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Happy new year everyone!

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We wear nomex at the chemical plants as well, it also has good chemical resistance in addition to it's good properties against fire.

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M.J. You could make a thread in "Member Projects" 

JHCC, How long did it take you to cut that shape with the torch?

All, Really nice work again! I haven't been able to forge the past couple weeks but this really gets me itching to find some time. I agree that the Kiridashi is looking really good. At some point I should make a nice marking knife too. For now I'm using a nice one I bought.

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Just thinking about those temperatures makes me shiver, we had a cold blast of around -6 to -7 degC last week, but luckily it's back to around 8 to 10 degC again.

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Since dried out linseed rags get quite hard, I burn them up too. I apply it with paper rags as well as to not use up the shop rags too quickly.

The flashpoint of a compound or mixture is actually the temperature at which that mixture releases enough vapor to be able to have the vapors burn. the mixture itself does not necessarily have to burn at that point and if you test this in a laboratory the fire will go out if you lower the temperature of the mixture again so that it doesn't release the vapors anymore.

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We use water and soap for all cleaning, and then other stuff if needed but that's only to prep it for new analysis. Just stay away from stuff like bleach and ammonia you indeed never know what can react. Seeing it was used for metals I wouldn't worry to much. And since it's an oven I doubt any volatiles will be in there. 

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Yeah make sure to properly clean that, I do a lot of lab work and the chemicals you sometime use i wouldn't want to be anywhere near without 4 layers of protection.

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I can really recommend going to the museums and historic sites to look at ironwork over here. and actually since the Notre Dame burned down they have been hiring smiths to reforge the iron work to make everything look authentic in the restoration, I don't know if they're still working on it but I remember reading that the forging would be done on site.

Fun thing is about the distance indeed, I have American colleagues who describe what life can be like in the Americas and some thing sound alien to me. Like a sign saying this is the last gas station for at least 200 km. In 200 km I can drive to Amsterdam and back from where I live! It doesn't help that the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe and maybe even the world.

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Yeah, I'm still amazed whenever I drive across the border to Belgium or back, as soon as you see the sign that you have crossed the border the hills are starting, it's like the Netherlands don't want none. I live a couple meters below sea level on reclaimed land and its indeed very flat, the only things that even resemble a height difference I come across are speed bumps!

George, you were in Limburg, which is sometimes considered a separate country, the people's dialect, way of living, and culture is quite different from the rest of the Netherlands.

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It depends on what way I'm going though, if I'm going to the north from where I live it's maybe 4 hours of driving, to the east border its maybe an hour or 2. I live west on the coast. So its not that big. 

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In 50 minutes I can drive nearly halfway across the country!

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Yes, the bolt and nut are always loose to prevent damage from hammering. 

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I have this same firepot in my forge, works a treat and I have had no problems with the welds burning away. Do make sure the bottom plate is of a good thick steel. I used 1.5 cm plate and the sides are 8 mm plate steel.

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Yeah that's the one! I haven't used those styles yet but I like the traditional wooden planes a lot. Been looking into making some for myself too.

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Natkova, have a look at Krenkov style planes, they are not *that* difficult to make. Also have a look at Rex Krueger's channel for some stuff on how to make some wooden planes.

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Nice work on the pans, Check out DF in the Shop's video on skillet making for a visual on the creasin/upsetting technique for the raised edges.

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Thanks for the updates, I will definitely keep Thomas in my thoughts. I will ring my anvil for him. 

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That's funny, we call stamppot with carrots and onions hutspot, and all others are stamppot. Funny that you call all versions hutspot!

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Yeah definitely, my favorite stamppot is with carrots and onions!

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If you mash collard greens together with potatoes and small pieces of bacon you have a very nice Dutch meal, called "Boerenkool stamppot' Very nice with a bit of gravy and sausage.

Happy (belated) thanksgiving to you! We have an American colleague that brought cakes yesterday.

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Wait till it breaks to buy a better one! If it doesn't break, the cheap one would also be good to use for what you need it to do!

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Finished a Christmas present for my girlfriend, it's a rack for her scout scarfs, she does a lot of national events where she gets a different scarf each time.

The bottom is oak, round dowel is (probably) pine or fir.

I also made a screwdriver bit for a bit brace, good practice on the shoulders for the transition from the square end to the round shank.

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Campfire cooking is very fun to do, I try to cook on the campfire whenever out and about with the Scouts. Recently woodworking has also become a hobby of mine. The combination of the two, i.e. making hardware for furniture pieces is very rewarding as well. I will be posting another, more simple steel wood project soon. And I'm making sketches and drawings for a bedside cabinet with forged hardware.

Reading is indeed very timeless, I like to read fantasy novels and like reading craft books on blacksmithing, woodworking, metallurgy, and am now also looking at getting the historic works such as De re metallica and Moxon's and Roubo's books on woodworking.

Shaina, if you ever need someone to practice Dutch with let me know, I'm a native speaker.

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Thanks for the update Billy!

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I use a couple pieces of wood scraps as well, and use shavings left over from woodworking to ignite the scraps. just a couple of stick maybe 15-20 cm long is enough to get the fire going.

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