JustAnotherViking

2 hours ago, Ted Ewert said:

The Kast o lite sets up pretty hard, although it may be possible to machine it within the first 24 hours of curing. The drilling would probably be dicey, but tapering might work

Fair enough. It's not something I have tried to work with before, it was just a curiosity that crossed my mind. If we can drill steel, bricks, etc, how hard could it actually be? 

Same again. 

Profitable allowing the business to be sustainable, purposeful in prestige and accomplishment in it's market area, and finally potential in the future creative research and pursuits, allowed to take place because of the previous two. 

Would it be feasible to cast a solid block and then just drill and profile, rather than trying to cast around a form for the holes? 

To me, I would filter purpose under 'Esteem', and potential under 'Self-actualisation', based on the common traits associated with each.

So in order of need: profit, purpose, potential

A plug cutter is used for cutting plugs.

Is this not basically just Maslow, and has been extensively studied and debated already? 

As above, I have a drift that's exactly the right size. Drift through, and flatten the tab indentation with a purpose made punch.

No idea what the diameter actually is, I just grabbed a big bit of mild round bar, tapered, and it just happened to be correct.

Finished up and installed a set of brackets for hanging baskets. 

'seasoned' them with several layers of BLO, giving a nice black finish. Hopefully it holds up well in our lovely wet climate. 

If you search for craftinsurance by Ian Wallace, you can get sensibly priced cover which will include public liability. 

Might have to take a year policy, but its not too bad considering the level of cover. 

Failing that, get in touch with NFU mutual and speak to one of them about your needs. I was able to get a combined home/craft policy to cover everything including equipment, stock, public liability, etc. Easy to deal with, and seem to be willing to take on unusual requests and put the time in to get you a policy which suits 

Steal/steel away. It's a couple of twists in a bit of bar, hardly an original concept. 

I just started playing, and that's what I ended up with.

I work full time as a software engineer, and only sell small pieces online when I can be bothered, so geographically speaking, I doubt we'll ever cross paths with prospective customers as I couldn't be bothered posting something this big and may never make another unless it's a gift for a friend. 

With my minimal effort, I've so far sold to Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, England and Brazil. 

The Internet is a marvelous thing. Crazy to think my hobby output has spread as far across the globe as it has. 

Finally got around to making something I should have done a few weeks back

It's also the first thing I've tried the carnauba wax on, and I'm rather impressed with the finish compared to bees wax. Colour not so much, but it seems to be a nice hard, non sticky finish which is perfect in this case 

In addition to the above, have you considered general acoustic management? 

Hang some heavy blankets a few inches off the walls to absorb some of the sound and stop it reverberating around further

It's funny how we adapt to relative temperatures.

My wife is from Croatia, and 38C would have been normal. When she first moved to Ireland it was freezing all the time, even during our two days of 'summer' each year for her. 

Fast forward a few years, and we had a 'heatwave' of 24C. 

All of locals, plus herself outside sweating. Shorts, tshirts. Beautiful weather. 

During this 'heatwave', her mother came to visit to see our daughter for the first time. Every other person in the country is sweating, minimal clothing, enjoining the sun. 

My mother in law? Wooly cardigan, full length skirt, rubbing her arms in a shivering motion, complaining it's a bit cold.

We've had an enjoyable few weeks of 20 - 24 degrees. Rather humid, long hours of sun, and very very different to our usual climate this time of year! 

They say the Irish were once upon a time sun worshiping pagans... Even that was a part time job. 

Nice concept. Personally I'd only champher the edges leaving the hammer texture on the bevel, and the rest smooth to match the 'horns'. 

Some fantastic work being posted here the past couple of weeks. 

Unfortunately over here, there has been the strangest bright yellow glowing hot thing in the sky and it has brought an abrupt halt to anything mildly productive. 

Us natives are really confused by the lack of clouds and rain, and for myself the forge has remained locked while I am somehow drawn to sitting in the garden, manning the bbq almost every night, and protecting the country from an over abundance of cold beers. 

Hopefully get back to it soon. 

'how hard could it be'. My all time favourite, five word combination and one I live by daily. 

Fortunately most scenarios I apply it to isn't preceeded by 'hold my beer'. 

So far it's taught me basic woodworking, plumbing, angry pixie wrangling and some metal fab. 

A key difference would be the surge of hobbyists vs people genuinely wanting to start a career in the craft. 

The average person starting a hobby wants something exciting to show off. What's more exciting than a highly polished, glorified, media spotlit knife? 

That is until, they try and fail and come crashing back down to earth. 

You don't get TV shows or media attention around every day objects. 

How many shelf brackets can you make and show off to your mates? 

I would guess this site will see more hobbyists than professionals, as they will be going down more traditional routes of apprenticeships or study, and wouldn't be making posts here until they've swung a hammer a time or two and have a more realistic view 

Love it! Really nice asthetic. 

Personally I'd take a torch to the wood and selectively char it bringing out the grain, then as Das suggested, seal the top 

Alternatively to sealing it, a plate of glass set in? 

That sounds terrible. Can't remember the last time I washed a veg.

In most cases (with meat/eggs at least), the heat from cooking should kill any bacteria, and considering that soap and water is fine for preventing the spread of infection from ourselves, I would still stand by my thoughts on proper cleaning and handling of a textured/rough finished kitchen implement is fine, coupled with suitable food hygiene procedures to prevent cross contamination.

Can we rely on a commercial kitchen following best practice at all times? probably not. can you hold yourself accountable in your own kitchen? absolutely.

I would imagine any chef paying for a hand forged knife, especially the ones referred to earlier (with the rasp finish) would be unlikely to source ingredients from factory like places. 

The change in food production is however a valid point I had not considered. 

In the UK the majority (if not all these days) of eggs carry the lion stamp, inducting the hens are salmonella vaccinated, and are even considered safe with a runny yolk for pregnant women. 

Different rules and regs for food production by the sound of it. 

I highly doubt the human race would have lasted this long if we had to rely on blemish free, highly polished kitchen implements as the key to our survival. 

I certainly don't leave things sitting about for a suitable viral incubation period before cleaning. Bit of common sense and good food hygiene practice.

Health inspectors much in the same way as safety inspectors can easily go overboard these days purely so they can't held liable in the 0.0001% chance something actually happens. 

Thin sheet rolled into a tube, channel welded back and front for the bricks, 2" wool, ridgidiser, refractory. Decorations like the doors welded on after. 

In that case, I'd leave it alone, plant some tomatoes and hope for an actual summer this year. 

Or dismantle it, stick it up on gumtree and have more space for a proper shed 

Before we go much further, can you share some pics of what you have? 

What I'm picturing when you say greenhouse frame isn't a pretty picture. I wouldn't trust one to hang an IKEA photo frame on, never mind adapting it for wood panels. One sneeze and it'll collapse. 

Unless it's a heady duty victorian style botanical garden type frame. 

If mine could talk, a verbatim transcript would likely get me banned from here. 

What the [seven further paragraphs redacted] was that??? Who the [deleted explicit] taught you to swing a [beeeeppppp] hammer