Just a quick update.

In order to get this clock moving again, I am going to try and make sure I put in at least a few hours each weekend.  For this weekend, it wasn't so much clock work as it was some work on the bellow.  I spent a few hours building a set of bellows.  At this point, the portable frame for the bellows is almost done and I will be starting on the paddles for the bellows soon.

Hopefully I can get this thing out of the stall its been in for the past two years and get it moving.

Full weekend of blacksmithing.

  This weekend marked my first significant forge time in several months.  I was doing a demo at the Florida State Fair.  I ended up making a pair of medieval stirrups, working some on a horse bridle and a bunch of small stuff to show off as demo pieces.

  Anyway, I was very sore when it was all said and done but I think it was a good thing.  For the first time in a long time, I really want to get back to the forge.  I'm going to try to set aside almost every Saturday for working on the forge.

Trying to get back into the swing of things...

  Things have still been busy but I am forcing myself to get back into things.  So today I decided to tackle a project I have been thinking about for some time.  I am going to make a set of bellows.

  The bellows I am making are fairly large (about 3 foot wide, 5 foot long) and heavy but they should look real nice.  The bellows are double lung which eliminates the huff and puff of a single lung bellows.  Although not common in the middle ages, they were common starting in the late 16th/early 17th century.  I can't really do true medieval bellows as I don't have any small children that I can press into service to pump the belows.

  So I picked up the wood today and after doing some much need cleaning in the shop, I started work on the bellows.  Pretty much I just got a good start on the stand before it got to be too dark.

  Anyway, this weekend I am doing 2 days worth of demos at the Florida State Fair.  That should get me back into the swing of things.