Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Just a quick update,

  I have definitely put the blacksmithing on hold.  I threw out the bad coal Monday.  I could have struggled to work with it, but I'm at the point that unless its an emergency I have no desire to work in those conditions.  I am putting things on hold until early December.  That is when I will be returning with about 1000+ pounds of coal.  I am going to get the coal dumped into the bed of the truck.  That will actually cut the cost in half.  I should be able to get the coal for around $70-80.  To have it bagged would push it close to $200.  So, I am going to be looking for somewhere to store it.
  What I am going to do is make and elevated flower bed alongside a bare part of the house.  I am thinking that about 8' x 3' x 2' deep should be enough to store the coal.  If I am guessing correct, the 1000# should be enough to last one full year.  That would be good because I can just make it an annual thing to pick up the coal.
  To look on the bright side of things, this will give me a chance to take care of some things in the garage.  I already resurfaced my table saw.  The problem with Florida is that tools rust rapidly.  I also want to make a tool stand for the blacksmithing.  Right now, my tools are scattered around and in buckets.  I also want to make a pouch for carrying files.  The pouch would be designed to prevent files from contacting each other(don't want files to file each other down.)  Anyway, that is the plan.

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