Garage Sale / Craigslist Finds

Found this Starrett height scribe at an antique shop that is usually short on anything more precise than farm tools. It was in pretty good shape, but needed a little cleaning. Got the main beam free and it works great for scribing edge targets! Yep, that's a case-hardened base. Gorgeous.

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Found this vise at the local architectural salvage place. Not sure what to do with it. It's over 4' long and weighs around 50 lbs.
 

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eisman said:
Found this vise at the local architectural salvage place. Not sure what to do with it. It's over 4' long and weighs around 50 lbs.
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Often wondered what the purpose of those actually are. Had a chance to pick one up once, but didnt really know what to do with a post-leg vise. (I think thats what they are called) Or just a post vise.
 
They're intended for installing on a post rather than a bench to allow access all the way around what you're working on, the leg gives it more support for hammering than a typical bench vise, and from what I've seen they're threaded more coarsely than most bench vises so they open and close faster (fewer turns).

They're quite handy for forging but now that I have one I'd want one even if I wasn't forging. I gave $175 for mine that's a little larger than the one pictured, I'd buy just about any leg vise with all it's parts for $50.
 
kuraki said:
They're intended for installing on a post rather than a bench to allow access all the way around what you're working on, the leg gives it more support for hammering than a typical bench vise, and from what I've seen they're threaded more coarsely than most bench vises so they open and close faster (fewer turns).

They're quite handy for forging but now that I have one I'd want one even if I wasn't forging. I gave $175 for mine that's a little larger than the one pictured, I'd buy just about any leg vise with all it's parts for $50.
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Thank you.
 
I just used a leg vice for the first time at Ashoken with Stacy. We used it to twist the spike on a tomahawk we made. Pretty handy.
 
Leg/post vises are the only vises that should really be beat on with a hammer. Being forged steel they won't have the risk of cracking like a machinists vise will.
I've got a 7.5" one I rather love.
 
I have a couple leg vises but they have bent legs :(. One isn’t too bad. The one that I like a lot and want to use IS bent pretty bad. I’m trying to figure out how I can straighten it. I have a forge big enough to run it through. I’m trying to figure out some kind of wheeled contraption that I can push the leg in and out of it. Either that or put the forge on a wheeled base and move the forge. Then beat it straight with a hammer on the anvil. Real pain in the ass to be honest. :(
 
I'm jealous. You folks have better craigs then me. I've gotten some great stuff hunting related but nothing knife making wise locally.
 
JG Custom Metal Works said:
I have a couple leg vises but they have bent legs :(. One isn’t too bad. The one that I like a lot and want to use IS bent pretty bad. I’m trying to figure out how I can straighten it. I have a forge big enough to run it through. I’m trying to figure out some kind of wheeled contraption that I can push the leg in and out of it. Either that or put the forge on a wheeled base and move the forge. Then beat it straight with a hammer on the anvil. Real pain in the ass to be honest. :(
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If you know anyone with an oxy acetylene rosebud, that'd probably be the easiest.
Or you could try bashing it back cold, chances are whoever bent it, did it cold.
 
My first garage/Craigslist/Marketplace find was today on Facebook Marketplace. Got a 1950's Craftsman 15" benchtop drill press. Paid $75.
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Jrmysell said:
My first garage/Craigslist/Marketplace find was today on Facebook Marketplace. Got a 1950's Craftsman 15" benchtop drill press. Paid $75.
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That is in nice shape for sure. Funny thing about those. You can part them out on ebay for far more than you can get for the whole press.

My find today: Manzanita logs! The size of these things is unreal. I've never seen manzanita logs this big, and from AZ too.

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That is a great unit to convert to VS. Stick a 3/4HP to 1HP 3Ph motor on it and add a cheap VFD. You may be able to do all that for $100. Then you can get any desired speed at the twist of a knob.

Jrmysell said:
My first garage/Craigslist/Marketplace find was today on Facebook Marketplace. Got a 1950's Craftsman 15" benchtop drill press. Paid $75.


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Brock Cutlery said:
That is in nice shape for sure. Funny thing about those. You can part them out on ebay for far more than you can get for the whole press.

Yeah, I found the movable base on eBay for $70 by itself.

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
That is a great unit to convert to VS. Stick a 3/4HP to 1HP 3Ph motor on it and add a cheap VFD. You may be able to do all that for $100. Then you can get any desired speed at the twist of a knob.
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How much work is it to add a 3 way split from a VFD? I have a KBAC 27 for my grinder and plan on using that for my disc grinder when I get one of those. What do most people do to split a 3 way like that?
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I think I still have a set of quill bearings brand new if you think you need to replace them. They are fairly easy to do.
I'd take 10 bucks plus shipping. I'll never use them. They are not cheap bearings.
 
At an auction once with a lot of junk. One box of junk had 2 large coils of silver solder sitting right on top. I did not win the box, but afterwards the lady that did win was standing beside me. I offered her $2 for the "wire", she took it.

Probably 30 feet of silver solder.
 
I remember looking into that ages ago. The general consensus was "don't bother"
The tape used for proper belts isn't available, and has some special handling and use requirements that would make it useless even if you could find it.
Now this is second hand forum reading, so take it for what its worth (pretty well nothing) but apparently if you don't mind a somewhat (or potentially very) crappy lap splice, it can be done with gorilla glue.
For me, I'd forget it. However if I found that roll I would be making a cutting die for disc sander discs. That'd be a lifetime supply, if not a few lifetimes
 
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