though at auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 You got more than your $17 investment there, mate. And did you get the piece of furniture for the wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 what Aus said... and looking back, do you know what the "v" pieces are in the first picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The tapered item with the gear on the end is a spindle drive from a textile mill. Once they are worn out they get tossed. Out here you see tons of them welded to three pieces of rebar for cheap Christmas tree stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Was this stuff in a flood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Aus, she told me the limit to spend on it and it went well over it. There were a few people bidding stupid prices. Das, I do believe those are plow points. I actually had to ask one of the older fellas there to confirm it for me before the action started. I'm a little too young to know them like some here might know them lol. Biggun, I was curious about that, thanks for sheddin some light on that for me. I have two questions for whoever can answer. The little t shaped item I show in the hammer lot has me puzzled. I don't know what it is but I can't help but think of a little guy forgin pony shoes and usin that for the creaser/fuller. Can someone give me a more realistic idea what that might be? The other question is about me being lazy. I don't wanna use sandpaper to clean up all those hammer heas I feel i don't have to so can someone suggest a better method? I though about a vinegar soak and then just polishing the faces with sandpaper and I thought some more and I don't know if that'll bring back any markings that are probably faded almost from existence. Truth is I'm unsure what to do to clean them cause I've never had any that was that rusty before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Mike, a vinegar soak will definitely do the job, let it soak at least 24 hours and then take one of those kitchen scrubby abrasive pads and just wipe them down under running water. That's how I do it, anyway, works beautifully, clean as a whistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Electrolysis is a viable option for multiple tools and odd shapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks, Spanky and John, I think I'll try the electrolysis on the ballpiens and the claws and I'll do the vinegar on the pointed one. I'm still debating on if that's a straightpien or somethin else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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