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- Thread starter ShawnF
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A little more catching up.. Not so much really on the shave front. I have skipped a couple days now. Not sure what I'm using tonight yet, but definitely shaving tonight. I feel like a bum.
Home front has been busy. Got my new (to me) mower and rescued a blacksmith post vise to add to my shop. Got some cleanup work to do on it and probably making a new mounting U bolt for it, but it was worth it!!
Also just ordered some 1084 and 15N20, anhydrous borax, and ferric chloride. I know a few will catch what that is for, but I'll make the rest of you guess and wonder.
Home front has been busy. Got my new (to me) mower and rescued a blacksmith post vise to add to my shop. Got some cleanup work to do on it and probably making a new mounting U bolt for it, but it was worth it!!
Also just ordered some 1084 and 15N20, anhydrous borax, and ferric chloride. I know a few will catch what that is for, but I'll make the rest of you guess and wonder.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Someone's ready to try the new forge out and needs some metal
Have you seen the size of the yard I have been swimming through all summer with a push mower? Been lucky to get one dry day a week for most of the summer and it takes me almost 2 hours to do half with it. Not enough time to be messing around like that, I'm a busy man you know.
So I've been trying to dial in this little razor I got from the mystery box.
Tried it with a Nacet first couple of times, and it was really smooth. The other night I pulled out some summer storm and tried an Astra in it. Not so good. Really rough shave despite Astra blades having worked well for me in the past.
Last night I switched to a Voshkod and it was better. Not quite as smooth as a Nacet, but much better than the Astra.
I've been using the bath soap from Stirling. I've not had great luck with the shave soaps so far, but I am really liking the bath soap. The other artisan soaps I have tried work well, yet always leave me feeling filmy. Like I can't get it rinsed off, but @Joe Hackett got this one right. And I actually like the Glastonbury scent.
(And full disclaimer on the bad luck with the shave soaps: I like the base and they perform well, but the few scents I've tried either I don't like, or in the case of the one I really like, I had a reaction to something in it.)
Work was miserable today... 90ish degrees and about 80% humidity and I got to run up and down the side of the silo multiple times as well as crawl around in the blower ducts to make sure the fire was completely out...
We had a small fire in the hammer mill and it got into the blower lines setting off the Flamex fire suppression system. Tracked it down by zone, and had to open the ducts and explore to make sure that between me with a hose and the flamex that it was all out.
So not only do I get to play machinist, welder, mechanic, and wannabe electrician, now I get firefighter in there too....
Tried it with a Nacet first couple of times, and it was really smooth. The other night I pulled out some summer storm and tried an Astra in it. Not so good. Really rough shave despite Astra blades having worked well for me in the past.
Last night I switched to a Voshkod and it was better. Not quite as smooth as a Nacet, but much better than the Astra.
I've been using the bath soap from Stirling. I've not had great luck with the shave soaps so far, but I am really liking the bath soap. The other artisan soaps I have tried work well, yet always leave me feeling filmy. Like I can't get it rinsed off, but @Joe Hackett got this one right. And I actually like the Glastonbury scent.
(And full disclaimer on the bad luck with the shave soaps: I like the base and they perform well, but the few scents I've tried either I don't like, or in the case of the one I really like, I had a reaction to something in it.)
Work was miserable today... 90ish degrees and about 80% humidity and I got to run up and down the side of the silo multiple times as well as crawl around in the blower ducts to make sure the fire was completely out...
We had a small fire in the hammer mill and it got into the blower lines setting off the Flamex fire suppression system. Tracked it down by zone, and had to open the ducts and explore to make sure that between me with a hose and the flamex that it was all out.
So not only do I get to play machinist, welder, mechanic, and wannabe electrician, now I get firefighter in there too....
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Here's what I do...
Stand by the ambulance and hand out water.
Here's what I've been told to do...
Put the wet stuff on the red stuff.
I guess you should drink some of that water too. That's all I got for you.
Stand by the ambulance and hand out water.
Here's what I've been told to do...
Put the wet stuff on the red stuff.
I guess you should drink some of that water too. That's all I got for you.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Stay Hydrated Shawn and hang in there. Winter is coming.....
You definitely are busy! And hey! That mower should give you a lot of extra time so you really need to get on those TSC Limited Edition straight razors! 
I was a firefighter back some years ago. Heck, I was an EMT, trained for S.C.B.A., and to be a nozzleman and first in the door before I even graduated highschool. So puttin the wet stuff on the red stuff wasn't my concern.
My biggest concern was the fire is in a tube. I don't know exactly where it is, how long it was burning, or how strong it was burning. The only way to look is to open a hatch on the side of the tube. If it had burned long enough and hot enough, there is a chance it burned all the oxygen out of the tube. Now when you open the hatch and introduce all that fresh oxygen to all that un-burnt smoldering fuel in the smoke, you get a backdraft.
If you are unfamiliar with those, imagine opening a dragons mouth and sticking your head in when he breaths fire. Not a fun time.
Very thankfully, there was plenty of air and only a small fire, so there were no issues at all.
I'd rather watch the movie than experience an actual backdraft. Our cops have made it a habit to open front doors looking in to make sure everybody is out...and leaving the door open. It's only a matter of time before one of them gets blown up unless we have a heart to heart with them over that dangerous practice.
Glad everything turned out alright. I'd imagine silos are ridiculously dangerous when it comes to fire.
Glad everything turned out alright. I'd imagine silos are ridiculously dangerous when it comes to fire.
Glad you're alright.
Dude! I saw that movie!
Just caught up on your journal. Congrats grandpa on getting the riding mower Dang it, I wouldn't have wanted to check that fire in the ducting. I was thinking backdraft as I was reading your post and then you talked about it. Tubes.....Fire.....think flame thrower!
Ha, I know what your are up to with all those chemicals but I'm not tellin'.
Dang it, I wouldn't have wanted to check that fire in the ducting. I was thinking backdraft as I was reading your post and then you talked about it. Tubes.....Fire.....think flame thrower!Ha, I know what your are up to with all those chemicals but I'm not tellin'.
Trying to get caught up with everything. Haven't got to comment a whole lot, but I did do a lot of reading. And it made my brain hurt....
Shave front has been pretty normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. Skip a day, shave a few, skip a couple more.... Real consistent ya know...
Work has been busy. Got to go in and work on the augers in the silo.
Now I'm working on 4 of these. The material is al-bronze, an aluminum and bronze alloy that is more wear resistant. Works out to around $600 a piece for material alone, so no pressure there.....
Shave front has been pretty normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. Skip a day, shave a few, skip a couple more.... Real consistent ya know...
Work has been busy. Got to go in and work on the augers in the silo.
Now I'm working on 4 of these. The material is al-bronze, an aluminum and bronze alloy that is more wear resistant. Works out to around $600 a piece for material alone, so no pressure there.....