I retired 15 years ago from a stressful job. My doctor "ordered" me out of there. I spent a bunch of time on doing delayed maintenance projects on the house and barns. I had to invent some new techniques to do some of the heavy work alone, but that just added to the challenge.
I did get into blacksmithing, but my body has its limitations. No big deal, the metal can be heated again tomorrow. There is a wonderful "tool" that has come about for smithing. It is a sort of power hammer that uses a foot operated lever to pull down the spring loaded hammer. The hammer can be weighted to more than 50 lbs and is very effective. You can build the thing entirely yourself, as you have the skills. You might find it on Google under "treadle hammer". I really enjoy our bimonthly meetings, as there are incredibly talented people doing metal work. When I want to be a purist, I work over a coal fired forge. And when I just want to hammer something out, I fire up the small propane forge. I may play with horse shoes, especially while demonstrating at our local harvest show, but when our horses needed work done, I call the farrier. Today's blacksmith is unlikely to know the details of what is necessary for horses. I would bet that there is a similar club near where you live. Look out over the fence, there are some really interesting things to do out there!
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Today's Featured Article - Gettin My Old Tractor Home - by Clayton Sweeney. My name is Clayton Sweeney. I am from Southern Maryland in a small town called Lothian. I am 20 and my father and I are the proud owner of a 1954 Allis Chalmers WD-45. When I was 18, I dated a girl in the next county over. Her family are tobacco farmers. It was a cold Thanksgiving evening, and we were going up to her Grandparents house. As we passed one of their barns, I noticed something orange in the corner of my eye in this old shed. It was pretty dark and I asked what it was
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