[TheForge] boing boing pond.

[Ben Barrett]

I seem to recall hearing this [many years younger] when the ice was smooth
and thin, like after a calm night of first freeze.

Ben

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Make a video.  I'll watch that.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
> artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>
> > Still, voice of reason not withstanding, i wanna watch.
> >
> > On Oct 22, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Bruce . wrote:
> >
> > Frosty,
> > You're dangerous even to listen to (or read).
> > Level-headedly.  You launch a hot crucible full of white-hot iron.  What
> > happens.  Well, air-resistance aside, the whole thing travels as a lump
> and
> > hits the ice.  But add air resistance and suddenly the molten steel flows
> > out of the crucible, becoming molten steel bullets!
> > Now add  to this the aiming uncertainty of your homemade trebuchet and
> you
> > might suddenly find yourself in the bulls eye of a hazard greater than a
> > tree.  I can visualize Wylie Coyote in this situation ...
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:41 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > That might be something to see/hear Pete, there isn't enough cool stuff
> > in
> > > a
> > > person's life. There is a gravel pit lake just down the hill from us
> and
> > I
> > > think Jake wouldn't mind me giving it a try if I invited him to watch.
> I
> > > have an old graphite crucible or I could talk to a caster friend about
> > one
> > > and getting coal or charcoal to iron melting temp isn't a problem for a
> > boy
> > > with a forge and blower.
> > >
> > > How's this sound. One disposable crucible, one flame resistant
> trebuchet
> > a
> > > hot coal fire and a frozen pond. Lift crucible onto the treb sling,
> step
> > > back, WAY BACK and pull the release on a dark night of course. Hmmmm?
> > Then
> > > again a ballista would be good to give it a nice linear horizontal
> > > trajectory and be a whole LOT safer. If catapulting molten iron can be
> > > considered "safer" than just about anything of course.
> > >
> > > Jer
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> > > Peter
> > > Fels & Phoebe Palmer
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:53 AM
> > > To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] boing boing pond.
> > >
> > > If someone was still puddling iron on a large scale, it'd be fun to try
> > it
> > > on that pond!
> > >
> > > On Oct 21, 2014, at 5:40 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> > >
> > > I saw that.  The sound is indeed cool.  To my ear, it sounds like a
> > > "chirp",
> > > which is a scientific term, believe it or not, for a waveform that (you
> > > guessed it!) sounds like a chirp!
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirp
> > > I learned about this waveform from a discussion (?) of
> Fourier-transform
> > > NMR, in which the radio signal exciting the nuclei may be delivered as
> a
> > > chirp in order to scan the wavelength spectrum.
> > > Now, this makes me wonder WHY a chirp is produced by skipping rocks,
> and
> > > whether anything can be learned from it.  I( get on these rants every
> now
> > > and then since somebody discovered you could produce X-rays using
> scotch
> > > tape!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape#X-rays)
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > > NJ
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:15 AM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> What to do with your fish pond when it freezes over.
> > >>
> > >> Jer
> > >>
> > >>
> http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/rock-skipper-discovers-unique-noise/2915
> > >> 8406
> > >>
> > >
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