Continuing with the blacksmithing theme, I made a hot cutter for my hardy hole.
Hardy Hole Hot Cutter
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A bending fork for my hardy hole
Forging practice
I did a bit of forging practice today. I’m working on squaring stock and making smooth forward and reverse tapers.
Given that this started out as round mild steel bar, I’m quite happy with the squareness but I was aiming for a smaller cross section.
The forward taper went well, the reverse taper less well. I need to work on that.
I also need to work on the end curls. I found them harder than they should have been.
The central twist was fun though.
Makevember 25th A spring for a leg vice.
Makevember 24th A shackle for a leg vice
I’ve got another leg vice, it needs a bit of restoration and some new parts making. Tonight I refurbished the shackle that holds it all together.
Makevember 23rd Hot tub vacuum cleaner
Makevember 22nd Labels for Organising Drawers
I used to have lots of plastic boxes with things in. I could never find the thing I was looking for. So I bought some smaller boxes to organise the things. Today I’ve made some neat labels for the smaller boxes of things.
Makevember 21st Solving one annoying little problem.
Do you ever have that “Where is my pencil” moment. I’m incapable of putting it down in a consistent, repeatable, findable manner. Also, other people keep taking my pencils, using them and discarding them when they are blunt. This makes me mildly grumpy. So, I think I’ve solved the problem.
Makevember 20th Radiator magnifier support shelf.
My partner does fine needlework while sat in the living room. She needs good light and a decent magnifier to make it less difficult.
Makevember 19th Making the house warm
I live in a reasonably old house. It is heated by a Rayburn, usually heating engineers run in fear of the Rayburn. Or rub their hands and start wondering how many Zeros they can add to the bill.
