January 29, 20215 yr Perhaps your forgot the cup of tea and a scone at elevenses and that caused the problem?
January 29, 20215 yr If your spring snaps and you don't fix it quickly, you'll get a second break, fast.
January 29, 20215 yr When entering into a pun exchange it's best to tread lightly. One can't simply strut in to keep the wheels turning...
January 30, 20215 yr What do you call a reverse "it followed me home?" It ran away from home? It left the nest? I had two of gas forges that only made me sadder looking at them. Got them out of the shop today to someone interested in starting jewelry work. I detailed to them everything wrong with the forges, and how hot I could get them, so I didn't feel like I was pushing junk on anyone. They also took a 3/4" burner I lost interest in. Also sold my flex shaft tool, because I hadn't touched it in over a year and it wasn't getting any less broken. Feels good! Now I just have to fight that itch to instantly spend the money on new mistakes...
January 30, 20215 yr My mother got this knife from a friend recently and is wondering what it is for a design. i looked around online a bit and couldn't find any thing so I thought there must be someone here who knows the closest thing I could find in shape was the Egyptian Khopesh sword and that isn't very close the only marking is a stamped 'TAIWAN' at base 13" overall 9" blade thanks in advance M.J.Lampert
January 30, 20215 yr Slicing knife. The jog from the handle to the blade means that you won’t bang your knuckles on a cutting board.
January 30, 20215 yr I went to an estate sale to look at a milling machine /drill press. They had a 50# Little Giant but one arm was broken, the other had been broken and welded. Both lower arms (toggles?) were homemade replacements. The price tag said $1200. I told them all I could offer was $800. They said "sold!" It literally followed me home, but it took three hours of greasy sweat to persuade it into my trailer. Trailer was only rated for 2200# so I had to leave the milling press. It's bearings were shot anyway. I replaced all the home made parts with parts from Little Giant and now it is happily thumping away. BTW, since that picture I have replaced the romex with flex conduit. I only had that for testing.
January 30, 20215 yr Also discovered that the ReStore near my son’s doctor’s office has pick-and-mix nuts and bolts for $2/lb, so I got about five pounds of 7/16” x 18 and 3/8” x 16.
February 1, 20215 yr I stopped by the steel supply on Friday and found a 3/4" x 1.25" x 68" bar of 4140 for $14. I'm planning to use it for making some dies for the guillotine tool. I thought that was a good deal considering a comparable bar on McMaster goes for about $110. Now McMaster isn't known for being the least expensive option, but still. Glad I dug around the pile for a while.
February 1, 20215 yr Twigg as I'm looking to get power to my shop before I retire, I need to clean out a lot of "what might have beens"; things too good to scrap but needing work that I haven't wanted to spend on them---some for decades to make room to set up mu powered equipment: bader, 25# LG, 60# Champion, tombstone welder,... So I am slowly cleaning shop and offloading things on new smiths and friends. Yesterday I sold a Post Vise missing the screw/screwbox, mount; I had replaced the pivot bolt and made a spring for it. Staying true to my contention that the screw/screwbox is 80% of the "worth" of a postvise I decided that the complete post vise, with good post with original acorn and beveled legs, I would have sold for US$125 and so as is I put a $25 price on it. Recently when I was at the scrapyard with a new smith I found the body of a fairly well executed; but poorly designed propane forge---unlined, too long, horribly designed burner nearby...So I talked the new smith into buying it and suggested he cut it in two and make two good working size forges out of it. Or put in a center wall and make a forge where you can have folks working from both ends. I don't need to own everything if it can go to a good home---anyone want some barn cats?
February 2, 20215 yr Mail call! Tapping fluid, a chuck key for the flexible shaft, and another volume for the library. (Also a very nice thank-you note from IFI member Chimaera for the bits of wrought iron I’d sent. You’re welcome!)
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