[TheForge] Christmas Gifts

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Damn, did a dumbass.   I forgot to say I uploaded a picture in the 
Christmas Stocking folder on our photosite.

Charles

xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> Just completed a simple flower with my son.   The flower was made from 
> an intake valve from a Lycoming engine out of a Mooney airplane.  The 
> "vase"  is a bucket lifter from the same engine.  We made it for my 
> sister in law, whose father - a retired aviation mechanic -  died at 
> the age of ninety four this year.   He was a fiiend and a fellow metal 
> freak and at one time had an ornamental iron business.   He was still 
> rebuilding heads for local businesses shortly before he died.  The 
> valve was tough but not impossible to forge,  though an exhaust valve 
> would have been a lot tougher due to the metal used and the fact 
> lycoming used sodium filled exhaust valves.  I found after trashing 
> three lifters that they can't be worked cold or hot.   Anyway, was 
> happy with the way it turned out and thought I would share....
>
> Charles
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