boattlebot Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 ahh pittsburg. went by there all the time when I was runnin reefer. (that's a type of truck get your minds out the baggie) so I imagine becuase your makin stuff for a fair you do this professionally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Not yet lol. Workin on it. I make scrap metal sculptures and this is a good show for them. I dont have as much forged stuff as I'd like for this show but I was under the gun and I just can't keep stock on the shelves. With a full time day job and a month old baby forge time is a little tighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 I hear ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 so I did some more reading and googling. coal seems like the better choice for what I'm building. and the charcoal I found for before was 15 bucks for a 10 pound bag and i found coal for 25 bucks for 50 pounds. so all around better choice from what I see. anyone else confirm this? this is where I found the coal btw link removed I can't rember, who said coal was the better choice? yea you told me so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 So how much is shipping for the coal? (and you are paying too much for charcoal!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 I haven't bought it yet and your correct. the shipping was more then the coal found a thread talkin bout tractor supply coal. and they seem to like it from what I've gathered. 6 or 7 bucks for 49 pounds? yes please. I'll be picking up a few bags Tuesday most likely. still gotta work ok the air pipeing. sense I changed the fuel from charcoal to coal the pipe I made isn't gunna work. leaky is an understatement. so I'm gunna use exhuast pipe. I'll weld a straight pipe to a y pipe. one side air other side ash dump. it'll be better this way and I'll put some mesh or a grate ontop of it to keep everything but ash in the rotor. the people that were talkin bout the coal I'm gunna use were kinda spit between rice size and nut size so I'll probably get a bag of each and see what I prefer. for starting it I plan to use my map gas torch. that thing is a life saver sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 46 minutes ago, boattlebot said: 6 or 7 bucks for 49 pounds? ment 40 pounds. Won't let me edit it anymore. guesse to much time has passed or somethin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 You get about an hour from the moment when you first hit “Submit Reply”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The window for amending one's post was reduced from one hour to half an hour about 4 or 5 months ago. SLAG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Another good reason to make sure your spelling and grammar are correct before you post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 What’s the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Boattlebot, I start my coal forge with a mapp torch too, but I clear the grate and put a hand full of lump charcoal on it. I light the charcoal with the torch and begin to give it air then I pull in coal a little at a time until the fire reaches a good forging state. This way produced little smoke as opposed to lighting the coal directly, and in my opinion is more effective than using wood, paper, kerosene, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 6/3/2018 at 10:51 AM, Charles R. Stevens said: What’s the fun in that? I know right? elements, I'll give it a shot when I go to light my first fire. hopefully should be up and running by the end of tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I dun figured some of the Mods, they who must not be named, like to watch as some of us race to get our posts cleaned up before the time limit expires. (My browser seems to have lost my labouriously annotated internal dictionary and frankly a lot of its suggested choices do not make any sense to me at all! Like confusing fear of spiders, arachnophobia, with fear of sharp pointy things, aichmophobia. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 I didn't even know where was a sharp pointy things phobia. earn somethin new every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Learned that from a Science Fiction book back in the 60's? RAH's "Glory Road"???? And I worked with a fellow that had it. He'd pass out getting a shot from a DR. He told of the "getting ready to ship out shots" in the service and of passing out before he reached the head of the line and waking up to everyone steeping over him...still had to get the shots; they were not kind enough to delegate a couple of soldiers to drag him through the shot line and let him recover on the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Thomas, Thanks for the new (to me), word 'aichmophobia'. What a wonderful find! I have been collecting English words for most of my life. It's a cheap and fascinating hobby. It means fear of needles but, also, sharp instruments. I have just discovered that it has a synonym 'beloNophobia' also spelled 'beloMophobia'. (the difference is denoted in caps). Regards, SLAG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 way before my time haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 getting blood tests today but it dont bother me. there are many phobias, even one about being watched by ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 that is my favorite random fear. great at party's. "so no matter where you are, you feel like your being watched? by a duck?" "yes. and it petrifies me." "quack" "AHHHHHHH" runs away screaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Both Merriam-Webster and the Oxford English Dictionary websites offer a "word-a-day" email subscription. The OED one in particular offers up some anachronistic gems. This reminds me of something my Ancient Greek professor (later my advisor) said once in class (and you must imagine this with a strong Brooklyn accent): "My foist job outta college was woikin' for Merriam-Webseh, da dictionary people. One ting I loyned: NEVAH TRUST DA DICTIONARY!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Somehow that brings to mind the famous PDQ Bach work: "Iphigenia in Brooklyn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 "And in a vision, Iphigenia saw her brother Orestes, Who was being chaséd by the Amenities!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Ammonites? He really was *old*! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattlebot Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 got the very last bag of coal that my tractor supply had. and it was ripped so she gave it to me half of. one of the stores around here has 27 pallets of the rice coal and 18 of the nut O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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