Water Mop

[brianbrazealblacksmith]

Here is a tool that I learned of from Alfred Habermann.

My wife, Karen, suggested I use regular mop material instead of shreaded cloth like I had been using, and I'm glad I did. It holds alot more water.

This waters your coal better than the usual water can but can be used to rake your fuel and keep short pieces cool where you want to hold them without tongs.

[clinton]

vey nice brian and karen good thinking very practical can you show a picture of the end where the mop attaches? i can kinda see it in the first shot it looks like you just flatened the end and wrapped it around the mop to hold it. thanks clinton

[Glenn]

Careful Brian, as women are sneaky. Once you get comfortable using that mop at the forge, she will have you move on to mopping floors in the shop, then the house, then doing your own laundry, etc. (grin)

[jimbob]

Glenn does have a good point there...maybe you could call it something else just to be on the safe side....Water Wand maybe

[chyancarrek]

Hey Brian,

I notice the handle ends look suspiciously like church keys - could these be contributing to yet another kind of "wetting down" process?

Great idea and great job of putting them together - consider the idea hijacked!

Thanks for sharing!

[brianbrazealblacksmith]

What are you guys talking about? Am I not supposed to mop the floors and do the laundry myself?

Clinton, I did basically draw out a 5" band and wrapped it around a 2" piece of pipe, leaving enough gap to get the mop material into the loop, and then I closed it tight around the mop material cold.

[clinton]

these things work great they drag a lot of junk out of the fire when I emptied my bucket there was 3 inches of crud in the bottom. also this protects your fire pot from too much water being dumped in and causing a crack in the fire pot Professor Habermann would cringe every time he would see a smith take a can of water and start dumping it about the fire