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Nice video...thanks for posting. I like the smith's technique of forge welding the poll piece in place prior to folding. Should help make the fold more symmetrical and control the fold.

Randy, now that you have your genset up and running, it's a good idea to run it for a short while, say 15-20 minutes once a month to keep the fuel system and carb functioning properly and the field on the generator charged. Fuel stabilizer is another must...that's a subject I'm not going to address...but needed for stored fuel. Park that puppy outside the shed when running.....

Wow!!! Fantastic newsletter. Thanks for posting.

With the care and skill you impart on your work, that blade should turn out absolutely beautiful and functional.

The sequence of photos shows the progress of the filing nicely...well done. LOTSA FILING THOUGH!!!!

I'm sure most of the posters on this thread are using good/high quality flints or chert(another word for flint) for good sparks. For the beginner, low quality flints/cherts will not yield good or any sparking. I've picked "identical" pieces out of a chert rock pile; one would spark like crazy, the other...nothing. Same striker. Test all you like to cull out the collection.

As I recall, I watched about 15-30 minutes (if that long) of the first show, changed channels and never watched it again. Reality shows..........

whitewill1412, The best thing about your loops/staples is that you made them with round stock. Tool loops made from bar stock, for wooden handled tools, tend to chew up the handles, usually near the top 'cause folks usually just drop them in.

Robert, you mentioned that you sent the "S7" piece out to be tested...what did the testing show? I have never used S7 and would like to know if it may be a problem with getting truly air-hardening steel named "S7"

I have noticed a trend lately, and I don't know if it's gonna be good or bad, but a large number of private practitioners, general MD's, specialists, private clinics, etc. have been abandoning their private practices and contracting with the 3 or 4 large regional hospitals in our area. It could be medical insurance coverage for them, or problems with their patients' medical insurance, costs associated with a private practice, job security with a large hospital, access to more facilities/programs, wider exposure, liability protection, job burnout, the list could go on.......

When we moved to Arkansas, I told the wife that we needed to find a good doctor, one with grey hair and experience, so we didn't have to train one. Well, now it seems that the old, grey haired docs are retiring and now we have to train the new, young, less experienced ones......hmmmmm.

Have you tried Google search??? Looks like pages of brass bells.....................

Elegant candle holder...well done!

An old friend of mine always said, "I would rather take a flogging with a wet rope than make a move"...now my motto.... I had been involved in many moves with my son and daughter, apts., dorms, houses, etc. The last one I participated in was a daughter's move from Eugene, OR to Arkansas. I told her "I don't do moves anymore, just supervise." I went up there to "supervise". She contracted PODS to load, move and deliver...greatest thing ever!!!! I helped her pack some of the last small stuff, some local movers put all the remaining furniture, boxes, etc. into the pod, slammed the doors and locked it up! It arrived to a storage facility near here in a few days (long haul)...I never touched another thing on that move!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!

Sub.... Rebar is rebar...often characterized as being the "sausage of steels". Rebar is best used in concrete. No, it won't help rebar by trying to carbonize it. Visit your local car repair shop, spring manufacturer/installer, scrap metal/recycle yard and get some real steel from car parts such as leaf and coil spring, suspension parts, etc. and give the rebar a rest. If you're needing a specific steel, there are some retailers who sell for specific uses such as blade work, etc. It DOES, however, make good tent stakes since the ribs make it a bit harder to pull out of the ground than smooth rod. Rebar is marginal when it comes to a "practice" steel. It varies quite a bit in composition, being a steel "sausage" and does not forge uniformly. Happy forging!