Sweet. That’s cool. Yeah I love that old stuff. Those ol’ boys actually put out some damn nice work with what would be considered substandard equipment today. Over here we have lots of tractor/hit & miss clubs. Especially in the Midwest. So finding pulleys, belts and machinery isn’t too hard, but the price you’ll pay is. Unless they don’t know what they have of course. Thank God farmers and ranchers never throw anything away!
Lately because of the RA I’m suddenly cursed with I’ve turned to my induction forge. Small deco work is about all I can muster nowadays. They are pretty nice, but you are limited with what you can make. It’ll heat up 1/2” round stock to forging heat in less than a minute. A lot cheaper and less time consuming than coke, charcoal or propane. Cooler temps to be around as well and no oder. But like I say, they have their limits.
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