Sunday, April 4, 2010

Maybe I should start my own railroad

In preperation to getting back to smithing on a more regular basis, I noticed that my stock of steel was getting low.  I keep a pile of it my back yard.  What I had was pretty jumbled mess as well.  So I decided that before I got back to work on the clock, I really needed to restock.

I visited the steel yard about a week ago and picked up a large amount of steel.  This sat in front of the garage until yesterday when I decided I wanted to do a full inventory and reorganization of the steel.  This involved moving the old steel pile to a new location as well as hauling the new stuff to the pile.  I also did a full inventory of the steel as well as marked it with paint so it would be easier to look at the pile and get what I need.

The grand total was over 1400 feet...  In other words, about 1/4 mile of steel.  :)  A full steel pile makes me happy.  It will also let me finish a camping gear project in addition to working on the clock.