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[John B]

Hi Frosty,

Glad to see you getting back into the workshop,

Take care and take your time,

A wise old man once told me, only three things got in a rush, Babies, bent fenders, and bad decisions and you don't need none of them at the moment (or worse).

[Sask Mark]

Frosty, if I recall correctly, you were incorporating a floor anchor/smoke removal system into the floor slab of your shop. How did this work out? Have you had a chance to use it yet?

[clinton]

 DSCN2914.JPG   190.44K   460 downloads  DSCN2909.JPG   170.65K   478 downloadsthis is the shop that i built using salvaged material even the gutters were made from 22 ga sheet metal that was left on a job

[yesteryearforge]

CLINTON
Thats a nice shop
Is that a brian Brazeal style anvil and a TOM Clark anvil i see in the background ?

Mike Tanner

[Sam Falzone]

My main forge space is a small corner of my classroom (fortunately my classroom is the school shop). Came equipted with a small Wayne gas forge, anvil and some tools. Small but just the right size for what I do.

My travel forge is somewhat more "airy". I like using this one alot.

Plans are to eventually turn my backyard shed into my home smithy - sometime down the line.

Sam

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[Frosty]

Sask Mark, on 14 February 2010 - 11:54 PM, said:

Frosty, if I recall correctly, you were incorporating a floor anchor/smoke removal system into the floor slab of your shop. How did this work out? Have you had a chance to use it yet?

Yes I did Mark. The floor has 2" sq receiver tubes flush mounted every 4" on a grid. They're all connected under the slab so I can put suction to them with a blower. I haven't used it for a down draft exhaust system yet but I have mounted some tools in receivers and even straightened one of the corner posts for the shop, using the recievers, pins and hydraulics.

The floor also has 2/3" PEX hydronic heat tubing in it for infloor heat one of these days. I've posted a couple pics, I think under shop pics or maybe the shop floor thread. Nothing very exotic or exciting I'm afraid, espceially seeing as the moose let me be.

Frosty the Lucky

[territorialmillworks]

We finished our 21' X 25' bldg this summer and finally got 'moved in'. My wife is the artist and I'm the craftsman so she gets the 'first' of everything that I make.

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[Phil Krankowski]

Frosty, on 15 February 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

Yes I did Mark. The floor has 2" sq receiver tubes flush mounted every 4" on a grid. They're all connected under the slab so I can put suction to them with a blower. I haven't used it for a down draft exhaust system yet but I have mounted some tools in receivers and even straightened one of the corner posts for the shop, using the recievers, pins and hydraulics.

The floor also has 2/3" PEX hydronic heat tubing in it for infloor heat one of these days. I've posted a couple pics, I think under shop pics or maybe the shop floor thread. Nothing very exotic or exciting I'm afraid, espceially seeing as the moose let me be.

Frosty the Lucky

Adding CCTV to help keep Deb sane?
Phil

[Alec.S]

Teritorialmillworks:

you got a really nice shop there.....did you make that leg vice yourself because it's got an interesting design

alec

[Alec.S]

Teritorialmillworks:

you got a really nice shop there.....did you make that leg vice yourself because it's got an interesting design

alec

[clinton]

yesteryearforge, on 15 February 2010 - 11:04 AM, said:

CLINTON
Thats a nice shop
Is that a brian Brazeal style anvil and a TOM Clark anvil i see in the background ?

Mike Tanner

Yes Mike there is a Brian Brazeal style anvil that I built as well as one that Brian built that is a blacksmiths helper and anvil, and the Tom Clark Ozark patern

[Mainely,Bob]

Phil,

CCTV,are you trying to send Deb over the edge?!! What good would it be to stand in the house and watch Frosty and not be able to do anything about it?

May I respectfully suggest either a shock collar and/or carefully placed cans of pepper spray to be triggered from the house in conjunction with the CCTV.

Unfortunately it may be cost prohibitive to electrify the floor and send him to work with his bearfeet soaking.

[K. Bryan Morgan]

Here's my shop in its current incarnation. Part of it outside and part of it inside. I'm using a RR rail anvil at the moment but a better one will be here end of the week or so. I'll post picks of it when I get it on a stump.

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[Frosty]

Mainely,Bob, on 16 February 2010 - 10:18 AM, said:

Phil,

CCTV,are you trying to send Deb over the edge?!! What good would it be to stand in the house and watch Frosty and not be able to do anything about it?

May I respectfully suggest either a shock collar and/or carefully placed cans of pepper spray to be triggered from the house in conjunction with the CCTV.

Unfortunately it may be cost prohibitive to electrify the floor and send him to work with his bearfeet soaking.

You guys are just having TOO much fun! not only would CCTV drive Deb nuts, she'd pass her concerns on to me in a most harsh and persistent manner! Electrify the floor? Pepper spray? WELL I NEVER! Hmmmm, okay on the pepper spray, you guys are invited to the BBQ, pepper steak specials for YOU!

You guys are just too mean to speak to. . . Oh wait, darnIT all! If I don't talk to you guys who am I gonna talk to? Oh well. <sigh>


Frosty the Lucky.

[Frosty]

K. Bryan Morgan, on 16 February 2010 - 04:39 PM, said:

Here's my shop in its current incarnation. Part of it outside and part of it inside. I'm using a RR rail anvil at the moment but a better one will be here end of the week or so. I'll post picks of it when I get it on a stump.

Under cover and everything? You got plush digs Bryan! I worked under a plastic tarp for a few years but it was still just fine so long as the snow and rain weren't falling directly on me.

How big is your smithy? It looks snug but clear and roomy enough to work in. there are advantages to a limited space, it not only keeps everything handy (too handy or footy sometimes) it helps a person to learn how to organize not only the tools and equipment but the work stages.


Frosty the Lucky.

[Phil Krankowski]

Frosty, Meanness has nothing to do with it. I think we all want to have Deb sane and you to hang around a while longer.
Phil

[Frosty]

pkrankow, on 16 February 2010 - 06:26 PM, said:

Frosty, Meanness has nothing to do with it. I think we all want to have Deb sane and you to hang around a while longer.
Phil

Uh huh, S-U-R-E Phil, just one shock through my bear feet will have me hanging around (from a PURLIN! ) a while longer than I'd choose.

Oh you guys are just big old sweethearts alright. Remind me to give you a hug when we meet up will ya?

Frosty the Lucky.

[K. Bryan Morgan]

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Under cover and everything? You got plush digs Bryan! I worked under a plastic tarp for a few years but it was still just fine so long as the snow and rain weren't falling directly on me.

How big is your smithy? It looks snug but clear and roomy enough to work in. there are advantages to a limited space, it not only keeps everything handy (too handy or footy sometimes) it helps a person to learn how to organize not only the tools and equipment but the work stages.


Frosty the Lucky.

The shed itself is a 12'x16' and the tarp is a 20'x20' with a peaked roof. I picked it up at Sam's here in Fairbanks for about $260ish??? or there abouts. I keep a couple of cords of wood under it, park a car there and also keep a corner for forging and hammering. In the shed I keep my belt sander, post vice, stock, coal and my hand tools ect. Eventually I'm going to move everything into the shed.

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[Frosty]

K. Bryan Morgan, on 17 February 2010 - 01:55 AM, said:

The shed itself is a 12'x16' and the tarp is a 20'x20' with a peaked roof. I picked it up at Sam's here in Fairbanks for about $260ish??? or there abouts. I keep a couple of cords of wood under it, park a car there and also keep a corner for forging and hammering. In the shed I keep my belt sander, post vice, stock, coal and my hand tools ect. Eventually I'm going to move everything into the shed.

That's a plenty workable size Bryan not to mention keeping the firewood clear so you don't have to shovel it off. Sounds like a win win to me.

Frosty the Lucky

[TechnicusJoe]

Hi guys, this is my shop, proudly showing my Kohlswa collection

(one of the anvils is sitting under my workbench, so there are 4 Kohlswas and 1 London pattern)