[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 125, Issue 3

[Andrew Vida]

Doing OK - almsot finished with final excavation bits and pieces. 240 
yards of hard, miserable red shale clay dug out from beneath the house 
by myself, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow.  House is on high-strngth 
columsn I fabricated (18).  Will be putting in 8 block columns to give 
lateral stability, then excavate a 3' trench to the outside of the 
existing foundation so I can do the form work.  a 12" thick concrete 
foundation will be poured with a fiber-reinforced 6Kpsi mix.  That way I 
can forgo the misery of doing rebar.  This is compete overkill, but the 
cost is only marginally greater and the benefit of never having to think 
about it again is eminently worth it.

Then drainage, floor, backfill, electric, plumbing, heat, and a 48" 
fabricated and armored door mounted on 12" channel-iron frame welded 
into the structure. :)

My wife wanted a basement.  She's getting a basement.


On the sadder side, I accidentally killed Brownie on 6/24.  She was my 
baby and I didn't watch her because I was busy doing the hay. She snuck 
into the truck, went in back and I parked it and the heat killed her.  I 
should have been more mindful.  The house seems so empty without her and 
Oliver (border collie) has not been right since then, nor the cats, if 
you can believe that.  Both are acting oddly since.  I feel miserable 
about this.  It is like killing one of your own children.

Other than that things are OK.  Busy busy busy is why I've not been 
posting here.  This house thing has all my attention, and then there 
will be other projects like building a shop and a greenhouse.  I have 4 
50' x 16" light gage I-beams from which I want to make a pyramidal 
greenhouse of about 2K feet.  That would keep us in veggies year-round.

Hope all is well by everyone.


On 7/2/14, 5:10 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Both Carl Jensen (RIP) and EA Chase advocated plain old , cheap, Johnson furniture wax, hot,
> which has some  carnuba in it.
> I bought some carnuba in bulk years ago and have never used it.
>
> On Jul 1, 2014, at 6:30 PM, jerry Frost wrote:
>
> I did a little more reading about gathering carnuba  and if it wasn't
> brittle in the extreme it'd be a major PITA to harvest. They shake it from
> fronds after they dry.
>
> I use an old can of "Tree Wax" carnuba paste wax, I've had for a couple
> decades. The can is badly worn I can't read what else is in the mix but it
> stays tacky for up to half an hour but once set it's like armor on forged
> steel. I haven't seen Tree Wax on shelves in I don't know how long. Guys on
> Iforgeiron are saying "Bowling Alley Wax" is de bomb. It's Carnuba and the
> way they describe it in use makes me think they're very similar products.
> I'll have to give a can a try before my cherished stash of Tree Wax is used
> up.
>
> How are you doing Andy? Long time no read you.
>
> Jer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Vida
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1:14 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 125, Issue 3
>
>
> On 7/1/14, 2:27 AM, jerry Frost wrote:
>> Carnuba is hard and expensive, I imagine it's brittle if applied too
> thick.
>
> I have several pounds of carnauba somewhere.  It is literally like glass and
> brittle at almost any thickness.  Mixing with beeswax makes a very nice
> finish.
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