Broke lots of things and didn't get a forge that worked very well. Just not enough heat. I did run the rocket mass forge even though it's burnt out inside. Going to make a mess to clean up later in the ducts but I got the garage up to 57 again tonight. T-Shirt warm! I …
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I made some pressure flaker blocks and some longer pressure flakers tonight
The long flakers are called ishi sticks, and the pads are unique in design as best as I can tell. We shall see if the work well tomorrow. I also burned out the rocket mass forge trying to finish the one bopper I made. The inner burn chamber is a puddle of melted metal on …
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A tour of my rocket mass forge and my gas grill forge and some blacksmithing.
A tour of my rocket mass forge and my gas grill forge and some blacksmithing. View this post on Google+ .
Got the roof back on the shed today
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+ .
Rocket Mass Forge
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 …