[TheForge] Post Vise Spring

[A. Vida]

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> I doubt it.  Remember, human beings aren't allowed into most NJ
> junkyards due to liability concerns.  I doubt that's as true in the
> southwest.  I consider myself quite lucky to live "near" a junkyard I'm
> free to explore.

	I dunno, the guys at Beacon never gave me much guff about
	milling around in the pile.

	Recall that last year I dredged perhaps 3/4 ton of wrought iron
	from the waters of Perth Amboy abd Carteret.  Free for the taking.
	You won't find that in many other places.

	Places such as Arizona show pricing through the roof compared
	to the east. I went to pick up a beer keg (stainless) for a
	gar forge shell.  They wanted $50 and they were the cheapest
	in town.  All their stuff was $$.  There's a guy in the local
	blacksmith org selling anvils.  Compared to the pricing we
	find in the east, they were costly.  It's the same for all
	things mechanical.  The NW USA is the same as far as I have
	seen to date.  There's a lot more in the east and so the
	prices are better, overall.
> 
> Nonetheless, metal junk is all around us.  If we look for it, we'll
> find it.

	Agreed, but there's a whole lot more of it in places like NJ
	than anywhere else in the USA.

	I wonder what it would be like milling about in an old
	industrial city in Siberia... I mean, besides really cold.

	Anyone ever see a Soviet-made anvil?  I've not.  I wonder
	what they are like.