Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[Papa Bones]

Great stuff, and great stuff that you ad your friend watch each others back. That's friendship.

Thanks Cudgee. We've always got each others back. Yeah, we kinda barter things out with each other. I keep his firearms in good working order, do any residential electrical work for him, and help him work on his truck if need be. He is an excellent wood worker and has a very well tooled wood working shop, so I hit him up if I need anything concerning wood. He has built doors and even built my mother a new replacement for one of her kitchen cabinets that had pull out shelves. It's good to keep up with your friends. Plus you can sit around, drink coffee and tell tall tales.

[cudgee]

Great stuff, and great stuff that you ad your friend watch each others back. That's friendship.

Thanks Cudgee. We've always got each others back. Yeah, we kinda barter things out with each other. I keep his firearms in good working order, do any residential electrical work for him, and help him work on his truck if need be. He is an excellent wood worker and has a very well tooled wood working shop, so I hit him up if I need anything concerning wood. He has built doors and even built my mother a new replacement for one of her kitchen cabinets that had pull out shelves. It's good to keep up with your friends. Plus you can sit around, drink coffee and tell tall tales.

[Colonel26]

We have lots of old silos around my part of KY. Just about every Small farm milked a few cows and put up some silage. But know the small diaries are all gone. You either milk hundreds of cows that never see the pasture or you don’t milk at all.

Same thing here is Southern Ohio Wade.We milked cows until 1971.But between the late 60's and 1980 just about every dairy around here went out of business. I think there is 1 left and they milk about 300 cows and they are just hanging on.

Very similar here, in the fifties you could make a really good living milking 40 cows, in the late 60's 120 was regarded as a large herd, but that was the way everyone was having to adapt to. Now 300 is just enough to survive, and most are milking 400-700. But times are tough for the dairy industry over here, and a lot have left the industry in the last 2 years.

That’s the way it used to be here too. All the way up to the early 90’s when I was in high school it was very common to have a small farm, raise a few beef cows, raise 4-5 acres of tobacco, put up some hay, etc and survive. You could do that and work a town job and make a good living. Now you work the town job and lose money on the farm.

[Colonel26]

I have a friend who I used to work with, that I keep tabs on since he and I both retired. He is also a Vet and served in the Navy from 1967-73, was in the 7th fleet in the Tonkin Gulf. We have both helped each other whenever needed on any projects or work around our homes. So I consider him a good friend. I called him over the weekend, just checking on him, and he asked me when I could drop by. He had been cleaning out his wood working shop and had a couple of things he wanted to give me, if I wanted them. One was a vice and the other was a couple of Come-a-longs. He said the vice was too big for his needs and he had all the wood working vices he needed. So of course I said yes.

When I arrived we sit and drank coffee for a while then walked out to his shop. When I saw the vise I told him it was worth some good money. But he didn't care and wanted to know if I was gonna take it or not. So like my granddaddy used to say, never look a gift horse in the mouth. I am very proud to get it,

So here it is as I received it. A Wilton 1760 Tradesman Bullet Vice. It has 6 inch jaws and according to the stamp on the barrel key it was made in 1988. It's a hefty boy and weights about 70 lbs. It still has the dust cover in place and the jaws and spindle have no excessive looseness. THere are about four coats of paint over the original Wilton paint, but it is still present and I believe I can clean it down without loosing much of the original paint. It will make a nice addition to my other group of vise. I don't have any new vise. I will post a photo of those also.
But first, here is the Wilton.
Wilton 1760 tradesman_a.jpg
Wilton 1760 tradesman_b.jpg
Wilton 1760 tradesman_c.jpg

Here are a few of my others. Each one I've aquired over the years, cleaned, repainted and replaced the jaw inserts.

Columbian D44 4.5.jpg

Cratsman 506 51801 3.5_b.jpg
Craftsman 506 51801 3.5_a.jpg

Parker 93.5 3 in jaw.jpg

That’s awesome Smitty!

I just had a similar experience where a very good friend of mine gave me a bunch of his woodworking equipment including a HUGE Armstrong vise that had to weigh well over 100 lbs. It’s the biggest vise I’ve ever seen. I’ve been so tied up Bush hogging and deer hunting I haven’t had time to do anything with it, but after deer season.... I’ll have to take pics of it.

[Papa Bones]

That’s awesome Smitty!

I just had a similar experience where a very good friend of mine gave me a bunch of his woodworking equipment including a HUGE Armstrong vise that had to weigh well over 100 lbs. It’s the biggest vise I’ve ever seen. I’ve been so tied up Bush hogging and deer hunting I haven’t had time to do anything with it, but after deer season.... I’ll have to take pics of it.

Armstrong was another older company that started around the 1890's. You seldom see many of their large bench vise. They produced a blue ton of pipe vice. Yes, when you can, be sure to post some photo's.

[Colonel26]

That’s awesome Smitty!

I just had a similar experience where a very good friend of mine gave me a bunch of his woodworking equipment including a HUGE Armstrong vise that had to weigh well over 100 lbs. It’s the biggest vise I’ve ever seen. I’ve been so tied up Bush hogging and deer hunting I haven’t had time to do anything with it, but after deer season.... I’ll have to take pics of it.

Armstrong was another older company that started around the 1890's. You seldom see many of their large bench vise. They produced a blue ton of pipe vice. Yes, when you can, be sure to post some photo's.

Here’s a couple of bad pics of it sitting in the floor. I’ll try to get better ones. I’m as proud as I can be to be its caretaker for a while. The crank on it is bigger than any vise I’ve seen. Lifting it out of the truck was about all I wanted.

[Papa Bones]

Here’s a couple of bad pics of it sitting in the floor. I’ll try to get better ones. I’m as proud as I can be to be its caretaker for a while. The crank on it is bigger than any vise I’ve seen. Lifting it out of the truck was about all I wanted.

Yessir, that is a hoss right there. In great shape also. You will have that one looking sharp in no time. Thanks for sharing.

[cudgee]

That’s awesome Smitty!

I just had a similar experience where a very good friend of mine gave me a bunch of his woodworking equipment including a HUGE Armstrong vise that had to weigh well over 100 lbs. It’s the biggest vise I’ve ever seen. I’ve been so tied up Bush hogging and deer hunting I haven’t had time to do anything with it, but after deer season.... I’ll have to take pics of it.

Armstrong was another older company that started around the 1890's. You seldom see many of their large bench vise. They produced a blue ton of pipe vice. Yes, when you can, be sure to post some photo's.

Here’s a couple of bad pics of it sitting in the floor. I’ll try to get better ones. I’m as proud as I can be to be its caretaker for a while. The crank on it is bigger than any vise I’ve seen. Lifting it out of the truck was about all I wanted.

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Mate, that is a monster.

[Colonel26]

Armstrong was another older company that started around the 1890's. You seldom see many of their large bench vise. They produced a blue ton of pipe vice. Yes, when you can, be sure to post some photo's.

Here’s a couple of bad pics of it sitting in the floor. I’ll try to get better ones. I’m as proud as I can be to be its caretaker for a while. The crank on it is bigger than any vise I’ve seen. Lifting it out of the truck was about all I wanted.

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Mate, that is a monster.

I think she’ll hold anything I’ll ever throw at her.

[cudgee]

A few of you have told me how much you enjoy seeing photos from over here, and i know quiet a few of you live and have rural backgrounds. I saw this on a site i was reading this morning and thought you may find it interesting. It is a farm that was sold last week for $4,163,194US or $5,112US per acre, it is 823 Acres. It is a cropping and beef property, beautiful country with crisp winters and hot summers, the area is also a well known wine producing region. In the background, especially in the top right hand corner is a mountain range, or what we call the High Country, it would be capped in snow if this photo was in winter.

[Quick Steel]

Thanks for posting the photo and information. Like many Yanks, I find your country and people very interesting.

[Colonel26]

Beautiful land! I’d LOVE to make it to your part of the world some day.

I’m not sure about normal land prices there, but that’s not too terribly out of bounds for flatland in my part of the world.

[dlr110]

Thank you, that is some good looking countryside.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Cudgee - I spent a couple of days in Melbourne doing the typical tourist stuff. It was really, really interesting to travel on the Great Ocean Road, as it reminded me EXACTLY of the Pacific Coast Highway in California that I drive on every day - right down to being lined with Eucalyptus trees! Unfortunately, we did not get farther inland to see the farming land. My short time in Australia (~10 days) was the satisfaction of a huge bucket list item for me!

[jerryd6818]

Cudgee - I spent a couple of days in Melbourne doing the typical tourist stuff. It was really, really interesting to travel on the Great Ocean Road, as it reminded me EXACTLY of the Pacific Coast Highway in California that I drive on every day - right down to being lined with Eucalyptus trees! Unfortunately, we did not get farther inland to see the farming land. My short time in Australia (~10 days) was the satisfaction of a huge bucket list item for me!

Suitcase, Australia is also on my bucket list. Unfortunately that bucket has developed a huge leak and somehow the bucket has acquired a lid. Good to hear you managed to get that accomplished.

[Mumbleypeg]

Been taking advantage of the cool, clear fall days, cutting brush. Got a nice pile. And I’m worn out!

Ken

[Waukonda]

Been taking advantage of the cool, clear fall days, cutting brush. Got a nice pile. And I’m worn out!

Ken

Nice pile? That is Homecoming bonfire size, no wonder you are worn out!
Your faithful companion looks happy.

[cudgee]

Been taking advantage of the cool, clear fall days, cutting brush. Got a nice pile. And I’m worn out!

Ken

You have been busy. I have a photo for you. When i was a kid i used to stay on a friends farm in the school holidays, one year he had just cut hay and he paid me and some local kids to help load the truck as it slowly drove along, and it was heavy hard work, and the men were on the back of the Bedford tray truck stacking it as we lifted the bales onto the back. You would remember the size of those bales, have a look at this picture i found and look at the size of the bales they produce now, it's amazing how machinery has changed things. Show us a photo when you burn your pile.

[cudgee]

Found this brilliant photo of a Gum tree lit up by the night sky, thought those that watch this thread may like it.

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[Quick Steel]

A absolutely gorgeous photo. You captured a gem.

[Mumbleypeg]

Been taking advantage of the cool, clear fall days, cutting brush. Got a nice pile. And I’m worn out!

Ken

Nice pile? That is Homecoming bonfire size, no wonder you are worn out!
Your faithful companion looks happy.

She’s my supervisor. She’s good at it - watches everything, but never does any work!

You have been busy. I have a photo for you. When i was a kid i used to stay on a friends farm in the school holidays, one year he had just cut hay and he paid me and some local kids to help load the truck as it slowly drove along, and it was heavy hard work, and the men were on the back of the Bedford tray truck stacking it as we lifted the bales onto the back. You would remember the size of those bales, have a look at this picture i found and look at the size of the bales they produce now, it's amazing how machinery has changed things. Show us a photo when you burn your pile.

Cudgee, I’ll let the pile age for at least 3 or 4 months - it doesn’t burn well when green. Then one day after a rain when there’s a slight breeze I’ll burn it.

Nice pictures BTW. I see some bales like that in West Texas but none around here in North Texas. I do remember well what you describe, loading square bales into the back of a truck, then putting them into the hay loft in the barn. When I was a teen we loaded them for 2¢ a bale, 2.5¢ if we stacked it in the barn. Hot, dusty work. We usually did it at night when it was cooler. Those bales averaged about 50-60 pounds each. We hated alfalfa - they weighed 70-75 pounds. Very few bale the small “square” bales now, unless they’re baling wheat straw. And they pay a dollar a bale now to load and stack it.

Ken

[cudgee]

Been taking advantage of the cool, clear fall days, cutting brush. Got a nice pile. And I’m worn out!

Ken

Nice pile? That is Homecoming bonfire size, no wonder you are worn out!
Your faithful companion looks happy.

She’s my supervisor. She’s good at it - watches everything, but never does any work!

Cudgee, I’ll let the pile age for at least 3 or 4 months - it doesn’t burn well when green. Then one day after a rain when there’s a slight breeze I’ll burn it. Nice pictures BTW. I see some bales like that in West Texas but none around here in North Texas.

Ken

Your supervisor could get a well paid position in a government department.

[dlr110]

Cudgee that picture of the silo is stunning. If I were a photo expert, and of course I’m not, I would say great subject, beautiful color variations, reflections of impending drama…. oh that’s enough of that garbage, it’s a great moment you captured, congrats.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Here's how they do it in California. This is actually a hay bucking contest at the County fair. My Dad cut, baled & stacked hay as a business back in the late 1940s. That's how he made enough money to buy our farm. He was awesome at bucking bales. I never did it for pay, but I tossed my fair share of bales when we would load the pickup with hay bales from the big hay barn and stack them back at the house for my livestock. I used to have a hat rack my Dad made from a pair of his old hay hooks after he retired. I'm not sure what happened to that hat rack - I think my wife didn't think it was as cool as I did...

[Mumbleypeg]

Here's how they do it in California. This is actually a hay bucking contest at the County fair. My Dad cut, baled & stacked hay as a business back in the late 1940s.

That’s cheating! (Smart though).

I bet your dad didn’t have any mechanical contraption in the 1940s. Around here “Bucking” hay means physically lifting and throwing bales without mechanical aid. More specifically it involves throwing bales from the truck bed up to someone who is catching and stacking the bales in the barn loft. Which is the hottest, dirtiest part of the job. Unfortunately during most of my time doing it, I wasn’t big enough to “buck” bales up into the loft. So I got to catch and stack it in the loft.

Ken.