January 7, 201412 yr I'll work outside in just about any conditions, but this is getting to be just stupid cold.... It would take a heat wave of 46 degrees just to get back to freezing! To put that in perspective for you warm weather folks, 46 degrees is the difference between 80 degrees and 34 degrees.
January 7, 201412 yr My thermo say's 19 right now. This is Alabama, it's not supposed to be that cold. Where's the 65 I'm used to. Dang that global warming.
January 7, 201412 yr Frog, you are something else when it comes to taking a picture! If it's any consolation, I'm still working on duplicating your openers. No luck, yet, but it's fun to try!
January 7, 201412 yr Author I work out in here often in all sorts of weather, but when it gets to be -15 or -20 below zero things start acting quite differently. The wind sounds different. Several times looked up from my work thinking a car was going past, nope-it was the wind. And I'm very used to hearing all sorts of conditions of wind throughout the year, but rarely do I hear it at -15! I've never mistaken the sound of the wind for a car going past before this...
January 7, 201412 yr 61 degrees at 7 am here in NJ. 26 now. Drop of 35 degrees in 13 hours. And going to 5 tonight. Actually got a day of work in outside today. Tomorrow will be an indoor day.
January 7, 201412 yr How cold? TO............cold............18 degrees here right now,suppose to get down to 9 overnight.
January 7, 201412 yr 61 degrees at 7 am here in NJ. 26 now. Drop of 35 degrees in 13 hours. And going to 5 tonight. Actually got a day of work in outside today. Tomorrow will be an indoor day. Beat us by just a bit. 57 this morning around 7:30, supposed to go down to at least 5 tonight. Unfortunately I have some emergency outdoor work to do tomorrow.
January 7, 201412 yr -13 here now without the wind chill, supposed to get to -18 tonight and windchill near -50
January 7, 201412 yr I am totally sorry to say it was only 65 here today (and for the past two weeks too) in sunny central California. Dry as hell though! Please send your excess snow/rain out here for us. We'll take the cold too!
January 7, 201412 yr -8 right now with a low around -13, and a fresh snowfall of 18 inches yesterday,
January 7, 201412 yr Boston had a snowstorm 2 days ago (about 12") and today it was 50 degrees out..snows all gone. Tommorrow it will be 16 degrees as a high...New England weather, if you dont like it, wait a minute...it will change haha. -Crazy Ivan
January 7, 201412 yr Western Virginia was 52*F Observed High at 12:05 am At 9 PM it is currently 1*F and suppose to go negative before the nights over. Friday they say it will be 50*F again.
January 7, 201412 yr We had really great working weather here today. It is down to 34 degrees right now. I was out working on putting a new top on an old beat up MouseHole Anvil and was good as long as I kept moving. We are expecting a hard freeze tonight so I finally broke down and we turned on the heater. Temps should be back into the 70s later in the week.
January 7, 201412 yr Author Maybe I should rephrase. ... Who has been stupid enough to be out forging in this cold? :)
January 7, 201412 yr I thought about working tomorrow outside at the forge, wind chill of -15. When I say I thought, I mean as quick a thought as ever can come through your mind came through, and left for warmer climates! Too cold!!!! But, I hear its a record breaking kind of warm in the land of Australia!
January 7, 201412 yr Greetings Frog, I think you posted your pictures just to show what kind of weather you are sending us poor cold folks in Michigan... If this keeps up I won't have to drive as many miles to come see you ... I'll just drive across lake Michigan... -8 with wind chill of -22 ... Its a good day for this old boy to catch up on some reading. Forge on and make beautiful things JIm
January 7, 201412 yr Not me, 13 degrees and wind chill -4, and still dropping. Not cheesehead land cold, but not bad for Georgia. I split some more pecan wood for the wife for about an hour and decided firmly against forging tonight. If I can't get warm swinging a maul, I ain't staying out.
January 7, 201412 yr It was in the hi 30s to low 40s here, too warm for this time of year for us. All the sand salt and gravel they put on the roads turns too a muddy mess. Besides spring is still 4 months away!
January 7, 201412 yr Greetings Vaugn/Frog, If the problem you are having duplicating Frogs bottle openers is the upset... Try turning the end to be upset 90 degrees about 1 1/2 inches.. Upset pushing the material into the anvil on itself and reform to taste ... More upset ... Do it again.. This will form a nice bulge of material to form the taper.. Just my 2c forge on and make beautiful things Jim
January 7, 201412 yr Well, it's in the low 30's here C of course it keeps threatening to rain, so it's a dry heat. Three weeks ago it was raining every night with hot and humid days. I can't say that I'm complaining about the weather! I hope you guys ''up North'' get a little warmer and spare a thought for the unfortunate folk in the UK that are getting 'lashes' from mother nature! Ian
January 7, 201412 yr I hope you guys ''up North'' get a little warmer and spare a thought for the unfortunate folk in the UK that are getting 'lashes' from mother nature! Yeah I read about that just a little bit ago. Caption read " Monster waves slam into UK after US storm"... Like it's somehow our fault. :rolleyes:
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