Old Fools Journal: New Project or Burning Steel

Look what I found for an American dollar from the egg man. I know it doesn't look like much but to me it is a new forge. I do miss my old forge I abandoned in Mexico. I miss being able to heat steel to red hot and hammering it into the shapes I want. That is going to change.

This is a brake rotor off some kind of fire breathing belch fire 8 pickup truck. With the addition of some fire clay and a few assorted parts it will become a forge. But that will be easy compared to finding hard coal (Anthracite) locally. I love playing blacksmith.

More to come on this as soon as I get some more parts. One can't rush these things.

I love my side loader. Why haven't I done this before. After I hauled this home I added a sidebag above the loader. It use to be an over priced Calvin Klein duffel of some kind. I found it at the thrift store.
Never mind worrying about the zip ties. These are probably plenty good enough but I'm fresh out of industrial grade ties. I could use wire or even marlin twine both of which I have but I'm going for easy here at least until I find out what works. I thought Calvin Klein did underwear. Oh well this is my first Calvin Klein so what do I know.
I like it that the bottom of the bag is supported. I was going to trim the bars on the side loader but maybe not.

I'm really thinking about doing a similar job on the other side but I'll never find another Calvin Klein bag. Maybe a folding box or a sling bag of some kind.

Well boys and girls I've had a long fun day in the sand box. Besides the bike shop I sorted and corrected about 100 fifty year old photos today. There are some good stories in those photos, all of which I took, and I'm dieing to tell them.

Right now I'm full of fried catfish and potatoes so I think I'll relax with a glass of wine and other drugs before bed.
Life is good.