So in my effort to get back to serious work on the clock, I worked on cleaning up the blacksmithing area of my garage. This involved a lot of heavy lifting, cleaning and painting. By far the worst area was my scrap heap.
By the nature of the work, all blacksmiths develop some sort of scrap area. This is where the foot or two of left over metal or a failed piece get tossed. Well I have not cleaned that area in about 6 years and it was a shambles.
I am guessing that the amount of metal was at least 750 pounds. After sorting it, I am guessing about 250 pounds of it is going to the scrap yard to be sold while the remaining amount has been sorted and stacked a little more neatly. I also put a lot of old stuff out for the garbage man. Bigger pieces of trash are in the back of the truck for a trip to the dump. I will also be taking some excess blacksmithing supplies to the annual Florida Blacksmithing. conference to auction it off. The money goes back into the organization. This will include 2 anvils and a post vise.
While everything was out, I took the opportunity to clean and paint the walls. I went for a pure white which has really brightened up the garage. Next time I will add some lights.
I still have many weekends to go to get the garage back in shape but its getting there.
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Did I hear "anvil" and "post vise"???
I finally have a forge again... http://jinxmedic101.xanga.com/727339600/i-have-a-forge/
@jinxmedic101 - Yeah, I'm getting rid of an old Russian anvil (bought at Harbor Freight) and a small post vise. Its about a third of the size of my good one. Oh, and gratz on the forge! Now get to work.
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