The Jeff

The cake is a lie...

I just skimmed it and was hoping it would help.

I know a little about fireplaces and wood stoves, but not sure how that transfers to forges.

https://beautifuliron.com/chimneys.htm

Not sure how you would attach it, but maybe stretch if with a floor jack?

Sorry to hear it, praying for a quick recovery.

Grice’s razor: Address what the speaker actually meant, instead of addressing the literal meaning of what they actually said

Very interesting

Welcome Salty,

If you don't mind me asking what part of East TN are you in?

In my younger days I ''let'' my friends set me on fire.  

It wasn't as dramatic as it might sound.

My eyes were watering and that froze to my eyelashes.

Sorry, I have some that pass through my property so I was throwing that out there. Didn't mean to cause any confusion.

Some of the TVA transmission lines are up to 500,000 volts

Great to hear you are home Thomas.

That was my first forge, pile of dirt with a hole in the middle, charcoal for fuel. Metal pipe and hair dryer for blower.

Frosty, I once made rice crispy treats around Christmas that I added red food coloring to. 

They looked like ground beef.

Had a similar incident with my generator, had put a new plug in it and it wouldn't start so I had our small engine guy at work check it.

I had left the plug wire loose after changing it.

I agree. I have a wood stove, generator, extra food and a near by creek if need be.

Hurts to hear about people doing this kind of thing, and like you guys said it's good to be prepared because you never know.

How about a wire wheel on an angle grinder?

This is not specific to forging but when I working on something whether grinding or forging etc. I tend to clinch my teeth, actually I do it a lot driving, sleeping....

Any how my point is that causes me quite a few headaches.

Sounds like things are at least moving in the right direction.

Sorry to hear he had to go back, will keep him in prayer.

I have been cleaning off our patio furniture with a wire wheel on a angle grinder and have been hit with quite a few wires flying off, and have been hit everywhere. If I wasn't wearing safety glasses it would have had them in my eyes more than once.

Bacon milkshake?