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07-19-2020, 07:16 PM #1Senior Member
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Antique store peddle stone
Saw this in a antique store /architectural salvage store yesterday.
Cool thing but it was overpriced IMHO considering the condition.
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07-20-2020, 01:23 PM #2
Agreed. I’ve seen similar ones and people just ask silly money for them.
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07-20-2020, 08:38 PM #3Senior Member
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wonder if one could use something like that to grind (not hone) razors or knives? You know in the same way one would use a belt sander/grinder?
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Sure, but you would quickly appreciate a good forge. My first grinder was hand cranked. Kind of like this one.
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Trying to grind with one hand and then crank with another was difficult to say the least. My little brother was only good for about ten minutes of cranking before he want on strike. It wasn't long before I started making a forge out of truck brake drums in order to beat the steel to shape instead of trying to grind them to shape.
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They are called treadle grinders. The stones are much finer than the uninitiated expect, probably because of what they are called. Richards and Willcox produced the majority of them. I suspect it is over priced but prices vary around the country. The condition of the stone is critical as are the bearings should you purchase one.
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07-23-2020, 01:45 AM #6Senior Member
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I'd love to purchase one but this one was out of round, one of the pedals had a set screw that was broken off and there were big chips out of the stone wish you can see in the photo. I suspect the bearings were not good either. Not to mention that the seat was bent and it was all rusted up.
I did however sit down at it and pedal it with one pedal and grind out the broken tip on my EDC knife.Last edited by PaulFLUS; 07-23-2020 at 01:47 AM.
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07-23-2020, 02:59 AM #7Hones & Honing
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I have one and it works! Keen Kutter plate on it. The 11 yr old neighborhood kid loves to sit at it and grind a new edge on hatchets!
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07-23-2020, 10:28 AM #8
All of my farming uncle's had one. I would sharpen the shovels, hoes, axes etc on one.
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07-24-2020, 09:50 PM #9Member
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I have had some come and go out of my life and I have a few now in various states of repair or disrepair that I just picked up for parts. Here are some of mine. The smashed one was probably under a barn collapse.
BTW the earlier ones had cast seats. This one is no longer with me, I probably let it go to cheap.
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