Record heat and drought are well established here this summer.  It was 108º when I closed the shop and came up to the house yesterday.  R...

At the end of February I wrote that the tumbler shaft had been bored so that I could rig a vacuum to collect dust.  Five months later,...

The Reunion on the great plains, The ABANA 2012 Conference, was held at the Central States Fairgrounds in Rapid City, South Dakota July 1...

I realized that it might be a good idea to provide more detail about how the holes are oriented in the shear blades.  The center to ce...

Today I tied a piece of nylon cord to a keeper pin on a power hammer with a bowline knot and it reminded me that I had tied this knot ...

On May 16, 2001 I mentioned my round stock shear made by Don Nichols. http://persimmonforge.blogspot.com/2011/05/storing-tool-steel...

I have found tong reins with bulbous terminations very appealing to use.  While I’m waiting for the heat and they are just dangling fro...