Sounds like everyone started off the year good. Lots of organizing and some smaller projects. I need to pick up some coal before too long, but I'm trying to forge with what I have left. Made a bottle opener from a wrench the other day. Like everyone else, the weather has been going back and forth. Tuesday is suppose to be real cold for North Carolina.

methinks Thomas needs to get with Rich Hale and keep them temps to themselves. I didn't bother to go to the shop today.....wind chills to -10 F......even I would say burrrrrr......

66 is too hot to forge in, I keep my shop at 40.......

 

Celcius????? :) :) :)

 

Neil

Well I managed to find a  bit of time and finished up my tongs.  Not quite happy with them  but they will be better than nothing.  Mostly a few problems with the  riveting.  Either things twisting and bending where I didn't want or the rivet bending over as I peened it.  Things got better towards the end.   Just have to get out and make a few more 

Re arranged my forging area and cleaned it up somewhat.  Then I made 55 6' and 4' pry bars.  Then sent a PO for more steel I ran out of 6 footers  I need to make more in a week or so.  . 

Yesterdays work.

No pictures yet, but...

 

I did manage to get a bottle opener finished to satisfaction.  Put a nice square taper on some 1.125" shafting that will become a hot-cut hardy.  Bent some 1x.25 stock to make a stem for my Godzilla fullering extravaganza machine.

 

Tomorrow.... gotta get some stock to finish making the GFEM.  Then I gotta finalize the design for the GFEM.  Then I'll probably drill a couple of holes.....

JNewman,  if you don't mind my asking who do you supply all the pry bars to.  I'm suspecting something to do with mining,  kinda curious...  :)

They are for one of the steel mills here in Hamilton.  A lot of them are for chipping including ones I do that are 12' long that are for cleaning out blast furnace tuyeres.