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| 2015 Bernardston MA (US) Engine and Tractor Show -- May 23-24 |
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| vtsteam:
Other tools and supplies: I needed an adze to trim the timbers on a bridge I built. They are a bit scarce and pricey these days, but I spotted one for $20 mixed in with some pickaxes. Pretty clear it was fully hand forged with the weld marks on it. At a remaindered supplies booth I often check I bought a stainless steel brush ($2) and a package of ten 24tpi Lenox bimetal 12" hacksaw blades ($5). And finally for pulling a case hardening pack out of the furnace and the very occasional forge work I do, I bought an old blacksmith tongs. Needs a little work on one jaw, but it was only $10, and was the longest set I saw at the tables. All in all, happy to get things I (mostly) needed today! |
| RobWilson:
So very nice old tools you got there Steve :thumbup: , and ye well be just the man to put them to good use :dremel: :med: Tongs are always worth having any day of the week . Rob |
| vtsteam:
Thanks Rob. Sorry I never made it to the show today -- and I've fallen down on the show photos promised. I had to do outdoor work here I'd put off -- road work garden and more mowing, yard cleanup, and work on my wife's car - oxygen sensor. Bleh. And a lot of carrying water. it looks like we're in for a drought. A bad one if we don't get rain soon. Usually wet this time of year -- worried about July and August. Seems we are in the same arctic flow pattern as we had this winter, only warmer. I mean it's beautiful dry weather now, clear high pressure blue skies and unusually cool strong north wind and daytime temps in the 60's (F). We had frost the night before last. I'm wondering is this going to be a weather pattern that continues? I sure don't want to go through another winter like that last one! The frog pond I dug a few years ago has dried up, and Broad Brook which runs through our property is very low. There's a fire ban, so I can't use charcoal in the foundry, and reluctant to use the iron furnace as well. A weird spring, after a weird winter..... |
| RobWilson:
No worries Steve :D , well at least you got a few tools to add to your shop arsenal :dremel: What ! your working in snow one week and now your in drought :loco: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at least the UK weather is predictable , rain and fookin lots of it :lol: :lol: :lol: me being at 55 deg North put me a tad cooler than you :( Rob |
| DMIOM:
Steve, Re weather behaviour - I wonder if its a consequence of El Niņo / the Southern Ocean Oscillations? The latest NOAA ENSO bulletin (May 2015), from which I've snipped the Sea Surface Temperature anomaly chart below, starts: "Synopsis: There is an approximately 90% chance that El Niņo will continue through Northern Hemisphere summer 2015, and a greater than 80% chance it will last through 2015." which seems to echo a broad agreement on the El Niņo prognosis from the various forecasters. Dave |
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