[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

Tue Dec 9 01:46:00 2003

Ries,
That is easy. The Vets took time out from what they do to serve their
country in the military and then got into politics. The ones with a law
degree just moved from one position of power to another that they figured
has more power without ever serving anything other than themselves.

Hope to meet you some day as we both live in Western Washington. We will
probably get along fine as long as we stick to blacksmithing.

Blacksmithing!! I have some band saw blade that is about 1 1/4" wide and
about .050" thick. It is brittle enough that it snaps off right at the vise
if you try to bend it and a file don't touch it. I heated it just enough to
turn it dark blue and then cut it to shape. Doing mostly stock removal I
made it look like I wanted and then took it to the forge to temper. Big time
warping. Not only did it warp down the length, it warped back to edge. Drew
the temper to a light straw in the oven letting it soak for an hour. Took it
back to the anvil and got it straight lengthways but it still has a dish
back to edge.

I think I will start over and try just drawing the temper to straw and
working from there. My objective is a fillet knife that is nice and
flexible.

Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ries Niemi" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

>
> My point about old George the first (Washington that is) is that it is
> a curious coincidence that our rulers always end up being rich guys. I
> am not in any way impugning George Washingtons patriotism or moral
> fiber- but he had the $5000 to give to the troops. The guys who didnt,
> somehow, never ended up President.
>
> And as far as the breakdown of congressmen goes- its interesting that
> all of the veterans in there dont count as "military guys" but somebody
> who has a law degree, but doesnt work as a lawyer is counted as a
> "lawyer".
>
> Being a lawyer is not enough to get you elected to congress. You have
> to be a rich lawyer.
>
> ries
>
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