The Creation of a Turret Clock

Forge time!

  Allright, its been a while with the holidays but here is a quick update.  I went to my parents(Hicksville, Ohio) for Thanksgiving, gained more than my share of holiday weight and was very anxious to get home and back to the forge.

  On the way home, I stopped in Louisville, Kentucky to get some coal.  The company didn't have an easy way to measure the coal other than dump it in the truck and weigh the truck.  I had wanted somewhere between 800-1000#.  I ended up with 1150# of coal.  After filling the truck, it looked like it could handle it and the suspension wasn't bottoming out.  I was pleasantly surprised that the truck had no real acceleration or braking problems related to the excessive load.  Also glad that I put a transmission cooler on the truck.  Now, just have to figure out where to put all that coal...

  I want to do some forge work today but still very tired from trip to Ohio.  I will probably get at least a little work in today.  Need to lose the Thanksgiving weight...  :)