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

[Bruce Freeman]

I have a pair of Yak Trax and they are great for walking on ice.  They
proved unsuitable for hiking in ice and snow, however.  They come off
too easily.  They slowly work their way over to one side of the shoe,
and if you're not alert, they pop off.

The rope with springs idea is one I had too, and it sounds like a good
one.  I was hoping for something more substantial.

Marshall has a pair that are super substantial.  There's a front piece
the toe slips into and a back piece I think goes under the heel.
These wrap around the boot to some degree. (I should have photographed
them, but am working from memory.)  Each piece has a number of rivets
(stubs of nails, I think) welded on -- each 1/2" long.  The front and
back pieces, which are substantial steel, are connected by a lighter
gauge piece.  The whole thing is welded together.  I forget how it
attaches to the boot (except for the toe, which slips in.)
Unfortunately, this design is too substantial for hiking.  I need
something in-between.


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Larry Brown <lp.brown at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I like Yak trax, rubber with spring wound around it in places, easy on and
> off.
> http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___24093
> They have a selection under traction aids
> If you insist on making them the spring around a rope concept would work to
> co0py the yaks but I get about two years from them with occasional use and
> probably more if I took care of them(The rubber goes)
> Larry Brown
>
>
> At 12:32 PM 2/14/2011 -0500, you wrote:
>>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, Â 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