[TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop

[Jerry Frost]

An electric blanket and some more insulation fiber 
glass, moving blankets, etc. should do it in a few 
days.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Wes Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>


> You could have my dilemma...
>
> I've got two buffalo hides sitting in a barrel of 
> lye-water (actually
> lye-ICE) taking up space in my shop...
>
> A neighbor brought them over in early November so he 
> could 'teach' me
> tanning... he'd originally said that we'd only need 
> to soak them for 2-3
> days in wood-ash/water to get the hair to slip off... 
> so we checked them
> every couple of days - for a month & a half - no 
> slippage... so we drained
> them and then went to a lye and water solution... 
> still no slippage...
> finally it got cold enuf for things to freeze into a 
> solid block... so I
> have a 55 gal. poly drum sitting in the middle of the 
> floor...
>
> I've even tried running a torpedo heater on it to try 
> and thaw things out
> far enough so I can drain the liquid...
>
> Looks like I'll have two hides as residents till 
> later this spring...
>
> Fun!
>
> .... OH YEAH!  Forgot the blacksmithing content... 
> :)
>
> part of the hides are destined to become part of a 
> new double chamber
> bellows...
>
> -Wes
>