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Thanks Ken! Yeah the HOA is a major pain. Seems I spend more time working around it then doing what I want. Maybe some day!? I truly hope they don't encroach on your ability to shoot in your backyard! It's a lot harder to lose a freedom than to never have it. Agreed on the CO detectors...

Good point Steve, yet another something I have overlooked! I'll get them on order.... Thank you!

I'd kill for a place where I could shoot in my back yard!

Thanks Guys! Bruce I can't even change the spark plugs in the driveway, let alone forge! Thanks, and I agree Ken, the less they know the better off I am! I didn't get a bunch done today. Some of the framework for the exhaust hood, still a ways to go. Three more front pieces, pull it all out...

Even with the door open and multiple fans running as well as a squirrel cage exhaust fan the (8 ft) ceiling heat is too much for my comfort level. I just have too much electrical on the ceiling. Yes I will be venting the built up heat in the hood to the outside, hence the new motor and...

Ok, I got the little Atlas forge and it is a really nice well made forge. I tested it out and found that I'm still getting temperatures near the ceiling of 200 F. And I'm a bit concerned by that. So after a lot of thought I've decided to build an integral hood in my forge. Below you can see...

So I ran the test. summary ( I was trying to match your previously posted schedule.) @ 16 min 1050° F @ 26 min 1330° F @ 38 min 1500° F @ 1 hr 4 min 1835° F @ 1 hr 21 min 1975° F I had changed the hold time from 2 mins to 10 minutes late in the firing schedule just watch the temps for a...

I suppose last resort you could always buy some SS rod and make a jig and bend exactly what you need. Welding SS is not tricky. YMMV

I'll try to check it out tomorrow!

My Evenheat is the 220 volt 24" model, and it's been a bit since I used it but I don't remember it taking more than 40 minutes or so to get to 1500° F. I could test that if you like or even up to 1975° F if needed.

Pressure treated 4" x 4"s held together with 12 1/2" all thread bolts. The anvil is held down with 2 long eye bolt with the top center all thread going through them. Pretty solid.

Sounds like you are pretty much getting the hang of the MIG! I knew you would. They are great little welders, so much easier to learn than stick. I put down my old buzz box about 30 years ago and never looked back.

You and yours have all the prayers I can offer!

Here's a picture to share. You've seen the bowed lights before but if I backed up a bit you can see that heavy blue cable (220 volt which powers my hydraulic press) it and the 110 v light plug off to the left, both of those cables were surprisingly soft and melty feeling when I checked them...

Ha ha, pretty sure that was why I was never the favorite child, couldn't stand owing anybody anything! $80,000 in unsecured debt and his credit rating was probably crap! At this stage in the game I could do a lot of damage!

Well he didn't go into great detail, but he said it could be very difficult to make the venturi work with the Graham though he said it could be done. Sounds like you take your chances. Again please don't be sorry, it was great fun and I think I learned a lot, and learning is not necessarily...

Yeah, she's actually a good kid and a only child, another whole story behind that but I told her a long time ago that when I'm dead and gone if she finds more than $20 in my pockets then I just failed to plan properly! ;) Reminds me of my father when he was getting close. I was never the...

No, no Ken please don't apologize, I had a lot of fun and think I learned a bit, I'm not one to cry in my beer for more than a night or so! {g} And I think we probably did build a great forge and was very close to completion, maybe just too much for my indoor shop. If the new forge lets me...

Thanks Killgore! I realize it's not ideal! I'll make do until I can do something better. I've actually been halfheartedly looking at some different properties much to my daughter's concern. I think she's more worried about me pissing away her inheritance! Though truly I hate the thought of...

Ok, took me a couple of days but I've decided on how I'm moving forward. I talked to my neighbor the fireman a couple of doors down and he pretty much thinks I'm nuts with this forge. I think I'm lucky I didn't burn the house down. So I looked around and decided to go back to a venturi forge...