It’s good for more than knives, you’ll never be disappointed for getting it 

When I make knitting bowls, I drill a hole for the center of the cutout and then cut the rest with a cutoff wheel. 

1 hour ago, natkova said:

Bought myself drill press .

Use lubrication on all the holes you drill.

1 minute ago, Glenn said:

Use lubrication on all the holes you drill.

So I won't burn drill bits?

Which one you suggest.

Wd40 grease i don't know.

You need a good cutting oil. Tap Magic is one I use.

A site search had the following discussion

 

Wife and I were walking our dog on a trail that used to be a railroad (part of the Rails To Trails program). This really wanted to follow me home but alas, it wasn't meant to be. I saw it and exclaimed, "oooh! I could use that!" to which Ashley rapidly and firmly said, "No. Leave it." 

It's okay, I now know where it lives and will go back for it with tools when the need arises. 

18 minutes ago, Glenn said:

A site search had the following discussion

 

Thanks will look into it

Shaina, it looks like that track plate is secured to the tie by at least one spike.  Spikes are hard to remove from ties unless you have a very long pry bar (about 6') or the tie has deteriorated enough that you can break the wood away.  If I had to take the whole thing, tie, spike and plate, home I would attack it from the wood side on the theory that the wood is softer than the metal and easier to get into.

Track plates can be a source of steel.  I have seen them used as a hardy or or other tool holder on a bench.  They can be used as an improvised anvil but they are not as good as a piece of rail.  IIRC they are low to low medium carbon.  Others may have more suggestions for use.

BTW, since you are on a public right of way on the trail I wouldn't have any legal qualms about picking it up.  It is as abandoned as an aluminum can dropped by someone.  The same isn't true on a private railroad right of way.  Although certain smiths I know (ahem, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more) have been known to pick up the occasional piece of steel along the railroad when the opportunity presents itself and to accept the risk. 

"By hammer and hand all arts do stand."

A friend of mine in the Boston suburbs gave me a bunch of spikes and rail anchors she’d picked up when the line near her was converted to a trail. Great selection ranging from wrought iron spikes to modern medium carbon. 

  I found this cute little hand clamp at the flea market.  Also a mouth harp.  I tried to make some sounds with it but all it did was vibrate and taste like rust.  I bet festus could make it sing.  1$ usd so I'm not out much.

 

Mouth harp AKA jaw, juice harp.

 

I can’t really play one all that well but I got one of those buried on my shop desk somewhere!

That clamp would make a pretty good grounding clamp for an arc welder.

  Maybe the one I got was defective because it doesn't make that twang noise even plucking it outside my mouth.  Thanks for the video, Randy.  I'm going to try it his way.

  Jonh it's too small I think.

Well heck, I bough a mouth harp way back when and it would have been nice to have this video to know how to play it appropriately! I was sticking the wrong end in my mouth, lol. Now I want to go find it and try it the correct way!

  I found out why this thing woudn't work.  The part you pluck was smashed at some point against the "frame".  I makes a wonderful sound now.  I should probably have disinfected it before putting it in my mouth in this day and age.

I was in the right place and right time for an upgrade I could not pass up  Klipsch Heresy series 2

Good for the magnets, if nothing else!

  On second thought, that would make a dandy ground clamp.  I was just thinking how to attatch the cable but easy peesy now that I look at it.

Sure, just put a ring terminal (of the proper rating) on the end of your grounding cable and attach it to the back end of the bolt on the right side of the jaw.

(Speaking of which, the section that is sticking out the back appears to have coarser threads than the section between the jaws. Is that some kind of threaded stud on the outside, with a smaller bolt threading through the middle? That would be even better, as you wouldn't have to adjust the cable attachment every time you adjusted the jaws.)

  I will have to examine it closer when I get home.  I know that bolt is one piece and it screws in and out as it should with no play, but stops when it reaches the threads that show on the outside.

I used to have one of those clamps and the outer threads are N/C for a lock nut with spacers under it. Called a Spindle C-clamp.

Is power tool worth buying used at yard sales etc?

Or one should buy allways new power tools

I prefer to buy used, costs a lot less