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What style of chimney are you using. There is an easy modification to a straight stack that can draw in more air and delute the smoke. If you are interested I can make up a drawing.

If you put some course sand or pea gravel in the bottom of the tub it will cushion the bottom and prevent puntures.

You can allways soak them incider......So i'm told

Quote Dragon's Lair: "My 88lb Hay- Budden came with a great face. No horn Now it has a horn. My 142 Hay-Budden had rolled edges and a few deep chips pits now flat faced, even radiused edges.I may be wrong but I am D--m happy with my tools" Would it be posible for you to give us a low down on your repair practice...Please

Like a charm, only had to clean the paint out of the oil cups on the motor, give it a couple drops and the squeeel went away.

Had a neighbor come buy my shop on the weekend and wanted to know if I wanted this blower. It was in the basement of an old house he had bought. He had no use for it and he was going to put it out for trash if I couldn't use it.:confused: Tried to google the co. but no luck in finding any information. Does anyone know of this co. as in when they stopped production and stuff?

If you need coal, your local Home Hardware will order it for you, delivery to their store. I think it comes from THAK.

This is a little off topic but...... I smartened myself up a couple of weeks ago. I was ripping some stock on my table saw. Still not sure how I did it but I turned the end of my left thumb into minced meat. I had allready cut about 20 pieces with no problem, when twingg.....you know that odd sound you hear when something you've done isn't right. Well, it hurt right away, I grabed my thumb and held it between my knees for a minute. Then I checked to see what I had done, in case I had to find some parts to get sown back on. No major parts missing, but a good mess. So I drove myself to the Hosp, waited 6 hrs to have a Dr. tell me I had nothing to stitch back together. Most of the flesh had been removed. Anyway the bandaged it up and away I went. Here it is 3 wks later and it still is not healed fully, I have a 1/4" in gash 3/4" long on the end of my thumb that is still bright red and verwy verwy tender. Moral of the story is to always pay attention to what you are doing, it only takes a fraction of a second for an accident to happen. Use the safty guards!!

Well done...:):)

Good idea...and you could put your kettle close to the forge fire and heat it at the same time.....:D:D:D

I like to take a coffe can with a lid, punch a small hole in the centre of the lid. Thread the wire though the hole and the coil sits in the can and unwinds when i pull on the wire. You can use the e tape and duck tape to hold the lid down......

Metal garbage can as a forge? I would be very carful of heating the galvanizing on the can..

The texture of the stem and scrole would make a nice lizard or dragon. Nice work though.

Put me down for at least one perhaps more. I'll start tomorow.

I use an air tight wood stove in my shop. When I go in for the night, I turn the dampers off so almost no air gets in. Come morning, I use a french fry basket and a shovel, sift over the ash bucket and save the charcoal thats in the basket...1/4 in holes..

Thank you for posting the recipe for the quench. It looks simple and safe to use.

Hey irnsrgn...Nice shelving. I realy like how you store the angle up against the receptical.

You going to give the sides a coat of paint?

I never imagined there was that much work involved in producing a simple file, a tool that is so often taken for granted. Great read thanks for the post.

I built my own helve out of shop scrap. Adjust the weight of the spring and the weight of hammer for different jobs. They are very versatile. Mine is quite small for forging purposes but they can be built to any size. Different shaped dies can be made to shape almost any shape. these dies are made out of uhmw and are used for 20ga sheet steel. Steel dies can also be made. I also made the lower die holder height adjustable, to allow for different dies. It is powered by a 1/2 air drill and so far with intermittent use has given no trouble in 6 months of use. If you want more info or pictures let me know.

Nice work kid. However, I thought you were going to use a brake drum? I'm new here but you new pot looks better than a brake drum ever could.