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Carl Greywolf

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    : East Yorkshire, England, UK
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  1. Many years ago, I saw a fire at a compost packing plant. The plant processed peat and baled it for shipping/sale. It melted the steel structure of the building. I think there'll be plenty of heat in peat for forging.
  2. Welcome from another newbie, I'm sure the others will be long shorty to welcome you.
  3. ​I did have a beard, I like cats and whiskey...
  4. Brewer's grounds? Sounds like coffee grounds, so I speculate a little here... as a small scale brewer I can say it'd be the remnants of the "mash", This is the barley, wheat and other grain soaked in hot water to release their sugars. After it has been used the spent mash was often used for animal feed. The moist grain mix will still contain a lot of sugars, just not good ones for brewing. There is a way this could be tested as an idea, coat a piece of metal in a strong sugar water + flour and heat to see if it reduces scale. Until I build me own forge I can't even play with fire
  5. It was a couple of pullovers but now it's a blanket... Oh wait, repurposing Thread... Gotcha... Seriously the much ignored shipping pallet is a great source of timber, even a couple screwed together can make a decent makeshift workbench. Oh... and it was me that crocheted the blanket, got to learn a new skill every year as it keeps the brain healthy.
  6. For PID, SSR and Heat sink check online for Homebrew beer or aquarium suppliers, some great deals are available I've seen the PID for £15 ($22) direct from Hong Kong.on Ebay, these have been used by Microbrewers for a while to control heat/cool temps. worth a try perhaps?
  7. And your Mum told you to get your burner working, by goodness you got it sorted Happy Mother's Day (UK) to all Mothers on this site
  8. The world would be a very different place if Mothers ruled it. We'd all have to wear clean underwear every day... just in case we were hit by a truck
  9. They are from last years crop, this year he's growing vices. I suppose they are Hardy perennials
  10. Naw, I hope the expiration date is many many years away. It was a saying my Mum used to use, she was full of old sayings... I now catch myself using them....often
  11. ​If you can't be an inspiration at least be a dire warning to others. I hope you get this burner sorted, sounds like a real pain in the rear.
  12. Just read your post out loud... Gamer girl said "Sounds interesting, definitely sounds interesting. I'd certainly be interested in playing it" You could have a hit on your hands, after all WoW started as a "I wonder if..."
  13. I tried WoW and found it yawn worthy. You have a decent idea on the mechanics of a gamer, "Must acquire!" Too easy and it's boring too hard and it's a a waste of time I'll buy it On the whole gamers want it fast. Not too fast but faster than the other gamers. Instances seem to work well in Lotro and other games, keep the load times low though or see above Adding a degree of realism could be of benefit, after all it isn't a 5 second job to make anything let alone a sword. As for make 45 iron knives then unlock the recipe to make a war ballista this is laughable. (Wow taught me if i make enough clockwork toys I can make a helicopter ) I shall hand over to the experienced Smiths who have gone before me and recommend you read,read and read this forum, Glenn wasn't joking about packed lunch and a drink, there is so much to learn and a few days reading hardly scratches the surface. I am a newcomer to metalworking and I find I'm learning something new from every thread. Sometimes it's a snippet or tip others a dire warning about fumes... Have fun and keep up with the ideas, the vid you shared shows promise, reminded me of Wolfenstein I half expected to see a cutout mob Oh and a final word from my Hard core gamer, "If you have housing, it'd be cool if you could make stuff for that... or even build the house"
  14. As a gamer I wonder what benefit this reality would bring to a game. Crafting systems on games are often the bugbear of gamers. for example it takes 10 ore to make 1 ingot, 5 ingot to make 1 knife. That's a lot of gathering just to make a simple knife. Add the other gamers hunting ore in the same areas and you have a recipe for KSing and QQ (Gamer speak for stealing and crying/complaining to game makers/managers). The fields around the forges would have to be knee deep in ore just to provide enough. A way around it could be to have a NPC vendor for ore, but that introduces a whole new set of problems, IGC (in game cash) is required to buy the ore, this brings in the gold farmers and gold sellers that provide IGC for real money via out of game transactions. These can also be fraudulent transactions and can rebound on the game provider's reputation. I've just had a quick chat with a "hard core" gamer, She said "unless this is a dedicated crafting game it'll s*ck There are gamers that love the crafting aspect but they're rare. Keep it simple and fast with minimal mats for best results" This is her own opinion and she isn't a crafter in games. She also said "Gathering of mats is a grind, it's just too time-sucky" My 2cents, HTH
  15. Horbury, so he's a Wezzy ( Wezzy - West Yorkshire folk - sometimes called comforts, because when they visit the East Coast holiday towns they Come for't weekend/week ) My pleasure to do the research, not heard of the Joe brand and wanted to know for myself too.
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