[TheForge] Slack tank

[Bruce Freeman]

Other things than firewood will work -- empty plastic bottles,
pingpong balls, etc.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Albin Drzewianowski <dski1045 at qis.net> wrote:
> We have a wooden half barrel in the Historic Forge at the Farm Museum.  If
> the water freezes, it will probably swell enough to burst the steel bands
> that hold it together.   I think that has happened to us  in the past.  We
> have found that throwing 2-3 large pieces of firewood into the barrel
> prevents the damage.  When the water in the barrel freezes up,  it
> compresses the fire wood floating in the barrel.  Come spring we just fish
> out the water logged fire wood and exchange the nasty old water for fresh
> water.
>
> this has worked for us for the last couple of years.  (knock on wood)
>
> D-ski
> Westminster, MD
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy Gladish
>> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 10:37 AM
>> To: Bob Ehrenberger; Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Slack tank
>>
>> I wonder if a wooden half-barrel is flexible enough that it wouldn't
> break.
>> It doesn't get brittle when cold like plastic does.
>> Bought a full size barrel a few years ago thinking what a nice slack tub
> it
>> would make, and it's still sitting on its side outdoors- If I stop every
> few
>> hours and do a backbend over it, I feel much looser at the end of the day-
>> it's worth lots more to me that way. Still using a five gallon bucket.
>>
>
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Bruce
NJ