[TheForge] So, what are you working on? (was: anybody there?)

[Bruce Freeman]

D-ski,

What are you working on?

I've been out of the shop a couple weeks not because of the snow but
because of the Arduino I'm playing with.  (Neat little open-source
embedded computer.  www.Arduino.cc, if anyone's interested.)

Before that I was out of the shop, XC skiing.  Great snow for that.
Hope we get more.  (It's nice not to have to commute....)

My next blacksmithing project will be to get my damascus blade blank
(from NJBA's workshop this past Dec.) ready to receive a handle.  I
also need to find my gas forge burner.  Always helps when firing up a
forge.  Vanished, somewhere, but I think I've got a lead on it.
Marshall's about ready to put a handle on his blade, and I'll be
loaning him a few books on the subject.  After he masters all that, he
can teach me!

Question for all:  Anyone know a really good design for ice walkers?
I don't want crampons like ice climbers use, and I don't want the
instep ice walkers I've seen described somewhere.  I'd like something
that straps to the boot and has squarish (i.e., edged, not pointed)
projections to grab the ice.  Does this ring any bells with anyone?

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Albin Drzewianowski <dski1045 at qis.net> wrote:
> I think that TheForge is working,  just nobody has much to say.
>
> I think it has warmed up enough here in the mid-Atlantic that I can finally
> get into the shop and do some forging.
>
> 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 Lynn Emrich
>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:29 AM
>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: [TheForge] anybody there?
>>
>> Just checking.
>>
>>
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-- 
Bruce
NJ