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algal Member
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algal
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:53 am
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I recently saw this on an off trail camping site in the Stevens pass area... It looks like it's about 100 years old, any body know what this would have been used for? Heavy, must have been mule packed in, am guessing
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bccarlso Member
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:51 am
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day_hike_mike, Waterman, algal
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algal Member
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:55 am
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Woah google is pretty amazing...so what kind of metalwork would you do out in the woods 100 years ago? Interesting!
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Joey verrry senior member
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:21 am
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Maybe horseshoeing.
Wonder if shod critters were used to pull logs
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Ski ><((((°>
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:20 pm
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an old forge.
Champion Blower & Forge was one of the big manufacturers.
Those were hot-selling items from about 1880 to 1920.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
algal
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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lots of things were worked on forges, using borax and a hot enough forge you could weld steel together mold chain links together, rework axe heads,,,,
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:54 pm
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We have one, we use it as a bbq
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Ski ><((((°>
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Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:20 pm
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Try vintagemachinery.org and you'll probably find information on forge manufacturers there if you were wanting to identify it or find out more about it.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:12 am
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Could be mining. I've seen similar ones, although not in that good of shape at mine sites.
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:02 am
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My Grandpa was a blacksmith. There was one of those rusting away at the last place they lived. Those things will provide lots of entertainment for kids if the parts still move.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Pyrites Member
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:23 am
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Are there old mines in the area? Heating bits, then hammer sharpening was part of the job. Then they’d temper them. For both a forge was needed.
Hey, the posting problem seems resolved. Thanks.
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Ski ><((((°>
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 9:59 am
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even on a logging operation, a blacksmith would come in handy.
those units were designed to be somewhat "portable".
doesn't come to me as any surprise at all that it was found in the woods, considering the photos I see posted by guys who live in the SE US on another site.
binders, chokers, chains, whiffletrees ... all that stuff needs fixin' now and then.
haha! you had to look that up, didn't you?
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:27 am
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Pyrites Member
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Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:59 pm
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Dad talked of sharpening bits, then tempering. All by eye, and judgement. The tip first into the liquid, a pause, then after that made hardest, the bit pushed in a little more to harden somewhat the piece just a little behind the tip.
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