Frazer Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I'm a weak man.. At our Fall All Hands event someone was auctioning off a beautiful W. Robertson Mach & Foundry Co. Number 4 Power hacksaw. I've always thought these power hacksaws were cool and at the price ($130) I couldn't afford not to buy it! Shes a big'n. 400+ lbs and will cut up to 8" solid. There's no date on it, but from what I've seen online it's 1910s or so. It runs great as is, but I took apart some of the moving components and they show some pretty significant wear. I should be able to add a couple of wear surfaces, replace a few seals and it will probably run for another 100 years.. In this case they sure don't make them like they used to! ... Now I just need more space to put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Sweet!! I’ve been wanting one of those for awhile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Looks like a great purchase! I love my little marvel power hacksaw, but that one looks much more durable! Enjoy it, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Someone near me has one listed on FB Marketplace for fifty bucks, but I've got too many machinery projects lined up already (such as fixing my horizontal bandsaw, for example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Nice deal! they show up here on a regular basis as well, quite cheaply at around 100 euros for a simple model, yours looks like a proper beast! As soon as I get some more space one of these will be high up the list. ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 They're certainly cool, relatively simple, machines. I even got 20 or so 17", 6tpi blades with it so I should be all set on blades for a while.. Assuming it never cuts anything smaller than 1", which is fine. I have my Evolution carbide "cold cut" saw for smaller stuff and tubing. Just for fun I cut a jackhammer bit with it yesterday. I certainly couldn't do that with the Evo saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Quick trip to the industrial surplus place; quick stop at the scrapyard on the way back. From the first, an interesting jack that I am thinking about as the screw for an upsetting vise; from the second, some heavy angle iron and some old metal drawers. Looking at more tool storage and a new base for the Peter Wright EBUA*. Less than $30 for everything. Also refilled three of my propane tanks and will be getting two full cylinders of oxygen tomorrow. Here’s a close-up of the jack. The screw is 1-11/16” in diameter: *Emergency Back-Up Anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Scrapyard today: Wagner cast iron pot with lid, thick tangless farrier's rasp for axe bits, Largish turnbuckle (They sold well at Q-S!) a bunch of tapered sheetmetal strips originally for lawn/garden edging. I thought I would try some snails... Craftsman phillips head screwdriver, socket, etc. Oh also and old oiler can; holds a gallon! (My trip hammers are fairly quivering with antici--------pation!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Found someone selling a full roll of 6x12' half inch carpet padding for $25 so I went to pick that up to use as added sound insulation in the shed. When I got there, they were loading up a moving van and had a bunch of odds and ends at the side of the driveway. One of those things was a Weber kettle grill. I asked if they were taking it and they said nope, I could have it. Well, I only wanted the lid as a cover for the rivet forge - I didn't have room for the rest anyway, even though it would've been nice to have a new JAGOD forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I've made a raised firepit using a weber grill bottom and a "wrought iron" coffee table that was missing it's glass. The outer ring made a nice place to dry socks and gloves and kept little kids from fire access too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 One of my students today gave me a railroad spike maul head that he’d picked up an estate sale, as a thank-you for the lessons. I’m thinking about making it into a stake anvil, assuming I have a sufficiently robust chunk of steel for the vertical bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Went thrift shopping this weekend, and I found a pair of vise screws for woodworking vises. I bought a scaffolding jack and started making my own one, but that project can be postponed now! Best part, the thrift shop asked 2.50 each. ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I recently found a similar set of screws. haven't firmed things up yet- I'm thinking of using both, adding some sprockets and roller chain, and making a parallel jaw vise of some kind. can't wait to see what you're going to do. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I'm making a wooden woodworking vise for the woodworking bench, the other screw I save for an eventual tail vise. I have some ideas to forge a few parts I still need, I'll have to try them out next time I light the forge. I think it will be a vise with two steel guide rails and a centered screw instead of a vise with one guide rail and an offset screw. ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 My dad have a cast woodworking vice with a central screw and 2 guides. Works good and pressure is nicely distributed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Great! Do you by any chance have an idea about the size of the jaws and the spacing of the guide rails to the screws, Also is the back jaw flush with the workbench or offset? Thanks! ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Next time i'm at their house, i take pictures and take mesurements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleave Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 There was an estate sale, I went on a few different days and got some nice wood planes and other stuff. My 7 year old picked out the straight peen sledge hammer head. The last day was $1 per item, and I found the tongs hiding in the corner with some other hammers and wrenches. There's a forge weld cracked, I plan to arc weld it shut. The tongs look handmade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Gewoon ik, Thanks a lot!! ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 As a fundraiser, I go on frequent business trips to ask people for things. If I happen to go past a tool rental place, that includes old jackhammer bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbits Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Picked up this lot at an auction for $6.25. Never seen a pick like the one second from the right, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 How curved is the pick head? Is it straightish or curved? "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbits Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Curved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 It may be a miner's pick then. They tended to be curved so that it would be easier to swing them in tight spaces underground. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Agreed. I believe that these were also used by stonemasons for certain kinds of rough shaping, but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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