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OhioKeith

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    Vandalia, Ohio (Dayton)
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  1. The different colors typically designate the thickness of the tape. When we do natural gas lines we use tape then dope. I use blue monster tape on all pipe thread joints. Now let’s start the debate between tape lubricating or sealing.
  2. Thomas, I haven’t been to a meeting yet, next one is feb 1, I plan on attending. It is nice to be so close. Been slowly plugging away building at home. Here’s 1st coat of Satanite. Gotta get started on an anvil stand soon. It’ll be dimensional lumber for now. 2 herniated disks and a sopping wet yard means I’m not hauling any stumps to the shop for a while.
  3. I’ve built the frosty tee already. Then started looking at the blown ribbon, I’ve got enough koawool I may build a ribbon after this. I gotta make up the burner mount and drill the forge this weekend, then place the refractory. I’m hoping to fire it up next week some time.
  4. JHCC. I’ll be the guy in the hat!
  5. Fowllife, Yea, I guess I should put Dayton as it’s more recognizable. I must say that it’s very nice having SOFA just up the road, they have been fantastic. I don’t know that I would have traveled much further, and would have missed out on a lot if not for them.
  6. Hello All, I've been a long time lurker and figured it was time to say hi. I've been interested in smithing for quite some time, just had to get some other hobby's out of the way. I've always been a professional tradesmen, so working with my hands and fire is nothing new. I started a 10 basic blacksmithing course at my local club and it's been a blast (only 2 classes in) and look forward to the class every Tuesday. My ultimate goal is to make a Damascus chefs knife (first time that's ever been said!) but throughout this short journey, I've amassed 100's of things I want to forge. Hopefully we'll be making nail headers soon, i'd love to build a new workbench from forged nails. I'd also like to make nails, hinges and hardware for a mobile storage cabinet for all my homebrew supplies. xxxx, the list grows every minute. I've got a 5x5x6 chunk of steel and a 2 1/2 x 6 round stock for an anvil and lots of tree stumps (heat with wood). Also have a MIG and plasma cutter. I've got materials being delivered to build a Freon jug forge, and I've already built the T burner. Just need to find the time to get out in the shop and get busy. Thanks to all of you who have been so generous with sharing your knowledge, I've read most of the posts on this site and have learned a lot and forgotten even more. Just a suggestion, but on a firewood hoarders fourm I belong to, they had a map, and if you were so inclined, you could add yourself to it like a dropped pin. It was pretty cool to see where everyone was from. It was also neat to see the concentrated areas. Anyway, thought I'd say hey, and hopefully post some pics soon. Keith Here are pics from class day 1.
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