JimG

Changing direction is easier to do than it is for me to explain. A lever and fulcum on the front. lift the front of your skid to clear then swing the lever sidewaysto move the front over a bit. Repeat till it's facing the way you want.

You can't take all stone for granite, sometimes its schist. Post read and approved by the Moderator.

Five feet of 12inch chimney flue.

Wood burning heating appliances are designed to minimize the risk of uncontroled fire. What are you gaining by leaving the forge burning when your not there? Why do you want to be burning fuel when your not heating something? Any open fire is a source of ignition. Fire is a good servant but a poor master. Make sure it is out. I do a fire check in the shop about an hour after I shut down, plus do one before I retire for the night.

I knew I was no longer a youngster when I answered the door one day to find an RCMP officer standing there, and he said he wanted to have a chat with me, And by chat he meant just that, he was looking for some information of wood heat, chimneys etc.

What is your daily prayer to your God? Mine is "Give me what I need, And protect me from what I want" (I often think the second part is more important)

Check out "You might be a" at http://www.iforgeiron.com/ Ed, those 3 you mentioned look new to me

Make your self a simple drill. A straight piece of wire, flatten the end, file to an even point bevel the edges and work it's way through, take your time.

A refrigerator. I was about 10-12 And those stories they tell about people suffocating in fridges cause they are air tight?..........well not in this case

QC, It's easy to do long items in a Schnitzelbank. Just turn the peice your working on at a bit of (or a lot of in some of our cases) angleto go past your side. That's one advantage a dumbhead horse like the one shown has over an english one with two side arms. A shaving horse is one of the greatest things to use. Your feet clamp the work, the harder you pull the tighter it clamps, it's fast to change position, plus you get to work sitting down!!!!!!!!!!

Ed, You do know what you have to do. Go through the roof, directly above the forge. No bends elbows etc. If you go through the wall, window, all your doing is trading one problem for 3 or 4 others. Nice looking shop. It has me jealous :D

If you have a working scanner you can use it to directly scan it.

IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2007 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved. BP0217 Go or no-go gauge original idea by JimG BP and photos by Glenn Conner Most of us have a reasonable full set of go no-go gauges in a drawer somewhere. They can be used as wrenches when not being used as a gauge. All you have to do is grab the size that fits and read the measurement. Measurement is conveniently written on the gauge. Do not measure the mushroomed section, measure the original stock. For those that have material in metric sizes, there is a full set of gauges in metric also. View full article