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Oops, sorry. This was a pretty amazing find for me, just wanted to know more about it. Thanks for the help.

Uhmmm, well uh $1.00

I'm sure I will use it, I couldn't wait to get it cleaned up so I could. I was just Kind of surprised to find that hadn't been used as old as it is.

Re: has anyone ever had there tools stolen I had about $2,500 worth of snap on tools stolen out of my barn, they didn't touch anything that wasn't snap on. I didn't get anything back, cops didn't act like they really cared.

I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Hemlock tree are they in Southwest Indiana?

Looks like a shoe anvil http://www.ecrater.com/p/13421439/antique-cast-iron-shoe-anvil

I noticed the few proto hammers I found online had the ® after the Proto stamp. Everything in the garage was from the early 40's to middle 50's, with lots of books magazines and newspapers.

I picked up this proto body hammer at an estate sale today. It was filthy when I found it, I cleaned it up and it looks like it's never been used. I can't find much about proto hammers. Is there any way to date it? I think it feels very good and very well balanced, just kinda hate to use it...

That's a nice looking barn. Where in Indiana are you?

What kind of car are you restoring?, what panels does it need?

I got all of the front cleaned and stained. I couldn't get any of it sanded smooth, my electric sander was to weak and it was way to hard to sand by hand. A couple people I know that do a lot of wood work looked at it and said they really thought it was oak.

I use a wire wheel on an angle grinder, just clean a few at a time as you need them.

There are a lot of elm trees around here. Is elm very hard and very heavy?

Here's a couple more pics that might help,

There are a lot of elm and maple trees around here. You can't really see it to well in the pics but it has a slight red color to it.

Here's some of the wood in the barn 2x12's and 8x8 post.

Thanks for the help. The boards are extremely heavy, and nearly impossible to drive a nail in. The grain is actually really close together, nothing at all like regular 2x4's.

Anyone got any ideas?

I've been cleaning the wood on my old barn getting ready to paint it, and got to wondering what kind of wood it was. I have no idea when this barn was built but a few old-timers around here say they remember it in the 40's. The boards on the outside are 2"x8" and 2"x6". Anyone have any idea...

We have a pretty big Harbor Freight here, with a nice parking lot.