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| awemawson:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on June 15, 2015, 08:39:34 AM --- Andrew, I'm sure Mr. Weygers was careful not to burn down his tree. The devil is in the details, as in most things having to do with fire, Including bonfires, campfires, etc. His books are blacksmithing classics, and I admire them greatly. --- End quote --- Steve, A previous owner of our place, when doing some building works, decided to burn rubbish too close to the base of a rather nice (at least 200) year old Yew tree. So looking from the field towards the house you saw a lovely tree, but from the house side all the branches were scarred, black, and dead. It did at least salve my conscience when it had to come down to make way for an extension. Ironically he is a retired member of the London Fire Brigade :lol: |
| vtsteam:
Andrew my former neighbor was head of the fire department here. He and the department were burning some grass off of his field opposite as practice and it got out of control. Managed to get it out just before it jumped the road to my property! It's kinda like how most psychiatrists are in their personal lives nutcases.... :lol: |
| S. Heslop:
Hey that rebar arrived today. Thanks again for sending it. Just a shame that I don't really need it for the rasps any more. Either way i'll find a use for it eventually. |
| awemawson:
Glad it arrived safely |
| S. Heslop:
So am I! I thought it'd be a much narrower diameter. Just remembered I'd forgotten to post pics of the aftermath. Reduced to slag. The big rasp is still somewhat intact and I was hoping i'd be able to easily separate the files since along alot of the length it didn't fuse. But where that big lump of slag is they're well and truly fused. I'd have to get some more disks for the angle grinder to get it apart. I think before i'll call it entirely quits, i'm gonna see if I can save that large rasp. I was looking at buying rasps and found that those French clowns from the video sell them for over £100 each, along with woodwork blog eejits saying 'quality tools that'll last you a lifetime and well worth the investment!', and that renewed my interest in trying to make one. I'm taking this rasp business very personally. |
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