[TheForge] Any Smithing Today????

[Demon Buddha]

April & Bill Clemens wrote:
> 
> I found time this evening after working on remodeling my house to forge
> a bottle opener for the BGCM meeting trade item for this coming sunday.

After spreading manure, cleaning out the fertilizer truck and auger,
etc.
I spent about 6 hours at the forge working some wrought iron; mostly
reworking scrap into larger billets for future use, but I also made two
wrought iron bracelets.  One was fast and easy (20 minutes +/-) and the
other took almost 90.  Doesn't look like much, but it was tougher than
I thought it would be with a 5/16 ball on each end, fullered and worked
from the solid, no welds.  Nevertheless, it was a meditative experience,
but by 9PM I was tired and ready to eat.