[TheForge] Fw: The Mother Load

[bamablacksmith at comcast.net]

Dave.. Im coming up to your neck of the woods for a week in April... you might want to chain that thing down ;-) 

mike 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com> 
To: "TheForge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:42:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: [TheForge] Fw: The Mother Load 

I with Ries on this -- not worth the money being ask. Value as scrap is 
about $ 500 if you are selling and 5 times that if you are buing. 

Lots and lots of stuff out there right now with many business going under 
and likely more to follow. You would be surprised sometimes what you will 
find in the backroom when machine shops and fab shops go on the block. 

As to the swage block these were common in heavy shops like a railroad shop. 
That is where mine came from -- looks just like that. I paid $ 100 about 10 
years ago for it and it is not for sale. If you check industrial sales you 
might find one. Not so common in the average blacksmith shop or farm shop. 
It is nice to have, but I use my smaller ones more -- they are easier to 
move around and set up on edge. 

Dave 



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From: "robert hensarling" <rhrocker at hilconet.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:15 AM 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] The Mother Load 

> The only way I'd even consider it would be to see everything all spread 
> out, 
> then I couldn't afford it anyway :o( Man O Boy Howdy I'd sure like a 
> swedge block like that! Hardly any made their way to South Texas 
> apparently. Email me if you have one for sale! As for the eBay auction, 
> I'm thinking I have no business playing with this one!! 
> Robert Hensarling 
> 4326 E. Main 
> Uvalde, Texas 78801 
> www.mesquiterocker.com 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ries" <ries at riesniemi.com> 
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:39 AM 
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] The Mother Load 
> 
> 
>> Well, it is a lot of weight- but what the heck is in those boxes? 
>> I kinda doubt its 13,000lbs of usable tools- it looks like all kinds 
>> of rusty metal. 
>> Some tooling, for sure, and some tongs, and a lot of unidentifiable 
>> stuff that maybe fit something once, but is probably pretty useless 
>> today. 
>> 
>> I am guessing if you spent $3000 on a new anvil, swage block, and a 
>> bunch of new Off Center Forge spring swages and tongs, you would end 
>> up with a LOT more usable tools, at less than half the price. 
>> 
>> You wouldnt get those nifty wooden crates, though- those have gotta be 
>> worth a few grand on their own. 
>> 
>> ries 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 9, 2009, at 7:33 PM, bamablacksmith at comcast.net wrote: 
>> 
>> Try ebay and look up 120389530191 
>> 
>> 
>> holy moly.... 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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