[TheForge] Christmas Gifts

[Larry Ruebush]

Charles
Very nice
Larry Ruebush
west central IL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: xlch58 at swbell.net 
  To: Sponsored by ABANA 
  Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 5:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [TheForge] Christmas Gifts


  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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