Jack Evers

Post 12 is the formula I got today and I saw the results - they were good.

A log cabin builder once told me to use vinegar.

Some years ago, I had a similar problem with one of my farrier tools, a clincher. I left my good one at a clients about 60 miles away. Called him, he said he was coming to town on the weekend and would bring it. I went to my supplier, bought a cheaper replacement to get me thru the week and serve as an extra later. I then proceeded to tear up the replacements at the rate of about two/per day. I'd have been happier and I'm sure they would have been to just have my money back. It was a frustrating few days for both of us.

It's solid and comes in 1/8 inch increments from 1/2 inch diam to 1-1/4 inches, but 5/8, 3/4, and 7/8 are probably the most common diameters.

Some years ago I put on a clinic "forge work for farriers". Most if not all of these guys were doing cold work only and 3 and 4 pound hammers were the norm. One guy pulled his first piece of hot iron out of the forge and nearly cut it in half with a blow from his 3 pounder. He went to his truck and came back with a new looking 1-1/2 pounder saying "My kid gave me this a few years ago - said it was a rounding hammer - guess maybe he was right."

Just a note to Hammered, The smell is a compound known as Methyl mercaptan' It's a volatile cousin to the oil that is sprayed by a skunk -- butyl mercaptan. A little goes a long way. Butyl has also been used as an oderant in natural gas. It can be smell at concentrations as low as 10 parts per billion. Once in Milan Italy a nearly empty canister of Methyl sprang a leak while on a truck. It prompted alarm cals from as much as 12 km (7.5 miles) away.

My NC forge seems to regularly do that in wet weather, but cleaning the jets is all that it takes.

I posted this earlier, but got it under another thread so will move it here. My name's above, 50 years shoeing horses, have done a bit of ornamental stuff, but planing to hang around here for ideas on pure blacksmithing. If my clients will let me back off on shoeing as I enter my eighth decade of life I may do more ornamental stuff. The body is still hanging in there.

My name's above, 50 years shoeing horses, have done a bit of ornamental stuff, but planing to hang around here for ideas on pure blacksmithing. If my clients will let me back off on shoeing as I enter my eighth decade of life I may do more ornamental stuff. The body is still hanging in there.