[TheForge] Doffer (Was: blackened steel finish)

[Jerry Frost]

Hey Mike, glad to see another steel wool couple!

The doffers I'm making are the awl on a handle but fancier and just plain 
better tools than the blunted ice pick commercial versions.

DANG!!! I've just spent a good half hour trying to figure out how to upload 
a couple pics to Photoaccess but it won't let me unless I install a couple 
apps and I'd rather not open my computer to malware. The old system had a 
"Browse" button so you could select a pic file and click "Upload" and it was 
a done deal.

Anyone interested in a pic I'll be happy to send em on the side. Deb and I 
have to go to Anchorage today to visit a friend of hers who's husband was 
injured about as badly as I was in a drilling accident so it may be tomorrow 
or sunday before I get back. Don't let me forget if I don't get back in a 
reasonable time, I forget things more often now. <sigh>

Jer
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If it ain't forged
It ain't real
wrought iron is
The Frostworks



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:55 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Doffer (Was: blackened steel finish)


>
> Mark Williams  wrote:
>
>> Okay, Jerry, I'll bite. What's this doffer you're hawking to fiber
>> folk?
>
>
> Since my wife is a weaver and has a small carding mill, I asked her.
> She didn't know.  After some digging, I think the answer is either:
>
>   + part of an industrial carding mill that pulls the carded wool (or
>     whatever) off the main drum, or
>
>   + a longish awl to do the same on a home-sized carding mill.
>
> So, Jerry:  put us straight.  Longish awl with a fancy handle?  Or what?
>
>
>
> - Mike
>
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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