Frosty

Welcome aboard Skeeter, glad to have you. If you'd prefer we use your own name or handle, just let us know or put up with the one we make up for you. So what do you wish to forge? got pictures of your equipment (family forum!) tools, projects, etc? We LOVE pics, any ones you'd want your 7 year old daughter to look at that is. Frosty The Lucky.

I cringe every time I hear about a fatal plane wreck, I know too many pilots and every once in a while know one who goes down. Well, Sunday about 7:10 pm a Trapper Creek pilot was making a low pass over his Daughter's WEDDING RECEPTION in his Cessna 206, clipped a tree and augered in in plain sight of the reception party. While I didn't know Michael Zagula, the pilot, I do know his Daughter the BRIDE through her long haired dachshund Kindle from open play at the dog training facility where Deb works. I can hear her voice and picture her face with her weekly surprise color streak in her hair. Yeah, NO problem remembering her dog's name but her's? The ONE silver lining is nobody on the ground was injured . . . physically. I ask you my friends and family in this community to offer up a prayer for her, her Father, her new husband, family and friends. Thank you for reading this heart broken post. Tearfully yours Frosty The Lucky.

Does it run? Looks pretty good from what we can see from out here. The wood wants a close gander from us too. Frosty The Lucky.

Michael: Welcome to the club everybody here who's been at the craft any length of time has given blood, I usually leak a little about every third or fourth time at it. Don't feel you have to use that or anything just because you have it. That's another thing we all do, accumulate things that we CAN do something with, usually piles of such . . . things. Really, I have four coal forges and I don't burn coal. I generally use propane and am in the process of fine tuning the burners on my fourth sort of mostly "permanent" one. I've built a LOT of fast off the cuff propane forges to show students how little you really need. Same with a solid fuel forge, I have some 12v blowers, Coleman Inflate Alls I pick up when I see them at garage, yard, etc. sales for cheap. A 2' piece of pipe and some wood and I can do most anything. Don't over complicate things, it's just holds a fire. Frosty The Lucky.

Uh, aren't horse shoes pieces of 5/16"x3/4" shoeing stock creased, punched and bent Charles? Frosty The Lucky.

I love the blade and guard Steve but I have to agree with Thomas about the hilt and pommel, that blade deserves better. The pattern and contrast of the metals in the blade and pommel are right in my "highly desirous of" range. Frosty The Lucky.

Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Everything you've asked has been answered many times over in the gas forge section. Many hours of good reading, pull up a comfy chair, pack a lunch and something to drink, it's all there. Frosty The Lucky.

I was envisioning the second F being the high one but this one is pretty cool too. It's principle of brainstorming to toss out the first thing that comes to mind and sort the bounty. Frosty The Lucky.

We've been talking about it. I enjoy it in spite of the Hollywood aspects. It's good to see a serious competition without the senseless contrived drama. No, a bullet hitting a blunt edge of steel will splash not be divided. It would indicate a good sharp edge and if it survived it's edge holding ability (at least to a degree). While it's not as educational as most of us would prefer it's better than most any other "reality" show. Frosty The Lucky.

That's the basic recipe Charles. I refrigerate or freeze the flour for a couple hours first and they come out flakier. Vulcan's grill eh? It wasn't really me intent to hijack the thread I just get carried away and that quiche was really good. It makes really good left overs and lunches and I can't buy pie crust or heavy cream in small enough quantity for just the two of us so I use up the crusts, serves 4 with next day lunches. Frosty The Lucky.

Exactly, it's NEVER the wrong time for breakfast. I didn't make us breakfast tonight though. I hit Safeway's salad bar, it's the cheapest easiest place I know of to get the fixins for dishes so I don't have to buy a slab of ham, lb of spinach, etc. I can just pick up what I need ad I don't even have to cut it up. I picked up: little ham cubes, a healthy dolop of spinach, about a tbsp of celery bits and the thing that just caught my eye so it went in the tray thing, pickled artichoke. It's very lightly pickled so the choke flavor comes through nicely with a touch of acid. Very nice. Let's see, then I picked up a pint of heavy cream and a couple frozen pie crusts. Yeah, I've ever been much good at pie crusts much to my Grandmother's chagrin. So we had quiche for dinner. I melted a healthy knob of butter in the pan and when it started sizzling a little I added a couple Tbsp worth of liquid smoke mixed and added the ham to soak (maserate?) in the butter and smoke. I fine chopped the spinach some onion and the choke. While I prebaked the pie crusts I put some golden brown and delicious on the ham then turned the heat down and sweated the onion and celery, lastly the spinach to rid it of all the water than can make a quiche Florentine soggy. 8 eggs and the better part of a pint of heavy cream, salt, pepper and a couple Tbsp of rubbed sage well whipped. while the crusts cooled enough not to break the egg when it hit. I added the chopped choke to the now sweated and browned filling and split the filling between the crusts and dosed liberally with shredded sharp cheddar. Added the custard and folded the filler and custard, covered it all with more cheddar and stuck it in the 375 oven on a half sheet pan. 45 mins and it was golden brown and resting. sure it wasn't proper, I've been told so by a french . . . chef. Florentine or Lorraine, it cant be both it isn't a quiche. Truth was he was ticked off because mine was WAY better than his. Anyway, the lightly pickled choke really set it off without dominating the flavor. I'm thinking it's one of the best quiche I've made yet. I'm going to try this concoction over a camp fire one of these days quiche picks up wood smoke nicely. Frosty The Lucky.

It was well said and speaks so well of what we do. It should be here, It's a gem for sure. Frosty The Lucky.

That is a nice anvil. Interesting angle to the edge at the step. Somebody had something special it was just right for. I don't see what Pete sees, doesn't mean anything, I don't see a lot. I'll be watching for what you find. Frosty The Lucky.

Nice score Mark, she's a beauty. What Pete was suggesting about the block is for the time you'll find yourself needing a crisp edge or clean radius. The time will come, believe me, setting a shoulder without making a cold shut is pretty basic to the craft. To add something constructive to Pete's suggestion I've found that trying to put the shank under a bottom tool is more hassle than it's worth. What I do instead is weld it to the side or one end. With a little forethought this allows me to put one edge of the bottom tool right on the edge of the anvil for clearance. OR off set the impact zone over the center of the anvil for best effect. Hmmmmm? Frosty The Lucky.

If 12v is important try a mattress, rubber boat, etc. inflater. they put out a good amount of air at enough pressure to make a 6 man raft tight and you see them at garage/yard/etc. sales for a couple bucks all the time. Frosty The Lucky.

Check out Scrapartoz and Ausfire's work posted here. Fangs, claws, horns, crest bristles, spines, something useful maybe, say really grippy tire chains for winter. Truth is you need a LOT more similar industrial, mechanical, farm machine, etc. parts to go with. Frosty The Lucky.

Welcome aboard Calvin, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the IFI gang live within visiting distance. Without an oil cup you just put a few drops of oil in the hole occasionally during a session. The little oil cups tend to get knocked off at the drop of anything and though I can't say for sure I THINK Champion stopped putting them on blowers unless special ordered. If there is a hole and no threads it didn't have an oil cup. If you just MUST put one on then gauge the hole diameter with a drill bit, start with one that's too small and increase size till one won't pass, it's the one just before the no-go. Frosty The Lucky.

Definitely buy the better bricks! I have one golden bullet burner on my main shop forge that will melt the 3,000f hard split fire brick under it. Replace the floor bricks as neccesary but you really need better bricks. Split brick is 1 1/4" thick. Frosty The Lucky.

You know Thomas, I WAS going to point out you have to have air to actually be flying. Then it occurred to me Earth IS surrounded by air so it IS FLYING through space! When I realized that I decided to remain silent. Frosty The Lucky.

Forthright with character is a desirable trait so long as your 8 yr old girl can read it without her mother skinning you alive. Most of us have been xxxed out, sometimes it's a typo, sometimes we get too involved and just forget. It only takes a little practice and proof reading. Easy peasy. Welcome to Rome. Frosty The Lucky.

Brain is almost entirely fat so brain tan is a fat tan and the leather would be oilier to start. Still, I only carried my pistol in leather when on my belt. I oil or wax sheathes to prevent rust. Even if well oiled leather picks up and holds moisture much better than it dries. Frosty The Lucky.

Thanks, I wanted something to keep me cringing in the shop today. I'm hoping to do the first test fire on my new forge but don't know if I want to get near anything hotter than a cup of coffee now. It's been a long time since I've sported that much blister but I remember it well. At least it was hot enough it didn't stick. Heal fast and well. Do you have Silvadine? The stuff works very well on burns, other things too but REALLY well for burns. Frosty The Lucky.

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If you're going to use wood directly you're really using the charcoal bed, not the wood itself. You bet you can forge and weld in a wood fire, I have years of experience messing around in a camp fire. The biggest problem I found wasn't getting the coals hot enough it was being able to get within 10'+ of the fire. You WILL need a heat shield if you're going to use wood directly. Do it like Thomas suggests and it becomes easy and not uncomfortable. I suggest your first camp fire project be toasting forks so you can enjoy a hot lunch/dinner, etc. Frosty The Lucky.