DILLIGAF

Thank you very much gerald, that does help a lot.

I am working on putting my first resume together and I'm wandering if anyone can give me some hints on what whould be appropriate to include in it.

One thing that I am thinking about is if I should include martial arts teaching experience or not.

Some people have told me that it would be good to have becaue it shows initialtive and dedication. Some have told me that employer nowdays don't care about what you do outside of work.

If anyone has any idea that could help, it would great.

Thanks.

No I haven't seen that, but I will look around for it and take a look. My plan is to make it out of an old BBQ grill, maybe two of them joined together.

Thank you very much for the thoughts, but another problem that I have to deal with is that our water table is very high. If I dig about a foot or maybe even less I pretty much get a hole with water. And I don't mean damp soil. I mean a I get a hole full of water.

Dilligaf not trying to dissuade you from you course of action but consider this. If you were to build a campfire in your back yard would the burning dirt be a fire hazard? In other words don't over think this process as I did and not light a fire for another year after I set out to learn. granpa built his forge out of 2x scrap and heaped dirt, sand, what have you in to it. 3 or 4 inches deep should suffice. You have what I think is the most difficult part, a good air source! Like on the television commercials " Don't Wait! ACT NOW!"

BUY IT??????

You seem to be missing the point. What you want is some clayey dirt that you can mix with ashes/straw/whatever. Have you tried your back yard or a local creek?

Man, work sure gets in the way of fun. Well i finally got my blower in good working conditions, cleaned the gears, lubed it, and put the thing back together. And, now it's working just about like new.

Now i need to get the adobe (still not sure where to get it, i have not found any place locally where i can buy it), and get my forge together.

I really cannot wait.

So, i just got done taking apart and cleaning the blower. The old grease looked like cake on the gearse. As it turned out i ended up having to make a little bushing for it, not the fan rotates freely and without any problems. When i get home today i'm going to grease it up and put it back together.

Hello Thomas,

I just got done taking the blower apart and the fan is completely loose inside. I think I

DILLIGAF, hopefully it is just loose on the shaft. Hand crank? If so take the outside cover off and there is a set screw on the hub of the blades, tighten it up. Sounds simple I know but check all the easy things first!

Loose as it spins on the drive shaft or loose as in the drive shaft has slop in it side to side?

Thomas

hello , i just pickecked up an old forge blower. It sems to be in good working order, but the fan inside makes a noice like the think is loose, and when i touch it, it is infact loose.

Is this how it should be, or should it be nic and snugg in there?