[TheForge] bolt thread repair tool

[Rob Fertner]

It's a hobby shop and so far suits what do. One nice thing about cement
board, it holds up to golf ball sized hail. Windows, not so much. :-)
Fortunately most of the hail I get is dime sized and smaller. This winter
(knock on wood) we haven't had hail storms. Our weather is weird. Yesterday,
the high was low to mid 20's. This morning going to work it was 16 degrees
(5 with wind chill) and going home it was pushing 50 degrees. Tomorrow they
say the high will be back down to 25 degrees. I'm so ready for Spring.

Rob
Wichita KS

"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get."

 

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter
Fels & Phoebe Palmer
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 6:43 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] bolt thread repair tool

Gosh Rob; i have 20 odd square feet of treadle hammer tooling alone.
Cement board is neat stuff for a BS shop liner and even roof surface.

On Feb 24, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net> wrote:

I have a 12 x 12 shop in my backyard. It's pretty basic. Coal forge, anvil,
treadle hammer, tool rack, and small work bench. Post vise is mounted on
mobile base.
It's on a 6 inch concrete slab with extra rebar around the edges. One of
these days I need to insulate it and wire it for electricity.
We have a company here called All Sheds. They custom build the shed for you.
The skin is cement board with cedar trim and if you paint it within a week
of them putting it up, they guarantee the building for 50 yrs against rot.
I went with 144 sq ft slab because in Wichita any less than 150sq ft only
requires a $15 building permit. If I didn't have a permanent foundation I
wouldn't need a permit.

Rob
Wichita KS

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris
Caswell
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 4:45 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] bolt thread repair tool

This is going to strictly be a hand forging shop - I have a shop in the
basement for non blacksmith stuff. (Like restoring A10-A bubble sextants)

Chris Caswell
Colchester VT