May 11, 20215 yr Alexandr, that looks exactly the same as the mosquito coils I’ve got in my camping supplies, half a world away... David
May 12, 20215 yr Work on my welding cart/torch stand: shortened the front post and added a wheel lock (details HERE):
May 12, 20215 yr More gator progress till I ran out of .030 welding wire. Have backups of smaller and larger wire but not what i need atm lol. To the store tomorrow.
May 12, 20215 yr Like the gator. To bad you aint closer i got a whole spool of .030 laying on top the scrap pile from a welder i...uh...just did not get a long with that is now in the scrap pile also.
May 12, 20215 yr No worries Billy. Yup it's looking less hippo with teeth. Still have a bunch more teeth to make and add. Among a lot of other work to do in my limited time. I'll also be making them a long custom scoop to get the ashes out.
May 12, 20215 yr Uh...Billy...I'm almost afraid to ask but the Welder you did not get along with...That was the device in the scrap pile, not the person...Right?
May 12, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, Daswulf said: I'll also be making them a long custom scoop to get the ashes out. It needs a Hook fire tool and perhaps a Captain tool stand. No? Ooh ooh a Peter ash Pan! The voices are enthused, I'll get back if they come up with something good. Frosty The Lucky.
May 12, 20215 yr I withdraw the question about the welder I am thoroughly sore today after digging post holes in stubborn soil in preparation for building a deck in the back yard. It's elevated, so I have to sink the posts 2 feet and then pour concrete. As a labor saving device, I have a 4' long copper pipe that I use as a sort of water drill to soak the ground where I'm going to dig so the soil compacts a bit easier. Just connect it to the hose, turn the water on, and shove it into the ground to the desired depth. Back it out slowly and the soil is nicely soaked but not sludge level muddy. Post hole diggers are able to get hold of it and it comes out easily. Then we discovered that we had a gas leak. On the company side of the meter, not the house side, thankfully. On the bad side, it's probably been there since we moved in. It's outside and slow enough to not smell. We only spotted it when some water slpashed on the gas meter from the post hole digging exercise and I noticed bubbles from a joint in the pipe coming from the regulator and into the meter. Guy from the Gas co came out and it took about a quarter turn with a pipe wrench to close it off.
May 12, 20215 yr I've never asked my local scrapyard about "items" they may find in trunks of cars they get for crushing. I did smell something dead recently; but they said it was a refrigerator that died when full and not discovered until later and scrapped intact....
May 12, 20215 yr Das, various size sparkplugs would make some nice white teeth. Frosty, the fire tool stand could be a peg leg.
May 12, 20215 yr You turn your nose up to smelly salvage Thomas?! A peg leg fire tool stand, Bigguns? Are my voices talking to you now? I like it, let the ideas roll! Frosty The Lucky.
May 12, 20215 yr I don't salvage food from discarded refrigerators! I just tried to stay upwind while prowling the pile. 28# out that trip IIRC.
May 12, 20215 yr I like the ideas Frosty & Biggun. If it weren't a fire pit I wouldn't hesitate to go with spark plugs as teeth. I fear between the heat, loading wood in and using fire tools they would be quite susceptible to breaking.
May 12, 20215 yr Paul, you can afford lumber? Das, a way to make it have a "tick-tock" noise would be cool also.
May 12, 20215 yr I was thinking clock on the tool holder as the body is going to get hot! Perhaps a timer with a loud tick-tock then you could set it for food you were cooking.
May 12, 20215 yr This morning I did not work, sent my works. In the evening I worked on the dial for the watch.
May 12, 20215 yr Right! I dream of making worth that looks that good some day. Alexandr, is that door knocker two pieces riveted together? If so, how did you achieve such a perfect pyramid shape on the head?
May 12, 20215 yr Alexandre: Most of us would consider spending a day packing and shipping finished work on the scale you produce it, a good day's work. Of course when you say you didn't work today you probably mean you didn't work on commissions in the shop. You certainly didn't take a day off to relax, maybe do a little fishing or play with the dogs. Billy: I love the Tick Tock idea and it would be easy to power with a little turbine over / on the smoke stack. Maybe a little striker that taps the stove. This is getting fun! Frosty The Lucky.
May 13, 20215 yr No photos, but I managed to light my JABOD for the first time in months!!! It was my first firing after having done a complete reshape with some soil with a higher clay content. A few weeks back I spent a few hours crushing the dried clay lumps with a brick so I could get everything a bit more homogenous. Took a few heats on some 12mm round bar to square the last 50mm and split it for what will hopefully become my first long horn head and if it turns out nicely, the handle of my first camp oven lid lifter. Felt so good to be moving metal again!! Cheers, Jono.
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