Greetings All,
Vulcanus here from the wet, wooded, wilderness of Snohomish WA. No work for science educators in the county, so I have to go work in my new shop every day. I am an active member of the SCA, so I spend considerable time researching and recreating period armour, weapons, and other non-martial personal goods. My power hammer is up and running and I am rebuilding my gas forge after our move here. In the meantime I am using charcoal in an old rivet forge. Very soon we will be smelting our first iron bloom from a local ore body and charcoal from my own trees. (Anyone wanting good quality magnetite, I
