French Creek Valley Site Map
Last Revised: December 20, 2012
Return to our home page
Contact Us
Blacksmithing,Treadle Hammers, Trip Hammers, Anvils and more
Pete's Blacksmithing How-To Articles
How to Get Started in Blacksmithing
Annealing Steel in My Ash Bucket, an experiment with data for you
Fire Making with Flint and Steel
Firestriker Shapes
Fire Striker Materials
Heat Treating in a Coal or Gas Forge, One Approach
Hit it Red (Excellent hammer control exercise)
Hole Tapping, Where to Begin
Hole Tapping Tips
Hot Rolled vs. Cold Rolled Steel
Journeyman Blacksmith Skill Set
Calibrating Your Own Blacksmithing Skill Level
Leg Vise Smashed Finger for the Last Time
Passivating Stainless Steel, Some Ways to Do It
Product Review, Propane Powered Leg Vise
Coal Forge Vs Gas Forge?
Drilling & Tapping Guide Block
Measuring Areas With a Pocket Knife
Starting the Coal Forge w/One Sheet of Newspaper
A Self Centering Scriber for stock up to about 2" wide
How much does that piece of steel Weigh?
3 Legged Saw Horses and Winding Sticks
Anvils Made from Sections of Railroad Rail
Badger Blacksmiths
Drilling Bigger Holes by hand without harming yourself
Making Coal Shovel Blades w/the Roger Lorance Swage Block
Making a Pierced Tin Lantern with Sturbridge Village Plans
Pierced Tin Lantern History
Miner's Lamp Project
A Portable Workstation to take with you
Making Tiny Tomahawks
Nailmaking, "Square" Nails
Electrolytic Derusting
Baking Soda or Washing Soda as an Electrolytic Derusting Electrolyte?
Archimedes Scroll Design Program
Video: How Roger Degner makes a Hollow Anvil and Hollow Swage Block
Anvils
Click here for info on preparing an anvil for me to grind
Harbor Freight 110# cast steel anvil
Gas Forge, Make Your Own, Hans Peot Style; Learn About Propane Here
Gas Forge Plans for the "Original", Page two, Construction Notes
Update Notes by Pete, from a Hans Peot update at the ABANA 2000 Conference at Flagstaff
Hans' Updated Construction Notes for the above Alternate items
Click Here for Some Gas Forge DESIGN Considerations
About OPD Valves
Methods of Refueling Propane Cylinders
16th Century Gothic-Design Steel Chest Project
Using Nails as Rivets
Poor Man's Hydraulic Press
Blacksmith Crossword Puzzles for You to Solve
Basic Blacksmithing Crossword Puzzle
Forging and ABANA Trivia Crossword Puzzle
Iron Alloy Crossword Puzzle
Little Giant Triphammer Facts Crossword Puzzle
My Shop (Really Our Shops)
My Metalworking Shop
A Poor Man's Hydraulic Press
16th/17th century Padlock Project
Postvises
Powerhammers
Pete's Modified "Scraping" process for reshaping worn Die Cavities
Click Here to find out how to differentiate the styles of Litttle Giant/Mayer Brothers Hammers from one another
Click HERE to see my Easy Hammer (Before and After) and to find out how I went about rebuilding it
What Kind of Foundation do I Need for my 25# or 50# Powerhammer?
What's this old trip hammer worth?
How do you replace Clutch Facings on the Old Style Little Giant 50# Hammer?
Sid's new Little Giant Website
New DVD on Rebuilding Power Hammers
Treadle Hammers
Some Other Swing Arm Treadle Hammers to Look at
Upper tool holder info
Basic Tools Made in Guild workshops
Ironwork and Blacksmithing Galleries
Iron Work on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, Page 1
Iron Work on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, Page 2
Iron Work at the Avalon Grand, Cancun Mexico
European Tooling Gallery 1
A few Miscellaneous Pictures
Circular Sock Knitting Machines
Computing At Our House
About my new Netbook Computer
Client Side Image Map Test using our South 40
How to get a ZT Computer into Safe Mode
Cub Cadet Page
-The Engine-to-Deck belt keeps coming off
-What to look for in a used Cub Cadet (narrow frame)
-My Drive-on Grease Rack makes servicing easy
-Loose Steering Because of worn out Knuckle and Arm, how to fix
-Engine starts and runs, but lacks power until warmed up for 10 minutes
-The "Unofficial" Cub Cadet site
-The rear Drive Shaft drive pins are hard to replace- add a little hole
-Trackster.com, another off-road vehicle
Fractions, the WHOLE process on one page!!!
Forestry
Sawn Lumber, Summer, 2009
Maple Syrup
Black Walnuts
French Creek Valley Activities
Controlled Burn of Part of our Prairie, May 4, 2009
Beaver Pond and Dead Trees, 2011
Hay Barn Collapse and restoration
Gas Producer and Woodgas Page
Gas Producer Experiments
JXQ-10 Emails, from users
10 Minute Video Taken Saturday, 6/18/2011 Gasifier fueling Onan generator
Woodgas to Electricilty Update (Added 6/19/2011)
Woodgas to Electricilty Update (Added 11/10/2010)
Wood Shredding Progress and Generator Integration To Date (Added 8/3/2009)
Questions and Answers from First Test Results (Added 8/3/2009)
My Questons & Answers Page
My Updates Page
First Test of the System, April 20, 2009
Getting Started Page
1939 British Gasifier Report
Home Energy
How to Know When to Change a Furnace Filter
Does a Setback Thermostat Save Money?
How to Succeed at Work or: Lay-off, How to Avoid
Machine Knitting
My Machine Shop
How to Use a Metalworking Chop Saw
How to Remove Seized Bolts and Nuts
1940's Motor Carts
Maple Syrup
METRICS
Maple Syrup FAQ
Click Here for Ordering Information
My Shop (Really Our Shops)
My Metalworking Shop
Storing My Stock
Electric Stairs, Details of the Hinges
Onan Gensets, Reviving two NH Models and one 30EK
NH/BG Control Board Upgrade Info
Starter Solenoid Choices
Reasoninng, Problem Solving & Decision Making for anyone
Reasoning, Problem Solving, Decision Making and Selling Your Ideas
Learning and Teaching Problem Solving Techniques
The Art of Invention
Rabbits
Search Engine Optimization
Solar Energy
Solitaire, How I Plan to Win
Click here for an explanation of how the rules work
Click here for THE RULES
Spinning Yarn
Tom & Catherine Latane Home Page
Upcoming Classes and Shows
For Sale
Gallery of Latane Work
Visit Our Shop in Pepin Wisconsin
Vacation Page, Tips for Surviving a Mexican Vacation and More
Isla Mujeres Ironwork Pictures
IslaMujeres & The Avalon Reef Club
Making Marquesitas
Making Pizzas in a Stone Oven
Vehicle Maintenance
Battery Maintenance
About Oil Change Intervals
Videography (on an Amateur Basis)
Whatzits, new as of September 23, 2011
ViseLathe
HammerIndexer