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I am hoping someone has a manual to share.

Well let's see your video, I have my wife hold the phone. If I can do it anyone can.

My presence on media is limited due to time constraints these days. Gotta work.

@@Wertak68 ok thanks anyways sorry to have bothered you sir

My access to internet is limited so I don't see these comments until late in the day. Nature of my job, but there are a ton of flintknapping folks now. So I'm sure all your questions have been addressed. Paleomanjim is who I learn from.

Email or call the Airforce facility, depending on reason.

@@Wertak68 your email is what sir?

@@michael5825 wertak86@gmail.com

It is a fun challenge and you set your own pace. I annoyed the wife for the first three months after work. Now I am easily ignored because it sounds nice. I like it because it is cheap and battery free.

@@Wertak68 - LOL, I hope I don't annoy anyone as I start out. It's not as cheap as 10 years ago, but still battery-free!

I got mine 20 years ago. Still love it. I'd suggest trying a really soft pick. It helps on those upstrokes. Diatonic chords are also easy = hold the top 2 strings with your index finger at a fret and use your ring finger (or pinky) to hold the bottom string 2 frets higher. The two outside strings are the same note, just an octave apart. So, you could switch up holding the chords & catch top string with your ring finger. I also experiment with a slide for a real folksy blues sound. Post something when you get it. :-)

@@michaelknese gave away my felt pick years ago, keeping it simple.

@@michaelknese - Thanks for the tips. My learning is not going so well. I tried holding the two strings and using my ring or pinky finger on the other string. I can't reach my finger two frets up! My fingers are so inflexible, I'm thinking I have something structurally wrong with my hand. Plus, my fingers are a bit crooked. I thought you could play a Strumstick with just one finger; that's why I bought it. Disappointed. 😞

DAD tuning

Gold mine rock is still there, 1 to 5 dollars per pound is the cost range.

​@@Wertak68thanks dude.

That is exactly correct, just pick the right diameter nail for your handle.

It requires a solid state relay with heat sink and a good thermocouple. There are plenty of youtube videos on upgrading old furnaces.

thanks my friend, I'm going to test, I think it's not that complicated with a good pid controller

I did, thumb hasn't worn out yet.

This was years ago, but I got yelled at for the loud delivered sound from even flexible pick use. So if I am going to stay on Mom's good side and forgo it.

So many gatekeepers out there telling people what they can and cannot do. Elitist snobs invading flint knapping? Too absurd to be believed.

That is a good question, when you say square slab do you mean right angle edge or actual square slab found in some stain glass window projects?

Unfortunately it was either a gift or purchased. Gem and mineral shows for the exotic material.

@@Wertak68 oh ok thanks. I am from Belize but on an island. One day will make it to mainland and get me some. Thanks again

If you have access to geological survey reports of Belize you might locate outcrops. Chert can also be associated with limestone as well.

@@Wertak68 cool thanks so much.

Gave it to my sister-in-law in remembrance of her father. As dark as death can be if you look deeper the bright colors of our fondest memories emerge.

This will get you half of my family recognizes the Flintstones theme music. Younger generation has no notion of what I am playing.

It was really I have nothing to lose, but thanks.

I live in Colorado now so it is mostly the Gold Mine Rock shop.

I think we can do that trade. During Winter things slow down but I always have some finished pieces gathering dust. My time in Missouri was visiting Columbia. The MURR is a research reactor and a science gem for the state.

Well if you have any manuals, I know a guy that would appreciate more info.

I just got one, do you have any manuals that I can look at??

I do, I got a chromatic version and sounded out Last Christmas for my wife. Her favorite! It is still fun.

Thanks, I am definitely not a performer but attempting to instruct others. Just got a chromatic version and it really opens up more tunes, just figured out Last Christmas the George Michaels song. Might do a video when time allows. Need to work out a tab format for it.

Ferrite is more of a common for yes iron (lll) oxide mixed with various metals. It is technically a ceramic. You might be thinking of ferric and ferrous, two oxidations of iron.

Many thanx I'll look in to it

Exellent video

Hehe there’s no such thing as cheating in flint knapping. Unless you’re using methods like this and claiming you went all abo. They are humans, making blades with the tools available to them, just like everyone else who has ever knapped. If I was interested in pretty flake patterns I’d use whatever worked best. I don’t even really like the idea of slabs but you can’t deny the efficiency. I’ve got a quartz slab right now which is why I find myself here. But it’s still not ‘cheating’ it just won’t feel nearly as satisfying as it would to start from a spall

This was years ago, if you are thinking I mean the obsidian I am not. The grey chert was a band in the road cuts. It almost looked blue but close up grey.

I live not far from highway 6. Do yo recall whereabouts the road cut was that contained that chert?@@Wertak68

@@TheModernDayMountainMan it was so long ago, I remember seeing what looked like a light blue band and pulled over and collected some material. I find in general if you go to the top of hills that is where the larger flint and chert can be found. Erosion exposes it but it is before a river tumbles it to smaller pieces.

Wertak68 right on, thanks.

Gary Morgan I’m in Provo, let’s go on an adventure and find some.

I just move to Missouri on New Year's Day. I live about a mile and a half from Rockbridge Park. I'm new at Flint knapping. But going out to see if I can find some chert today

Rainbow is the best but it is the colors in it that determine rarity. Iridescent green is common but blue not often found.

Thanks it was collected by an old couple that have since passed. It is almost magical in the sun.

Ferrite cores are found on old monitor to computer cables. The plates however are out of most folks price range.

It is usually called Kilgore obsidian

If it is really round like a baseball, it can be incredibly difficult. A glancing blow can create a flat enough surface for a good percussion hit. Bigger is better in this case, a larger obsidian chunk is inherently more forgiving.

@@Wertak68 Ok awesome, thank you for the advice! Sounds like I might need to go find some more to play around with.

As the kids say, you do you. There is no hurry, just take a little time when you can. I have a few really good tunes, impresses the extended family. It's really just for me, no batteries required entertainment.

Unfortunately we simply replaced parts with new many years ago. I never found any legacy documents or repair manuals, sorry.

Ok, understood, then we will have to improvise, and in some way relive this little one. Thanks for the input, Bye.

hi, Did you manage to find more information on how to update this furnace?

@@alexibanezh unfortunately I have not. The best option if you want an operational oven would be new parts. Any broken furnace with intact heating coils can be easily updated relatively cheaply.

@@Wertak68 i have a similar model runs a low med high , do you know how to connect the 3 wires to the digital controller ?