George N. M. Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 MJ, you're welcome. This is a conjunction of two areas of military history for me, artillery and naval history. If the University of Wyoming had had a Naval ROTC program I would have probably gone inbto that service instead of the Army because my father was in the Navy during WW2. The USS Wyoming has been an interest because of the state association. I have drunk from the silver punch bowl (10 gallon capacity) which was part of the silver service given to the ship by the state in 1912. When the ship was decommissioned the silver service was returned to the state and is now held by the State Historical Museum and Archives. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I see they were expecting a lot of teetotalers on that ship... I've got a book sale to go to tomorrow; so I went back to the scrapyard today. Big find was an 8" "Adjustable" C clamp in excellent condition. Also pipe clamp which I will clean up and send to the grandkids, lots of bandsaw blades for pattern welded billets, a sewer snake also for billets, 8' of all thread, some strap stock, good sized coil spring, USW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Beats my trip to the fleamarket. All I got was a busted pitch fork, busted off ball pein hammer head and rusty old boat anchor.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I'm always grabbing C clamps when they're reasonable. I love a good rusty anchor Scott, you haul is looking like a little snub nose with big floppy ears and talons, it just needs something to hold in them. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Good one, Jerry. The more I look at it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I'm getting a Dobby (from one of the last Harry Potter movies) vibe. I look forward to see what you come up with. I usually don't see scrap art that clearly. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I see it.... Perfect! And I was worried I was losing it dragging that anchor home and me with no boat.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Now I'm seeing a Dobby bowsprit in a viking Junk! The voices are playing visual games in my eyes! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Thats how it works! .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 More like just showed up at my house. A friend that owns a sawmill dropped these off today. Said I could have all I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Sweet. Good trading material, if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 It IS, it's a great score but I hadn't commented earlier because all I could see was Thomas with one in his bow saw frame! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 One of my neighbors (the guy for whom I made those beer tap handles) was clearing out a friend’s storage space and grabbed this stuff for me. If anyone wants some cast iron table bases for making shop stands, I will probably have the new pieces at Quad-State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Went to a farm auction today and drug home more junk! Lol got a piece of 1/2” x 4” x 68” flat bar a 3’ piece of small rail track a big ol rusty coke cola sign complete with bullet holes! an a 20 gallon cast iron pot to replace the 12 gallon I swapped off awhile back, I didn’t even get it completely full an the shop cats were already drinkin out of it, I think they missed the 12 gallon one lol, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothman_c3w Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 I went to an estate sale yesterday a few minutes down the road. Word is, the homeowners were downsizing. I didn't get to meet them, but from the amount of stuff around, the guy was truly a renaissance man. There was tools and supplies from all sorts of hobbies and professions. he had a large shop with a small office, three or four shipping containers, and a few small storage sheds to pick through. From the literature in his shop office, I'm guessing he was an engineer. I just kept adding stuff to my pile as I walked around. I didn't really need another post vise, but it was in good shape and only missing the mount bracket and wedge. The drill press looks like it was dropped at some point; the main casting had been broken, but repaired well. The blower is also in good shape, just needs some TLC. Of all the things I found, I think I am most tickled that I found a vintage knife steel with an antler handle. The man handling the estate sale was pretty familiar with the worth of the large pieces, but he gave me a very fair price after I told him I was a user, not a collector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 You guys are scoring some good stuff. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 This is mostly about what didn't follow me home :-( Last Friday, I bid online for a bunch of blacksmith and related stuff. Mostly I was bidding on the Reiter KB1 hammer and it seems that it was me and another bidder only. I bailed when it got to $7k and regret it now but at the time I was sure the other bidder had a very large bid in already as every time I bid I was immediately outbid. Buyers premium was 18% and then there would have been the riggers fee to load it on my trailer. There was lots of good stuff at the auction, tongs, anvils, hammers, forges and stock. I ended up winning an electric forge blower and a drum of coal and now have to drive about 5 hours round trip to get it. A friend also bid on and won a bunch of stuff and we were going to go up in one truck to get it all but last night he texted me to let me know he tested positve for covid so no riding together. My weekend yard sale treasure was a single pick head for a dollar. I must have close to 100 of them now and my dreams are a fence, gate or sculpture with them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Just got back from doin some more swappin an I got a good haul today! one complete post vise and one junker, One complete champion 400! and an one completely disassembled champion 400 in a bucket! Lol some Random forge tuyere pipes an clinker breaker, I think the big tuyere pipe is off a Calvary forge that takes that square outlet champion blower, but I could be wrong a really nice 14” firepot with everything but the ash gate, it has the strangest clinker breaker I’ve ever came across, an the ballon shaped tuyere pipe is new to me also a canedy otto royal western chief that still has the brass fillers an drain on it! That was a treat, normally when I find those blowers those parts are missin, An last but not least, a very strange blower I’ve never seen before that I’m gonna post in the blower section for more questions an discussion, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMADDOX Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Billy that was a good haul id say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Just looking through a champion catalog that Randy posted, I was looking to identify somthin else but I saw a picture of some fire pots shaped like that an I believe that fire pot is a champion, Now I’ll have to build another forge so it has a place to stay! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 TW, That looks like the same fire pot in my forge, that I have not been able to identify the maker of. Does the clinker breaker swing in from each side, kinda like a curled hand, to clear the airway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Yes it does, Les, Randy posted a link in the oddball Lancaster blower thread yesterday an I recognized it while looking through for a blower in trying to identify, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Nice haul TW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoGoodWithUsernames Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 TW, does the Cannedy Otto blower turn free? I've one just like it that the only problem with it is one of the gears inside seems to be some sort of fibrous material that has swelled up and cracked over time. All the other gears are just a little gummed up but cleaned up well and I'm not sure what to do about the oddball gear... Would like to get it working again though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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