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Donal Harris started following ThomasPowers
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Hardening / Tempering 1095 Questions
My Daughter the Veterinarian worked in Roswell for a while...
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Brand New Smith, Long Time Lurker.
Just remember Frosty that doubling down is a BAD THING!!!!!!!!!!!; I'd be happy to be rid of my TBT......
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Hardening / Tempering 1095 Questions
Shall I make you an appointment in Roswell?
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1060 as a drift?
My wife was going to take me around the scrapyard today then decided the winds were too high. Arghhhhhhhhh!
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Looking for a respirator
Many "Nerve Gasses" are strongly related to pesticides. Most of he pro knifemakers that use positive pressure masks make their own for more like under US$100 rather than US$1000 which is why I mentioned wasp screening.....
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Hardening / Tempering 1095 Questions
Out here in NM we try to AVOID the "probing"....
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Forges 101
Funny the mountain just west of Socorro NM has a Perlite mine in it. A friend picked up 3 TRAINCAR loads of perlite when there was a batch damaged by a rainstorm...
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April 2023 BAM's 31st Ozark Conference
"Blacksmith's Mail" tends to work very well. I once hauled a pallet of industrial shop lights from Quad-State for a smith near Phoenix AZ. Put up at their place for a couple of Estrella Wars later. One of my minions picked up a 165# HB on their way rom CA for me. Tried to hide it in my shop; like I wouldn't notice a spare anvil....
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1060 as a drift?
Reading a recent copy of ARCHEOLOGY magazine where they were using a hand held spec to identify cave/wall paintings paints. Must have been a great grant!
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Modifying a 5.4L Ford Throttle Body for a forge valve.
I have found that there is a lot more stuff I need friends to own rather than myself...
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Hope Chest Project
Woodburn your name on the inside of the lid!
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Looking for a respirator
For grinding; a positive pressure respirator with the air intake in a "clean" area is a great way to go. Be sure to screen against bugs though!
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DIY gate with bars in the shape of a spider's web
Remember that the cross bars on the bottom half will bow downward; a common mistake to not do so.
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278# Trenton Anvil Value
Does it have a caplet indentation in the base?
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Ancient tongs
The ones shown in the Egyptian metalworking book look like tweezers.