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21 hours ago, M.J.Lampert said:
my father (a heavy duty mechanic) lost 1.5 bones on his ring finger when his ring caught on a machine as he was jumped off. you will never see a ring on him now days
I cringe whenever I see someone wearing a ring around most machinery. Not only can they get snagged they're a crushing/cutting hazard. I've witnessed a few mishaps over the years due to rings getting snagged on a conveyor. Same with pony tails and hoodie strings.
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23 hours ago, rockstar.esq said:
, I'll check out Lehigh, that's for the tip.
The ones I wear are Lehigh six inch safety boots model number 5040. They can be resoled etc.
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That's a little monster. I can't wait to see it fully tuned. It kinda reminds me of the burners my friend uses for glass.
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13 hours ago, localsmith said:
I don't know why Mikey and Frosty are saying that the flame is too reducing or fuel rich.
One is the designer of the Frosty T burner and Michael Porter literally wrote a book about forge burners. I'd take what they have to say about forge burners seriously.
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Unfortunately I don't have any pictures that were taken from that time in my life. I've lost everything I've owned a couple times. Looking back things are pretty hazy. It might very well have been a dream
. There were four of us actually paying rent but sometimes there'd be as many as twenty people "hanging out" for a few days to a few months. The building was eventually condemned and we had to get out. We had the third floor all to ourselves. There was even a freight elevator. I'd love to have access to a space like that now. We lovingly referred to the place as "Third Floor H*ll" I still use the address as a pin number.
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It synched up pretty good. We didn't watch much TV there truthfully. It was a pretty epic apartment for a bunch of teenagers. The building it was in used to be a warehouse and a Boys Club at one point. My bathroom was a locker room. We built a half pipe and a stage in the big "living" room. I had a pretty good time there. I wouldn't want to live like that again but I'm glad I got the chance to do it while I was young.
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I've been wearing Lehigh boots for years. Six inch safety boots. They're only about $125USD and they last a few years at least. I think I'm on year four on the pair I have and they still have some miles in them. I learned a long time ago to keep the stink down especially if you have expanded foam insoles is to take the insoles out when you take your boots off. If you leave the insoles in the boots the footbed beneath the insole never dries out.
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15 hours ago, Nodebt said:
remember the set we had. It had rabbit ears with aluminum foil wrapped around them. It would start scrolling on it's own and dad had to slap the sides of it to make it stop
At my first apartment I had a floor model Trinitron that had sound but no picture with a small TV sitting on top that had picture but no sound
At that same apartment it was so cold in the winter that I had to put my beer in the refrigerator so it wouldn't freeze if I left it sitting out.
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There is or least there was a five dollar bounty on nutria. You only needed to bring in the tail and yes they are pretty tasty.
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6 hours ago, Steve Sells said:
my leg made squishy sounds when I was shot by a Beman air rifle too
I have an old Beeman Rs2 that I dug out of the storage unit sitting right next to me. It's still a hard hitter after years of use. I have a .22 and .177 Lothar Walther barrel set for it as well. They need some cleaning up though. They've rusted a bit in storage.
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Maybe reach out to the Appalachian Area Chapter of Blacksmiths. There's some members in the Pigeon Forge area. Good luck.
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Hardboiled eggs make a satisfying noise when I use them for targets for my .25 air rifle. It's almost cringe inducing. When I hit them with my .45 air rifle they don't have the same wet slap they just disappear.
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The sculpture from the Chimei Museum instantly made me hear, "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!', in my head.
Seriously though JHCC mentioning it looks like a bundle of hair perhaps he's forging his helpers.
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15 hours ago, Malleus said:
was kind of wanting to stay with charcoal, but I will definitely read up and consider the propane. I've noticed in life that there's lots of people that like to tell you what you can't do. I like to prove those people wro
i use both but prefer charcoal. Slowly ceanking the blower is soothing to me but for some projects propane is definitely better. In the interest of getting started quickly id build a charcoal JABOD and then a propane forge. Actually thts exactly what i did and it worked out fine for me. you could build a JABOD and be forging today for little or no money. Pnut
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14 hours ago, somber crow said:
I don't know what the cubic space is.
I have the same forge and if memory serves correctly it's right around 350 cubic inches on the interior. I coated the interior with Plistix and after I get it up to heat I can turn it down quite a bit and maintain forging temperature.
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Welcome aboard. I have fond memories of living in Clarksville TN. I think it's probably one of my favorite places.
Once again welcome aboard be safe and remember it's supposed to be fun.
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If you don't do what Thomas has suggested I'd keep the one that can run the slowest and if they both have the same minimum speed and whichever one has the strongest motor.
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I've ordered a couple things from Ken's Custom Iron (tong blanks), Blacksmith Depot, and Iron Mountain Forge. I've always gotten my orders sooner than expected and the one time I had to return something to Iron Mountain Forge it went smoothly. They sent me a tool with the wrong size hardy shank.
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It's much smaller than I thought it was as well. I missed the picture with the measurements yesterday.
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When we built the forge for my friend's shop we used two little plastic funnels from the dollar store. They worked great. We sprayed them with Pam before applying the castable refractory.
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22 hours ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:
With no brakes even.
And there's no freewheel. The pedals turn with the wheel. They're sketchy at best. Getting on them is an adventure in itself.
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A few seconds in the penny farthing race begins.
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13 hours ago, seldom (dick renker) said:
Wonder if it a rig to hold brooms while they are being tied
That's kinda what I think it is. I'm pretty sure it's for holding the broom while you trim the straw. There was a man who made brooms in my town when I was little and he used something very similar in conjunction with a shear to trim up the brooms after he wrapped them on a foot powered machine. The only difference I can see with this and the device he used is that his had a foot pedal instead of a weighted ball.
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The first time I tried forging stainless steel I was completely surprised by how hard it was under the hammer. My only advice would be to keep it hot.
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17 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:
the penny-farthing! (a bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel common from about 1870 to 1890)
I rode a penny farthing and they're deceptive looking. It was FAST!!!!!! That big front drive wheel can get you moving way faster than you'd think it could.
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Fire pot dimensions for coal forge
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Those fuzzies go up quickly especially if you use fabric softener sheets in the dryer.
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