The Creation of a Turret Clock

Game, Set, Match...

  So today I picked up 50 pounds of tool steel.  Specifically the S-7 steel mentioned in a previous post.  I decided to try and make a set hammer.  A set hammer is a tool used to square up the inside of corners.  It is placed in a corner and struck with another hammer.  Well, I ran into a problem for about the first half hour.  I had trouble heating the steel.  At first I just throught it was because I was using a different alloy of steel and the thickness of the metal.  Then, once my stupidty had faded a bit, I realized that I had not closed the ash dump.  Most of the air was not going into the first but out of the bottom of the forge.

  I didn't allow myself enough metal when I started the hammer so I stopped about halfway through.  So, I picked out a piece of metal for a hot set (essentially a big chisel with a handle used to cut metal) and tossed it in the fire to remove any stress that might have been introduced at manufactoring.