[TheForge] Slack Tank

[Franklyn D. Garland]

I am fond of an aluminium, beer half barrels.  Over the years I have come across quite a few of 
these tossed into the trash (I guess the folks did not want the deposits back).  Cut the top off 
and you have a fairly handy slack tub.  You can buy half whiskey barrels (wood) at garden 
centers.  They smell REALLY good when you get them wet - you need to wedge the rings tight 
and then soak it to get the wood to swell, but the do work pretty well.

A 50 gal drum, cut down, works well, too.


On 5 Feb 2003 at 6:10, Rafter Lazy C wrote <snip-snip>

> Where can a guy buy a slack tub nowadays?  I have thought over and over
> about making one, but thinking is as far as I ever get.  I am much better at
> metal than wood working.
> 
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
> In the middle of Northern Illinois
> 
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