[TheForge] The perfect score?

[Justin Fellenz]

Huh. All comments welcome, now, but didn't mean that to go to the list. Ooops. 
   
  JRF

Justin Fellenz <sunironworks at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Hey, Frosty

I'm seriously considering a Nazel 2b from Postville Blacksmith. It's 10 grand to my door because it had a big corrosion rot hole in the drive cyl that they fixed with plastic steel. It's the same price pretty much as a new hammer. It's a huge amount of money and if it goes down in the middle of a job I'll be hard pressed to feed my family, but it's a really, really cool hammer. I think it's enough better than any of the new ones, but then I might be crazy. I do need a hammer of some kind. Curious if you have any thoughts about depending on an old machine like that, on the Postville Blacksmith guys (if you've dealt with them), on plastic steel in sliding applications...etc. Basically I'm casting around to the smart guys I know to see if anyone says something that talks me out of it. This is kind of the only time I could get something like that because of the hassle of tax and duties and such going into canada once I've moved there. Any thoughts welcome.

BTW, once again I dropped off the map mid-conversation after you sent me pics of the shop. It looks great. I didn't see the twisted purlin in the pics you sent me but I believe you--but how did it get twisted? I've pretty much settled on stick-framing my shop because shipping a steel building is killing me--it's cheaper to build out of wood with a foundation high enough to prevent sparks from getting under the plates. Anyway, nice work and thanks for the pics. 

How do the goats do in the cold, by the way? We've been hearing that you can stick em in a barn with a light burning. You're colder up there than we will be in Kamloops, BC., though. 

Getting close. We move in may. Then it's shop building time.

Cheers,

JRF

Jerry Frost wrote:
If he is, he'd better get his ass to my neighborhood pronto!

Moving something like that isn't hard, all it takes is diesel fuel, steel 
and hydraulics, 6-7 tons is easy forklift range. Heck, drop by my place with 
one and I'll show you how easy it is to move. 

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

From: "Tod Estes" 


> Hey Frosty, perhaps Andy is just the Johnny Appleseed of smithing tools.
> Kind of interested on how he is gonna move it.
>

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