Life goes on - Summer 2023

about the same here. Except you had it easy. My mom took friends and made it an all day event. Every store within a two hour radius. my mom still does that with a bunch of old ladies that quilt. They go out of state even…

You are right. I don’t know how well it would work either.

Which is why I started thinking about the zigzag foot, because that rotates the fabric, and the oldest style is rather simple. Later they made a combo walking foot/zigzag that actually feeds both sides for the zigzag and had an assortment of cams for different stitch patterns. I didn’t see one for the slant shank though.

The oldest style is extremely simple and probably easiest to modify. The newer style with the over and under feed to get both sides to move would be a lot easier to use. I want to get one to take apart :slight_smile:

As far as thread I have no idea what they use. I would start here:

They mention v-92 size thread which is probably the standard, and they make a polyester version that is significantly less money. But if you are flying with it, I would spend the extra money to make sure the stitches don’t deteriorate. :slight_smile:

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I’m sure Matt will be posting this on his thread. I was surprised that a homesteading acquaintance of mine posted it to me.

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Summer was nice… back to winter.

It was 70 degrees on Wednesday, now we have 3 inches and counting. :man_shrugging::rofl::rofl:

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WHEW

On my way into work this morning, I spied on the side of the road a hot water heater tank. Looks like a 16". Just picked it up while on my break. It was just a short distance away from the industrial park my work is located at. Looks like it fell off of a truck, the outer casing is dented badly.

Cleaned a road hazard and got a free water tank. There’s my good deed for the day and it came with its own reward!

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Score! I need a couple of finds like that.
Bob

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Indeed! I never find anything like that in Chile. :confused: Growing up in NYC I could always find stuff like that any day of the week. That’s the difference between a rich society and a poor one.

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Here we go, the forge is lit!

Tone supplyed me with supplyes the other day. Truck springs.

Tryed forging some the other day and quickly found my 2 pound hammer l usualy use is not up to the task. So l handled a new one today. I present you, the Major. The 8 pounder. Hello sore arms :smile:

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Yep that should move some material!

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Between you and Tone it appears anvils are not hard to come by in Slovenia. Not so here. You have to sell a kidney on the black market to get one. Here is a new one that’s actually a bargain.
https://www.acmetools.com/ridgid-165-lb-forged-anvil-69632/095691696328.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwqjCuYKy_gIVfMnjBx0_hw49EAQYAiABEgLBnvD_BwE

Here is what you may get from an old farm auction or old engine show. All corroded with no edges on the face destroyed.

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Tom, your observations are incorrect this time. I was looking for this one for about 3 years… there is some junk like you describe but good ones like this one are wery rare. And expensive, this one set me back 500 dollars

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But You should ask @KristijanL if he will sell his to you. Now that he has his new massively large power hammer, he is probably looking at drop forging a new bigger anvil. Maybe he can pack his old one into his suitcase on his next trip to Argos. :slight_smile:

You can get an 250lb anvil for 1900. This site has some of the smaller 70lb ones starting at around 450.

Don’t leave it outside, the guy that was on forged in fire from TC had a few people try to steal his.

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It was a joy forging this last night. The term “no replacement for displacement” also holds true in blacksmithing it seems. I did find however l need a new music mix, something with a slower beat. Its hard to stay in sinc while swinging the Major…

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Wow! I didnt realize they were that much!
My grandpa has one sitting in his old shop along with a lot of dad and my stuff. The shop doesnt get used any more but for storage, as im at a different location(family got to big and it was cheeper to find a bigger house than build or add on). I have often needed his anval but made due without it because i never think to grab it when i go that way… going to have to talk to dad about it(as its his now but he has his own) and make a point to get it this summer. Need to get my 6’ drill press out of there and a few other things anyway.

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So what are dakotas going for these days?
I dont have to money to spend at the moment… but have a line on one that I’m told has a good body, 94, 4x4 with 318. The bad: auto trany slips after about 5 min. Of warming up, frame has scaling(not sure to what extent) break peddle goes to the floor.
I havent seen the truck, just going off what im told

It was suggested by the party that found the truck to offer 750-900… not sure if guy would take that or not.
Dad gave 600 for the 97 we are working on now and that one ran…sort of. Needed work and had wiring and grounding issues.

Just wandering what everyone is seeing out there for runners and parts trucks.
Like i said i dont have the cash but always keeping my eyes out for when i do.

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I’ve seen total piles go for ridiculous amounts of money. I’m talking 1000 for one with a locked up motor.

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Good morning Chris .

I usually give about 3 thousand but keep in mind they are Southern trucks with no rust and low mileage .

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Chris. I find trucks with issues like that for about $700 quite common. that doesn’t sound like a terrible deal. but to me that doesn’t sound like a great steal especially with a rusty frame. although I know I am spoiled in that regard.

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Around here that truck would be 700-1000$. The five soeeds are much more rare and go for 2500-3000 rifht now, but we have rusty bodys vs rusty frames. Hard to find a automatic unless it has a slipping/junk or rebuilt trans already in it

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Sailrite rocks. They are a good, stable company, located about 8 miles from where I am standing here, at my workplace (WPTA TV Fort Wayne). They are in the “suburbs” of thriving Columbia City, on US 30. They even have their own brand of HD sewing machines. They might not be the cheapest, but like Sweetwater for music stuff and sound equipment, on the same road, they have almost everything you would want in sewing heavy materials.

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Chris, I paid too much for my POS, but that was before the Great American Affordable Vehicle Crisis. (GAAVC). which is a real thing. I paid about $1300, and stuff keeps breaking. It is a yard ornament, but you know, I have several of those now, and I am not selling. [1995 2wd 5.2L extended cab]. :face_with_head_bandage: :cowboy_hat_face:

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