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here are the plans used to build mine. works pretty well so far, only have one problem with a few deviations the builder had made. I hope this helps

ok I have my gasser I got a few month ago. its doing something I find possibly bad. sorry for the blurred picture if you look at this picture the area around the door and the weld where the burner tube connects to the forger body were both glowing a nice pretty red. also last night when I had it going good i started seeing sparks come out of the hole, similar to what is deswcribed as steel being at welding heat. the problem is I had nothing in the forge at the time. today i went out and pulled my burner and there was scale trying to clog my burner as well as the out side of my forge as a nice coat red of surface rust, today, that wasn't there before I lit the forge last night. my forge has the koawool(or some ceramic wool) and no hard coat yet. to help with visualizations ive included a picture of my forge plans. thes designs can also be good for anyone who is looking to build there own. the builder of my forge added the doors and closed in the back. the back has what looks like terracotta tile on the back wall, and no insulation on the door and only 1 inch of kaolwool. any advice guys?

Ric I re-read what i wrote earlier, and realized it might have come across as snippy. If you think so to I appologize, that was not my intention. sorry

Jerry There's no need to appologize, I've known several people who would not have considered that angle. I appreciate the suggestion.

thanks you have some really good ideas. I'll pass them along, maybe we can save the bike after all. I have my bondsman on speed dial, i have ever since I got my carry permit. the cops around here don't know or don't care what the law actually means. i asked a 7 and they told me my concealed carry permit doesn't allow me to carry a concealed hand gun anywhere. the judge and state's attorney all said different. i figure eventually i'll need the bondsman to get me and my gun out of jail.

that's kindda what i was thinking. but I;m not familiar with titanuim

yes he has a phone and no he has no insurance on it. he loaned the bike to one of our other brothers, jeff. when jeff moved to the luisianna(spelling?). the bike came back needing tons of upkeep to be ridable so he dropped the insurance until it was ridable again. then i got stolen. oddly he moved to the swampy state with only what he could carry on a motorcycle. who does that...anyway thats off topic

ric, if you'll notice the titanium plate is already on hand. so cheap isn't going to ba an issue atleast if i read this right. as for will this work, I don't know, But i would like to find out, so I will continue to watch this thread. the one thing that comes to my mind though, is this, what it the heat range that titanium of that thickness work, will it hold its shape and integrity at forge temps.

The best way Ive found to sharpen a blade is a sharpening kit. the one I used comes with a vise like thing to hold the blades and to guide the stone. the stones all have rods in them to help guide them. the kits I have comes with 5 stones, a triangular one for serrated blades, i have yet to figure out. a extra course stone, a course stone, a medium stone and then a fine stone. combine these with a leather strop and I've gotten a razor edge. without this kit I find it hard to sharpen a blade as well. I can still get a usable edge but not a shaving edge.

I thought of that, only I won't have enough money available to pay the fees until three weeks from now. by then the bike will already be gone. my thoughts were pay the fees and impound his bike at my place until he can pay me. i looked and i don't have the money.

well i know the true issues involved. true justice only comes at the tip of a barrel...a gun barrel. and then only when you can dispense those little lead pills "legally". on principal though, it is still wrong that he have to pay to get his bike back or surrender it to them after 30 days. will this ever change, probably not it will most likely get worse over time. but while I am a man of the "law" I am also a man of principal. unfortunatly the two rarely ever meet.

of course your right, but it stil isnt right. on priciple its ust wrong him haviong to pay to get his stolen property back

my scouts would love that. I'm starting to market my ballpeen "hatchets" to the other leaders. so far two of them look interested.

I got you one. My brother's motorcycle, an 06 honda bought brand new, was stolen 2 years ago. they found the bike, repainteed krylon silver, and the thief fixed a few problems that had kept him from riding it. now the impound lot wants him to pay $195 and it goes up 20 daily to get it back. so his bike was stolen by a thief and now it is going to get stolen again by the impound lot. all because he is out of work and can't get the money together to get his bike back. 30 days from now and it is their's, legally abandoned at tow yard. it was stolen from him, he shouldn't hav eto pay to get it back, that should be the thiefs problem.

ok, that is beautiful, please give details.

I still use them. My last haul came from a guy whos grand dad was a blade smith and made folders. in the trunk fullof stuff I got 5 strops in great condition, a small tub full of brass folder parts, 7 or 8 scythe blades, as many or more saw blades a champion blower, and about 20 lbs of lead with ladle. so i stilluse the strop, both on the blades and the kids. hehe grab the strop and the kids jump in line, never even need to use it on them, just threaten to. best thing ive found is when you get the knife as sharp as you can, run it up and down the strop a few times and it will shave you quite easily.

OMG i showed this pic to my wife and told her i wanted to do it, she told me to sign divorce papers first.

bob, that sounds like probably the best way to go. I actually have my first customer negotiating with my now for a pair of gun racks. this guy wants 2 horse shoe wall mount gun racks. nothing special. I offered to make him one of these his answer was he didn't need the felt or the barrel locks. this guy essentially wants me to weld together 8 horse shoes. amazing! I can buy premade shoes from tractor supply and weld them together for under $25 materials and less than as hour of labor. lol AND he is worried it will cost him too much. I think I'll just ofer to trade for extra materials

I want a full beard, but my wife can't stand it so If I wish to come into contact with her(at all, in anyway) then I have to shave every few weeks. she says it tickles or it pokes at her too much. wont even kiss me if she feels I need to shave.

I only have a few things to say to that. 1. sorry to hear it happened 2. ouch 3. catching falling trees is always a bad idea 4. glad you are still here 5. and we were able to meet(kinda)

look at it like this, even if a bit high, was your quoted price still fair, considering the labor materials, expendables design time, ect? if so then your better off without the job if they though it was priced too high. OTOH if the gate gets made by someone else, I would love to know what the price ended up being atleast compared to you quote.

no... ocifer, I'm not as thing as you drunk I am... oh no, honey, I gotta let you go, I'm goin to jail. sounds like a fun party.

I like those designs. my solid fuel forge is contrrolled with a dimmer switch so I don't need an air gate on that one, the gasser has an air gate that is set and then held with a wing nut. when I get around to building my net forge then I will probably go with a design like yours

I would imagine lots of people had beards beck in the old days, due to the potential danger of shaving. one slip of the razor and you get a nasty cut, and it was sure to get infected. In the old days it was just safer to grow a beard. not to mention easier than shaving. to shave you had to well shave, to grow a beard all you had to do was live.

grinding away for hours, not so. I've sat for an hours sharpening a blade. if you use a proper very course stone, after running the blade across a sanding belt or grinder once. and then progress through the course to the fine and then finer still stones, It doesn't take hours to sharpen a blade. BUT take one of these belt grinders and use it carefully it should work well. I prefer a hands on aproach instead of power tools for sharpening.