June 19, 2012

Round two

In 2011, I met a master machinist who went in to the Doctors with a persistent cough and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He was looking to sell off his tools and had a bunch of blacksmith equipment which now has a place of honor in my shop. Last week, his daughter called one of the other people who went tool buying that day and said that she had some more stuff to sell. This morning, I went back to his house and picked up a number of blacksmithing books (a lot of them were first editions) as well as a nice Whitney (now called Roper Whitney) #16 punch and dies and a big Plumbers Furnace -- some older machines use Babbitt metal for their bearings and the melter is used for casting them. The books will be a fun read -- lots of ideas for projects... Posted by DaveH at June 19, 2012 2:40 PM
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