: Chip,
: I'm the middle one in 3 generations or more of putterers. My son made a forge
: from a brake drum, a drain cover, and a vacuum blower. I told him to look
: for chunks of coal along the railroad tracks, like I used to when I was a
: kid.

You can still find coal along the railroad tracks?!!?

: That forge really cooks! Unfortunately he tries things like melting
: down silverware to make his girlfriend a ring. He just wants to make
: everything himself. Don't know where he gets it!

I'm a 4th generation "gizmologist". There's no apologizing for this behavior!!

Shawn