Sujet : Re: Stock Storage
De : muratlanne (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Jim Wilkins)
Groupes : rec.crafts.metalworkingDate : 11. Jun 2025, 00:43:47
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
news:1029tpe$1dr7m$1@dont-email.me...On 6/9/2025 10:00 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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I decided to throw money at the problem. Behind my shop is a 20x60
concrete slab. On the edge of the slab was is where I placed the 40'
high cube container leaving 12 feet between the container and the
building.
My future plan has been to place two 20ft continers that are current at
my parents house on the far end of the slab facing outwards (doors will
open over dirt), and one I already have (currently out front) against
the building parallel to the 40 footer. This leaves a 4 foot passage
(nominally) between the 40 foot containers and the other containers and
a 12 x 24 open area protected from casual view.
Its always been my plan to put a 12 x 20 shade structure for outdoor
work in that 12 x 24 space for blacksmithing, foundry work, etc. The
little bit of blacksmithing I do now is typically done just inside the
south door of the shop with the overhead door standing open. I set my
little blacksmith furnace on the welding table. The light is not ideal.
It makes it hard to see the color of the metal with the direct
sunlight coming in the door.
I had planned to add the shade structure after the containers were in
place, but I can add it first. I just need to be extra careful when
placing the parallel container so I do not damage the shade. After the
containers are in place I can move any racking I buy or build inside one
of the containers.
I threw money at it and ordered the shade this morning.
-- Bob La LondeCNC Molds N Stuff----------------------------You are better off than I am. I can write about only what I've done or seen.My property is almost all sloping oak forest, nowhere but the front lawn is safe for a forge fire's sparks unless it's raining or snowing. I finally have the anvil, tongs, hammers, forge bowl and brake drum/rotor firepots, cranked and electric blowers, leg vise and plenty of charcoal from the wood stove and only need a place to set them up. Maybe the bowl (water heater tank end bell) could straddle the wood stove with its top plate removed, if I make an effective hood. The Champion blower catalog has examples. The blacksmith shop where I took lessons now charges $375 for 6 evenings. The nearby Maker Space hasn't set up an indoor place for their forge yet.
https://eadn-wc03-4736907.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/pdfcatalogs/Champion_Blower_Forge.pdfWeygers' The Complete Modern Blacksmith is great for forging tools instead of artwork, but socket handle chisels etc are so easy to acquire from flea markets to not be worth the trouble. I finished getting my Al2O3, SiC and diamond grinders in order and with them and the surface grinder can easily restore a chipped wood chisel edge like new.
Then there's the matter of what besides art and fake antiques can be forged more easily than welded and machined, or bought used. After taking the smithing class I concluded not much.
https://starkvillecivilwararsenal.com/the-traveling-forge/