M.J.Lampert

17 hours ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:

But, but, but how do you give someone a penny for their thoughts or throw in your two cents worth on a subject.

if we really want your thoughts we'll give ya a loonie, if we think your absurd we'll call you loonie 

i like the center finding tool idea will look into it

dave I am using a hack saw so that adds half the time again luckily I'm not going for the profit right now just for fun(and maybe cost of materials) i tried a zip cut wheel but ended up damaging one of the arms so i finished it with the hack saw

Goods, I've done that lots with wood or nonferrous and thought of that but the fact that all the calipers are technically my fathers, and I want to be allowed to stay in the shop   makes me warry of doing it on much more

Arthur that looks nice now if only stock was cheap enough a penny nail could actually be made for a penny in Canada, actually if only we still had penny's... just looked we are now over ten years without pennies up here

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working on getting a bunch of split crosses made, and wondering what the best way to mark the middle is I found it tales me more time to mark them than to spread and texture after their cut

3/8 I think I might see about finding some 1/4 for in the future

Happy new year to all,

so I decided to try at least 1-2 new idea every month in the shop this year, so here is my first attempt at a split cross

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Les L, that is a nice stamp

Thomas, wonderful to hear you are back were you should be 

was given this beauty by my mother, it used to belong to a close familly friend who passed  away a few years back

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iron dragon I immediately thought of that when i saw how he was holding it but its not quite bulky enough on the backside more to the size of the 1919

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so I decided to start a page to compile my projects in one place

now for what I'm working on currently: A Cajon 

for those who don't know a Cajon (Spanish: box) is a wooden percussion instrument that consists of 5 sides  1/2in. to 3/4in. of plywood or solid boards and the 6th is a thin (3/32-3/16) sheet of plywood 

this one should come to a final dimensions of 12.5x12.5x19 inches the wood is maple and walnut 3/4in. with a piece of pine plywood for the bottom side. The front is going to be 1/8th birch plywood

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wonderful work all,

so yesterday (Tuesday) we hit a low of -46C (-51F)  now on monday they are calling for about +5C(41F) so over 50(90) degrees difference in under a week

stay warm and keep the rigs plugged in

M.J.Lampert

ps i have a project with wood on the go wondering where I should put a thread on that i was thinking everything else if a mod wants to correct me please do

didn't do anything in the shop today as it was -40 (very very cold for those who live in warm places) and only barely warmed up a little above -30(just very cold) hopefully towards the end of the week they say it will warm up

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glad their letting you out Thomas 

17 hours ago, Scott NC said:

  That sauce sounds like a good canidate for Vulcans Grill recipie write up, MJ.  

I need to tweak it some before I post it (i have 2 medium zip locks of habaneros in the freezer to make more with) then im gonna post a bunch of recipes I did this year

if i try shim the blade when tempering should i go till its straight or just past?

On 12/14/2022 at 11:30 AM, Frosty said:

Eggs and hot sauce are always good if not a must. I like Franks Red Hot.

I made a wild blueberry-habanero sauce that goes good on eggs (my 5 year old brother agrees) if you ever come down from your frozen wasteland I might be convinced share

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29 minutes ago, Scott NC said:

I hit a drift once in my c-10 4x4 so hard it packed the engine compartment solid with snow.

One job i took burning brush piles we went into a block (area the company had logging) and had to turn around because the air filter was stuffed with snow, and we wouldn't be able to get through the 2ft of snow with the 4-wheeler we had along so we turned around and went to a lodge the company had connections to so we could thaw the filter

Scott, that's similar to south vs north BC. In Vancouver they had 4-6 inches and have lots of trouble, crashes, people stranded, etc., here I know people who run little cars through drifts to get to work. i think it mainly boils down to how you were trained if you did all your learning and tests in fair weather, you will have trouble if you run into bad weather.

love it!!

what's the handle material?

Velegski : I hadn't thought of that because on both sides there were cold steel it would even out but thinking now there is a few seconds between the anvil side and the plate side cooling

i may take a few of your ideasuse some 2x4s warm them up, then use them in the vice to apply even clamping.

let me know if there would be any big problems with this

first things first though, wait for warmer weather

looks nice

welcome aboard from central British Columbia,

make sure to READ THIS FIRST this covers most all our rules in one place 

check out United States - I Forge Iron to find a group near you

make sure to listen to Thomas, Frosty, Latticino, George.N.M and the others with their knowledge, 98% of the time they know what there saying the other 2% they still have good ideas.

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ARG, fat fingers and a slow mind.

.08 and.03 respectivly

the average on the spine is .8 the edge is at about .3in 

16 hours ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:

I wondered if that might be a typo, 60 C would be 140 F and more like it.

No, it's not a tempo I had heard that Parks 50 was good from above freezing to 160 so I figured to just make sure it was above freezing  i waited for a warm day (above -10C) to reduce the amount needed to heat it 

I might try to shim and clamp the blade when tempering if not i will start over again 

a good point i realized from Frazer was that my anvil and block of steel where cold so any remaining heat to help straighten would be drawn out as soon as they come in contact

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