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

[Larry Brown]

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At 05:52 AM 2/16/2011 -0500, you wrote:
>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. Â (Neat little open-source embedded 
>computer. Â www.Arduino.cc, if >>anyone's interested.) Before that I was 
>out of the shop, XC skiing. Â Great >>snow for that. Hope we get more. Â 
>(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. Â I also need to >>find my gas forge 
>burner. Â Always helps when firing up a forge. Â 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. 
>Â After he masters all that, he can teach me! Question for >>all: Â 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. Â I'd like something that straps to the boot >>and 
>has squarish (i.e., edged, not pointed) projections to grab the >>ice. Â 
>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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