January 17, 201610 yr Well we finally have some snow here in NJ! Not too much, only about a 1/4". I have been wanting to forge with snow for the longest time. Most guys hate forging in the cold, but I love it! I wear short sleeves and get nice and toasty from the forge. It also makes you work harder to make more body heat!
January 17, 201610 yr try it with over 12 inches of snow and 30 mph winds...........................just sayin'
January 18, 201610 yr Well, I was planning to forge tomorrow, but it's only supposed to get up to 12°F *before* wind chill. Bummer; I had some neat ideas about projects with rail anchors....
January 18, 201610 yr .yolo. you only live once. Enjoy the cold. Rock on! Our high was -4f. Glad theres heat on my smithy. -15f tonight in minneapolis. Burr. I wonder how cold the cold places on earth are gonna get.
January 18, 201610 yr Our high was 60 degF today; you do know that there are some pretty nice roads heading south and west right?
January 18, 201610 yr I actually saw some water melting up here! it was fantastic forging weather, mid 30's, so not too uncomfortaby cold, but not to hot once the forge is started.
January 18, 201610 yr Opposite problem here. I knocked off early yesterday because the heat was getting at me and did not forge at all today. Still, not as hot as the poor folk in western NSW and Northern Vic. TV weather girl said Renmark was the hottest place on the planet a few days ago. 46 degrees C or so.
January 18, 201610 yr 23 hours ago, rthibeau said: try it with over 12 inches of snow and 30 mph winds...........................just sayin' That reminds me of what slope workers meant when they replied to a, "how is it outside?" question with, "50-50". That's a -50f at 50mph. day. There were worse believe me. No forging, none at all. Frosty The Lucky.
January 19, 201610 yr Author Oh yeah I would never forge that windy or cold. What I meant was when it is a gentle snow shower and not too cold. I'm not that crazy!
January 19, 201610 yr When it gets cold, I don't forge....I just come in the house and READ IFI !!!!!!!!!!!!! (sucking up to Glenn, now....)
January 19, 201610 yr They say if you can sit on the anvil at the end of your forging session, you haven't worked hard enough. What if you can't sit on it before you begin?
January 19, 201610 yr The really annoying thing is that I've got a nifty idea of something to make from some rail anchors, and it's too bloody cold to fire up the forge.
January 19, 201610 yr On 1/18/2016 at 10:35 PM, ThomasPowers said: Our high was 60 degF today; you do know that there are some pretty nice roads heading south and west right? hush up! Too many transplants already.
January 19, 201610 yr jhcc, write down all them ideas with sketches.........yeah, we know, you still have a memory, but don't trust it..........no need to ask me how I know. Thomas...all them pretty nice roads heading south and west are fine for them wanting to use them. Unfortunately, they lead away from the Beautiful Northern Climes.
January 19, 201610 yr I have fond memories of resetting a bar shoe on a mare with a fractured p3 in January temp. +16 10mph breeze.
January 20, 201610 yr Author Now it is official too cold and snowy to forge. It is supposed to snow again this weekend. It looks like I am going to be done forging until spring. Time to stock up on some tools
January 20, 201610 yr 3 hours ago, rthibeau said: jhcc, write down all them ideas with sketches.........yeah, we know, you still have a memory, but don't trust it..........no need to ask me how I know.
January 20, 201610 yr 1 hour ago, Forging Carver said: Now it is official too cold and snowy to forge. It is supposed to snow again this weekend. It looks like I am going to be done forging until spring. Time to stock up on some tools Aw come on, just throw on another layer and work some thicker stock and you'll be fine
January 22, 201610 yr I've posted this before, but I'll hear none of that, "It's too cold.." crap. -14 F gets your attention. If the motivation is there, you'll make it happen.
January 22, 201610 yr Frog man, Is the higher number on your meter your blood alcohol reading.. LOL We all know why you make sooo many bottle openers.. KYPD Frigid forge on and make beautiful things Jim
January 22, 201610 yr On 1/19/2016 at 6:01 PM, ausfire said: They say if you can sit on the anvil at the end of your forging session, you haven't worked hard enough. What if you can't sit on it before you begin? What if you sit on it and get unstuck? Frosty The Lucky. On 1/19/2016 at 2:09 PM, ThomasPowers said: Frosty, that's a classic example of the Stockholm syndrome.
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