[TheForge] Bored. Indoor clay-"forging" (was OT: Chain Saws)

[Bruce Freeman]

Terry,

I'm in the reverse situation of yours - much too much
to do!

One thing I've had on the back of my mind for a while
now is to make a wooden "anvil", varnished up,
suitable for use in the house.  Hammer clay on this to
practice forging.  

I am starting to think that you need to warm the clay
first to soften it a bit, then cool it periodically to
harden it.  So have a "forge" of warm water, and a
"quench bucket" of ice water.

Like I say, I haven't tried it yet.

Bruce
NJ
--- "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:

> hello bob;
> 
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> 
> >
> > Terry,
> >
> > Well, at least you are doing well enough to want
> to be back at it.
> >
> 
> i am just so bored. when i was released from the
> hospital
> my daughters had dish network installed at the
> house. i
> watch food network, mythbusters, and 'how it is
> made.'.
> there are good and bad days. however, even on good
> days
> i am taking morphine.
> 
> >
> > How did it turn out having the line crews dump all
> > their tree trunks in your front yard?
> >
> 
> the logs just laid there until 10 nov 2007. my wife,
> had arranged with a local church for the men's group
> to come over in that saturday with their chain saws
> and log splitters and cut the logs up for firewood.
> 
> neither my lawyer nor i particularly liked that
> idea.
> my lawyer, is busy enough now with the
> head-on-collision
> accident turning into yet another legal nightmare
> and
> the 11yr old illinois workman's compensation legal
> nightmare. anyway, my lawyer and i were voted down
> by
> the wife.
> 
> the church group spent about 5 hours here on 10 nov
> 2007.
> there are roughly 8 cords of firewood stacked and
> roughly
> another 10 cords that need splitting.
> 
> thankfully, no one was injured. not one of those who
> came
> had any safety equipment. no ear plugs, no safety
> glasses,
> no safety chaps, no steel toed boots.
> 
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Robert Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo.
> > eforge at centurytel.net
> >
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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