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Appreciation post: That beat-up anvil I found at a farm auction in Iowa

Picked up this old 150-pound Fisher anvil for $80 at a farm auction 2 years ago, and after grinding off the rust and tuning the face, it rings cleaner than any new one I've tried - anyone else find their best tools at the random estate sales instead of supply catalogs?
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logan648
logan64821h ago
Found my best drill press at a church rummage sale for twenty bucks, had to replace the belt but it's outlasted two of the new ones I bought after. The old stuff just hits different when someone's actually used it for decades.
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john_murphy
Found a 1940s bandsaw in a barn once, still ran perfect.
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