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I don’t think I’d ever even heard of oxy-propane before you brought it up but I’m not big on that end of things. I’ve had a brand new propane forge for almost ten years already and I have yet to fire it even once (resist exclamation mark). I am looking forward to your progress though, it’ll be a...

Thanks Todd, I think it’s always interesting to see how others approach things. Even if we don’t agree, it’s useful to see different ways of doing things. -frank

Haha — thanks Pete. Good to know you’re looking out for me... ;)

This may be way out in left field but there’s a gear reduction unit on UsedVic right now for not much dollars. Puts the pulleys at 90 degree opposed and I have no idea what the ratio is, but I bet you could get it for $50 if you wanted to try it. Been up since June. -frank

You could do either. I’ve made 4-step pulleys from scratch before and it is doable although a lot of work. And waste. Trouble can come from not having enough swing to get in front of that big diameter with your compound and toolpost so you end up having to come at it from the side using a...

Yeah, it is really cool stuff. Makes me sad sometimes to watch those guys and recognize how much of their lives they dedicated to making that perfect product. And then “poof”, they’re gone and nobody even seems to know they were there. I’m looking forward to the one on the tea pot handle fitter...

Speaking of making, there have been a bunch of new video releases from the Ken Hawley Trust this past week. A lot of them are fairly short — maybe 6 or 8 minutes all the way up to about half an hour — and featuring the last hand makers and fitters working in Sheffield before they disappeared...

It looks to me like it is in the annealed state (which is what one would expect).

Yes that one I had heard about — saw a nice video expose on it some time back.

Huh, hadn’t heard of it before. Looks really cool. -frank