ThomasPowers Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Pay CASH, run to the truck and smear mud on the license plate and skedaddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 How many did you buy? Don't say ONE! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melw45 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Only one available. So i bought all they had. Silly guys wanted $99.00 for the rest. On 8/21/2017 at 10:33 AM, JHCC said: Excellent! Now to hook it up to your power hammer! Have to build one first. That is a idea though. Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 10 hours ago, Melw45 said: I scored a 6hp motor for $8.00. I guess it was a surprise to the guy that rang me up. Electric or gas? If electric be careful, last I knew 6hp motors only existed in Craftsman brand fantasy shop vacs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ede Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 On 8/17/2017 at 6:14 PM, Daswulf said: Found a post vise on Craigslist today and told my friend in need of one about it. We stopped down after work and got to talking and I came home with these treasures. The block is 2"x4"x9" with 3/4" holes. Some usable tongs, star drills in all sizes ( great to make into punches) and other scrap art goodies. And a 4ton portapower not pictured. Nice haul. I got an original old 10 ton Blackhawk Porto-Power with original case from my neighbor last fall for merely helping them do some lawn work, cleaning up their pecan tree. Along with that I got a bunch of body hammers and dollies. It was from her father who served in the Army and had a body shop, I'm thinking from around the 50's. I don't know what application the Porto-Power would have in the blacksmithing realm, but imagined once I start doing those 20' entrance gates that it might come in useful for cold tweaking. Oh, and yes the hydraulics still work just fine on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melw45 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 21 hours ago, Judson Yaggy said: Electric or gas? If electric be careful, last I knew 6hp motors only existed in Craftsman brand fantasy shop vacs. Gas. Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I went to the antique store with my wife, she looking for home decorating and me for tools. I was told they had gotten things from an estate sale with smithing tools. I missed the anvil and possibly other stuff, but I found these on the $3 table; inside caliper, machinist scraper, and slitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Saw a craigslist ad for a "196 pound anvil" - and I've been looking for a little bit larger anvil than the 140 pounder I use, so I went to take a look....long story short, came home with a 350 pound peter wright - 34 inches long and 5-1/2 wide face. I put my daughter's 112 pound Queen's Dudley Anvil on top for scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Great score, I'm green with envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Not sure what color I am right now, but I'm envious alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) Too much treasure to comment upon. Great finds one and all. Getting prepared for the estate sale - Mom and Dad are still with us - working in the dark, I thought these were a total loss. Turns out I lost only 25%, leaving 29 issues if you can get past the smell. Take time to read the small print - there is, for example, an article on the storage of coal. What makes these particularly useful, is that I don't have to do a lot of tangential research to get past today's hand-waving. (Hand-waving (sometimes euphemistically) means the speaker presumes the audience has an adequate of level familiarity with the material being presented). Drool, all ye who would drool. Robert Taylor Edited August 28, 2017 by Anachronist58 structure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Robert, If you have the time, you can usually get rid of smell of wet paper. It is usually caused by fungi. You can kill the little darlings and reduce or get rid of the smell by doing this. Shred newspaper into thin strips or run it through a paper shredder. Place the shredded paper and a book(s) into a paper bag. Do NOT use a plastic bag. Seal the bag an d put it into a sunny spot. (which does not get wet. Several weeks later the sun cooked bags can be opened and the books and the odor should be gone. If not quite done, replace the newspaper and repeat the treatment). The paper and Kraft bag have lots of sulfur compounds in them. The heat volatilizes some of the sulfur dioxide from the materials. It is a great disinfectant and an odor molecule destroyer. Very valuable soaked books can be rehabilitated by a freeze drying process. But that is another long & technical subject for another day perhaps. A complete collection of soaked Scandinavian mediaeval books was saved using this procedure, about 20 years ago. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, SLAG said: The paper and Kraft bag have lots of sulfur compounds in them. Thanks for that Mr SLAG, It will certainly be worthwhile to apply that process to these gems. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Anach., Please note that this procedure takes time . A month or maybe three weeks in the hot California sun should suffice. Regards, SLAG, The bag and contents must NOT get wet during this process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 hours ago, SLAG said: The bag and contents must NOT get wet during this process. Sulfuric Acid I presume? I crushed some sulfide ore last year and it took three weeks for my lungs and my bronchs to clear up. Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Roberto, The most common process for treating wood pulp to manufacture cellulose fibers is the Kraft process. Matted and pressed cellulose fibers are what constitutes paper. That process uses sodium sulfate and calcium carbonate to digest the organic "glue" that holds the cellulose fibers together in the wood. (lignins and hemicelluloses). Residual sulfates (SO4) are left in the paper. Those sulfates and sulfites are toxic to fungi and cause a little bleaching in the newspaper and your books. Yes this explanation is lacking in all manner of chemical details, but I think it is good enough. So sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is a byproduct. It is not used directly in the pulping process. Roasting sulfide ore is a hazardous activity. The sulfur oxides combine with moisture in the air and in your lungs to form corrosive sulfuric and sulfurous acids. Breathing the gasses will result in lung damage. Sooo use a respirator and place yourself upwind when conducting ore calcining and reduction processes. I Hope that goes some way to explaining the reactions. SLAG. Signing out for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Similarly, sulfur compounds released by cutting onions react with the moisture in your eyes to produce (very small amounts of dilute) H2SO4, which is what makes your eyes sting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG-42 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 All the hammer heads I have picked up from abandon properties, on the side of the road and out of dumpsters Now I just need to make handles for all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Good finds. Those flatters will come in handy for projects. Just take care of the chipping on the struck end of the larger one. At least it has a lot of material there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I used to buy handle "seconds" cheap back in NW Arkansas: I can judge the grain to buy ones without runout and could often buy ones with defects in areas I would be cutting off or rasping down and so get #1 quality for "seconds" prices...Whenever I find a good deal on handles I buy them and then store them in my shop on a wire shelf or put a fence staple in the heel and hang them vertically to dry. Being in AZ you probably know about letting handles dry a year before using them.....When I lived in Ohio I could used them directly! Out here I also use the BLO soak, I have a small baking tin that I put 3/8" of BLO in and after setting the handle stand them up in the tray and leave them to soak until I can see the BLO wicking over the top of the hammer head. Then I wipe them down with the proverbial oily rag and transfer the oil to the handle and let it dry and use it! The oily rag I burn in the forge so no unexpected fires start in my shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Had a great relaxing Saturday kayaking down the Youghiogheny river. Of course I can't help but look for rusty treasures. Picked some spikes and other rusty/ crusty stuff out of the water to play around with. Also I couldn't believe it when we stopped by the Old Overholt whisky distillery I found a pair of tongs on the bank of the waters edge. My guess is that they would be for use with a crucible in a furnace but I'm not sure. They are 49 1/2" long and not heavy duty. There is a long history to the old distillery so to me it's an awesome find. a little clean up and they will be getting hung up on the wall in the shop. I also found a couple canoe paddles as usual. Surprising how many people are down the river without a paddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG-42 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I always look for old and odd bits of metal when I am out. My wife thinks I am nuts but lives with it after 37 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I find it funny that after starting this addictive hobby how I see the world differently. Like you, I'm always looking in corners etc. Hopeing to find that piece of scrap to build something out of. We have a gentleman that collects our scrap from our bodyshop and I always check out his truck for cool stuff :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 They're repairing the roof on the chapel at the college where I work, and I snagged these bits of old bracket out of the dumpster. The building went up in 1908, so these might be wrought iron, but they could just as easily be steel from either the original construction or a later restoration. Time to nick and bend! (By the way, the chapel architect was Cass Gilbert, who collaborated with Samuel Yellin on a number of commissions, including our art museum.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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