Finally got back on the forge today. I started with trying to make a drift out of the A2 steel I had been given. Things started out okay but on about the 3rd or 4th heat, I took the steel up to a nice yellow, hit it with a hammer, and watched it crumble. Not crack, it just look like cheese that crumbled apart. Hmm... Guess its time to check the spec sheet on the A2.
So I decided to make the drift out of mild steel. The drift was because I decided to remake most of the frame other than the corner posts. I'm simply not quite happy with the current frame. I did not form the tenons or mortises very well. Not a whole lot of time wasted. Anyway, the drift is so I could make the mortises on the posts consistently the same size.
After I made the drift, I resized all of the mortises on the corner posts. I used some new files to clean up the finial on one of the posts. Coming out pretty nice... :)
A chronicle of my attempts to create an early clock using only traditional techniques.
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