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Steve, not going to get involved in welding 500mcm so just out of my own curiosity you would have to buy a kit? or is it a bunch of powders that get measure and mixed and then just reuse the same form? I know what thermite welding is and the process.. I just never new they used the same process for copper..

The NEC regs read that the wires can be welded. What they don't say is with what filler rod. Welded copper can HAZ crack. I was curious as to the method used.. I hope the splices I did last longer than 16years..

What did you end up splicing it with? direct buried or in conduit?

Arkie, now that is impressive.. They do say the electricity flows over the outside of the wire.. LOL.. This will sound funny in a way.. I wish I could do something like that and be ok with it. I usually go the extra distance. I'm trying to get better about doing it just good enough.

Scott, yes on the items around that are influenced by outside sources.. Inspections, electric, etc. there is still so much to do inside. conduit and wiring. I'm not as fast as I used to be and I am certainly not complaining but have a bunch of side projects. I always do best with staying focused and on point.. When I shift focus It takes awhile to get back around to it. It has been just over 2 years for the electric connection. Not to jinx anything.

Thanks for the info.. I might do the burn out or the water soluble. It will be awhile so plenty of time to dial the purchase in..

Following the trends of what is popular with good feedback on this kind of tech is important. One of my buddies bought a Creality 3 and was very unhappy.. I won't be buying one within the next 6months.. Have to get the school functional before I'll be spending money on a convenience item. Won't be until the foundry is operational that I'll need/want the printer.

Shaina, yes, yes.. there will be electric in the shop on it's own wiring.. I've been running a long 10Ga extension cord out to the shop since I've started the build. It's what I have been using for lights and to run the furnace.. I don't know when they will install the meter as there is just a blank off plate now with the National Grid seal on the bottom of the box.. Now if I want to access the line side of the Dual panel ( metersocket and service disconnect) I'm out of luck unless I contact for power shut off. Anyhow, so now I just wait for the metersocket install.. M.J. I've been looking at 3 different ones.. Larger platform types.. I have a hard time remembering their names/spelling.. Prusa XL Bambu labs machine, or Snapmaker artisian 3-in-1 3d printer I like the last one for all the features it has.. But every 6 months or so there is a new printer with higher output and features.

Frosty I started to right a reply just after you posted. Sadly it got deleted. Over the course of the years living here in Rutland, The snow belt of MASS. I have searched or tried different items to deal with snow moving. I have tried tracked snow blowers, wheel snow blowers, tractors with FEL and with adapted snow plow, the mini dozer, Truck mounted plows. The truck mounted plows work the fastest as long as the truck has tire chains on the straight runs on frozen ground. this is one of the most economical to use since we have the truck but..... Not one of the items listed has shown to be a great item.. The snow blowers were/are useless.. More energy is spent trying to make them move vs getting work done. The tractor with the FEL and plow works ok on the tight quarter's stuff but loses out in capacity. The back dragging and downforce come in handy.. But believe it or not the little B6000 4x4 gets a little beat up with the plowing. The new-to-us IH3800 would be great for large areas with frozen ground but has so many blind spots and no way to get into any tight spaces.. Anyhow, I'm still on the hunt for a piece of equipment that will serve multi-functions that is small enough to be super maneuverable. Snow removal, plowing, mowing, etc, etc. Was thinking of a hill side mower like a Hustler xcell 4600.. Open to suggestions for sure. So, after splicing the wires on the pole and getting that out of the way.. The school is now connected to the grid. My wires are 2X the size of any other wire on the pole or coming from the transformer.. LOL> And, drum roll please... Another load of equipment.. I'm pretty much done with adding more items.. I have 2 knife grinders, and a Milling machine and 3D printer still on the list.. I added a second Marvel Blum 6 Electric hacksaw. Was to good of a deal to pass up on.. Also turns out it had a pile of parts that were missing on the 6A so by purchasing this saw, it gave me the parts I was going to have to make for the 6A. So both of these saws will be functional.

Lots of sweet work guys. Goods great job on the Hatchets . What did you think about forging the carving Hatchet after the fact? I went and picked up a load of school items. A 10hp belt grinder, an Alexander 3D pantograph and a Gorton 2D pantograph, 2 dust collectors, a wet bowl tumbler, and about 250lb of assorted tool steels (01, cpm, L6, M42 and w1).

Anvil, looks like a tight S each side is different size. Handles extend from each end of the S.

Couple days ago unloaded early 50lb hammer into the school.

Frosty.. For me, snow complicates things here.. Makes the farrier work much harder. So having a mild winter like this past one has been fantastic.. That and not having to plow all the time.. On that note.. Ideally, if we were in a zone that gets 100" a year things would be laid out so plowing and snow removal would be easier. Straight areas with snow storage and a lot less thing random in the yard. I've got a lot of projects on the burner and they are every where.. In Rutland we are considered the "snow belt" of central MA.. This winter has been fantastic for the horses feet.. going into spring the feet look so healthy.. During snow season the snow does a lot of things that change the weight bearing so they grow a little different. Lucky.. Yes, no.. I don't know.. I don't feel lucky.. I just feel like one needs the $$$ and the willingness to spend it. I work very hard and save money so when something has the possibility to fit into the school I try to get it. Every once in awhile this dog gets thrown a bone.. The 3D Alexander Pentograph machine is such a bone. A situation I walked into.. .. that will be such a neat machine to have in the school/shop. I know where there is a larger Deckel unit but the guy won't budge on price wanting as much as a Milling machine at 2500.00 I could go 1500.00 and push it up to 1750 at a cringe, but 2500 is way to rich for me. That is a lot of resources that would go to the wayside. Time, money, labor, and desire.. A winning combination if one can align all 4.. Desire for me is the easy one.. then time, labor, money. LOL..I love old archaic, rare equipment.. And for some reason am drawn to items that don't have any resources to help the projects along unless I make them.

Just now, woke up to Bixby alarm and the weather said snow.. We will see.. Of course this time of year snow really greens things up fast. Snow late in the season was known here as "Poor man's fertilizer".. Snow Delivers Moisture and Nitrogen Snow also helps conserve soil moisture over the winter. Plus, did you know that nitrogen attaches to snowflakes as the snow falls through the atmosphere? That's why The Old Farmer's Almanac calls snow a “poor man's fertilizer.” Nature provides a gentle fertilizer boost to plants!

Last Tuesday we had 30" of snow dumped on us. On the north side of the school the snow was 8ft deep. Still have piles here and there but overall the winter has been mild with not much snow. Problem I have is I'm always living 5 weeks out. In December it's not so bad scheduling into February. But now I'm scheduling out 5 weeks and I start to panic about winter again. Snow just complicates and makes everything I do that much harder. If all the winters were like this past one it would help. Fingers crossed your greenery shows up sooner than later.

Sorry to hear about Hofi.. Time goes by so fast. He brought a lot of information into the lime light. Hammer designs, anvil designs.. Pretty cool.

George that photo was from last Fall. No green grass yet. Our crocuses are just starting to come up where there is no snow. I've been lax on posting photos.. Here is the 50 LG. A very early example from what I have been told. Has a hole in the neck.. It's running but needs some TLC.

So I have added a few items to the school. A 25lbs little giant. Picked it up at my Buddy Eric J. place. just picked up a very early 50lbs Little giant. A 10HP dual wheel belt grinder And a pantograph machine. Die sinker.. Alexander 3A I believe it is.

Shaina, the subject of fear is a huge one. Different things are more or less fearful to different people. Fear is the most common emotion. As parents we tell our kids about what will or won't harm them based on our experiences and thoughts. It has nothing to really do with them and their experiences. It has to do with ours. Every ninja student I have, always had the first lesson is. I am the creator of my own universe and limits. The mind is limitless. Therefore if my mind is in the right place, I am limitless. The realist (body centric) will argue it till its ready to be thrown out. People want and need limits. This leads to a sense of control and order over the environment and surroundings. Aka a sense of well-being and safe. One of my buddies usta say. "If you don't mind, than it don't matter".. The only thing that really should be controlled are my thoughts. AKA Fear https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugendō JHCC John thank you and love you too. You are amazing.

Jhcc emotional pain is really all there is.. It's a crazy sounding to most who have a body they believe is failing them. Some will even say they have never had a stressful nor emotional upset that would trigger such a physical manifestation. I won't argue the semantics of someone's beliefs as they are their own and this is true for them. Believe, don't believe. It's all kinda the same. Every incident in my life I have asked for with open arms. After the fact not so much, but.. It doesn't mean I understood it at the time or fully understand it now. I just see things much differently and can see the same is the same. Stress is perceived. There are no small upsets. I won't bore the group with my understanding. I can say that when I was a child I saw everything with a golden hallo. I had seen 2 people murdered in NY when I was 6. I had been around violence for years and this golden hallo was always there with a hush of love. Lol. Wasn't until I was 17 that this hallo came crashing in on my own accord. It was the first time I did not turn the other cheek. I fell in love with the thoughts of what Ninjutsu represented. Escape and evasion vs confrontation and the accumulated debt that goes with that. No one can be wrong. A person can have the wrong idea but eventually they will see it for themselves. It's not my place to offer anything other than love. Well do my best to.

I was just going over some of my "should have died" exploits.. LOL.. As for the most intense pain in the shortest time, that was back in December when I watched my arm bend back at the elbow like a chicken wing BBQ dinner. that was enough for going into instant shock.. That was " iNTENSE". When I blew both L4 and L5 that was the highest level of constant pain for about 2 months scale of 1-10.. 15 Easily.. When I took a tree to the side of the head at 25mph mountain biking was probably the longest I have ever been knocked out.. I remember tumbling down the hill completely knocked out telling myself to grab the ground when my hands touched it again.. I tumbled down about 45ft into a stream and woke up about 15min later shoulder deep in the stream end of Oct. Took me 15min to find the car and I was only 75ft from where I was parked. Greatest distance aka fall onto my head is 35ft.. Left me with a scar that looks like Frankensteins. The farthest fall with no injuries is 50ft.. Landed on my feet.. Rock climbing with my buddy freestyle solo, Completely inverted on the under face of a rock 30 ft up.. Reached to the outside edge to work my way back to the front, grabbed a mound hand hold and the whole rock came out maybe 50pounder. Spun over righting myself and stuck the landing. (Ninja training skills).. :Most interesting climb with highest skill and body control.. 25ft up a pine tree which was missing the last 3ft.. Climbed up and stood up on the single center trunk that was 2.5" in diameter, stood up to grab the tree that was 5ft above it. My training buddy Kajikia also did it. Highest backflip 25ft. We'd practice from the ground up to about 20ft on a regular basis. Ice burg running the river for fun.. That was always a wet and wonderful adventure. Super sketchy and have to be on the game. Some of the bergs were 2-2.5ft thick.. At 5miles per hour of river flow on a 10or 15ft wide berg.. They are flying Semi's at that speed.. Never had a problem. Very few of the students got to ice berg run.. We would train on thin ice and once the students got enough knowledge (they would get cocky).. I'd take them out for their first self-guided adventure. One of my guys came up to bubble ice and I was like so.. Where you going and how.. LOL.. He said.. I'm going to walk over the clear ice and then belly crawl over the bubble ice.. Ok sounds good.. Do you want the rope.. Nah.. I got this.. Well, if you say so.. few seconds go by and he looks at the ice then looks at me.. Ah, maybe I should use the rope.. Well, if you really want to.. just before the bubble ice.. bloop.. Where is Benjamin.. In a river when the ice forms on the water it creates hydraulic pressure and the ice can rise.. So someplace that was only 12" deep can now be 4ft or more but you'd never know it.. That and the moving force of the water under the ice.. Bad mojo.. Anyhow, I was ready for him to go thru so had anchored the rope on a tree just as he went in.. next thing you know here come Benjamin out from under the ice with him pulling on the rope and me pulling him out to. We had him in a Swedish climber seat.. He came out of the water and said " Thanks for mentioning the rope, I would not have used it had you not said anything". He is currently training as an Army Helicopter pilot. We trained for another 3hrs after this.. about 20F out.. Swimming on this same river under the ice a distance of 30 to 75ft.. My Buddy and I would go down the river and cut a hole in the ice close enough to where the water would break at the rapids so there was no ice. by the way.. We were 9 at the time.. We would jump in and super women it till the ice sheet broke above and could see light. .. We did this for years. We were always so excited to find the ice thick enough to walk on.. I have hundreds of true stories like these.. I have done so much and so many things.. It's fun to reminisce. Stories not over yet. So many more adventures lie ahead.

It's really interesting all the things that I have done.. And all the things I am afraid of or instantly just to fear and anxiety yet still do them. I jump back when someone on the TV goes near the edge of a building.. Yet I'm sitting on the couch.. The scariest thing I have ever been thru is when I had my stroke (type 2 DCS).. That was in 2001 IIRC.. Still have partial paralysis on my whole left side. Things I can't see are the scariest.

Steve, one of the Ninja skills was body conditioning to be able to fit thru a hole.. With your head straight or in line with your neck.. If you could fit it thru a hole from front to (back Nose to back of head) then you could fit thru a hole that size.. This for me turned out to be a cinder block sized hole.. from to back was 8" and I needed 2X that for shoulders and hips.. So about 16" There were a few times that I was able to get thru some narrower spots when I was able to completely relax and let gravity help.. Once I was able to fit my heads ear to ear measurement which was about 5", that was when I was training all the time and was a 42, 28,43 In training I would have students jump on my rib cage to help it stay flexible.. Fear changes everything.. Breathing off the top of the lugs, etc, etc.. The thoughts if not controlled can spin and death from fear is a reality. Now I have a hard time fitting thru a front door.. LOL..

I'm claustrophobic, deathly afraid of heights, and huge fear about being in front of people. I've had underground forts, I rock climb solo. Going over bridges in a car is always a challenge. Not to be grotesque but some of the caves I've dove you can see where people have got lost and ran out of air. You can see the scratch lines in the side of the cave. Most deaths with cave diving happen near the entrance or cavern. Mostly untrained people who venture out of the sunlight . Very sad because there are signs about the dangers everywhere and they were only 100ft or so from sunlight and air.

Don't worry about the concrete.. Back in the day that was normal. When I say day.. I mean 50's and such. Adding Salt to the mix helped prevent steam explosions on newly lined forges.. Your forge is well aged and all ready cracked so no worries.. The only real problem is when wetting the fire or green coal and having the water seep down between the cracks and collecting under the cement and rusting out the pan.