Been pretty busy...

Greetings all,

  I have not been able to work much on the clock recently.  Between work and going to a blacksmithing convention last weekend and doing a boy scout blacksmithing demo this weekend, not much progress.  I'm hoping to get some work in this week.

Just a quick post...

Unfortunately, due to work and Halo 3 (mostly Halo 3) I have not gotten as much done as I would have liked to over the past week.  However, I am thinking of taking a few days off next week just to get some smithing time in. I have about 1/2 of the teeth cut at this point.

On a note related to that, I am expecting that I will have remake the gear.  I, in many ways, was fully expecting that before I even started.  My experience has shown that when creating a more complex part for the first time, it takes several attempts to get it right and there are a few things about this gear that may not work.

So why am I proceeding?  Quite simple, gear cutting practice.  If I screw up this gear, no problem.  It gives me a chance to really perfect my gear cutting.