I completed half a dozen pressure flakers and one of my steel boppers. I burned the bopper into the handle and bent over about 1/2 inch that came out the back side so it doesn't come loose. The first handle I only got it half way in before it cooled off and locked into place. …
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Assembled some pressure flakers from a piece of dowel, bolts, and some twist hardened heavy gauge copper wire. I also made a couple of mild steel bopper heads. I don't know if these will work as most boppers are copper. Going to give it a try, if it works, I've a much cheaper way to …
I also hung the bikes with the hangers I made a couple of weeks ago on the forge. I can pack a LOT of stuff into that little shed by hanging the bikes. In album IMG_20111113_150028 IMG_20111113_150015 View this post on Google+ .
A fascinating thing happens when you put cloth into a can with a small nail in it… Once the water is driven off, you can light the gas from the charring cloth. I made some charcloth tonight. In album IMG_20111112_225051 IMG_20111112_225033 View this post on Google+ .
I think I came up with a novel idea, the rocket mass forge. It is a combination of a side blast, side draft forge and a rocket mass heater. I can do my smithing and heat the garage at the same time! I built a side blast forge – one who puts air in from …
