Another work item...

  I've left this weekend open for smithing.  If things go as planned, I should get both Saturday and Sunday to blacksmith.  My goal for the weekend is to rebuild the assembly that from which the verge and foliot hangs.  Also, I want to make the piece the holds to bottom part of the verge and foliot (essentially an "L" piece of metal with a hole.).  This piece keeps the verge and foliot in place.

  I am also going to build a small layout table for working on the gears.  I had made a simple layout guide (thin sheet of metal on a piece of plywood) for the gears but it was too flimsy and it sat on the ground.  I use this to make sure that my gears are true circles.  I think the flimsiness of this led to some of the minor problems I had with first gear.  So the new table will be solid and stand about the same height as the anvil.  That should let me get the gears much closer to what I want.

  This is not an urgent item as I want to complete the verge and foliot assembly first.  I will have to go out and get a sheet of steel for this first.