[TheForge] Welding a whole lotta cast iron

Fri Jul 4 00:19:03 2003

Hrmphh, I own the buisness pay the insurance have a lawyer on retainer, and
charge lots of money because of the first three items.....

Ya know though the last time I checked every thing a backyard smith makes is
a liability.  Some of it is sharp, some of it is electrical, some of it
holds candles, most of it some poor idiot could trip on crack in the
sidewalk from 5 feet away while gawking at it.  Railings could fall apart
and someone could fall off or down a set of stairs or balcony.  A
cheerleader from a basket toss could be impaled on your nice decorative
steel picket fence.  LIABILITY....... Cripes....  Just fix it and forget
about it.  The truth is it has NOTHING to do with liability, its all about
FRAUD, someone intent to get money will sue for anything PERIOD.

I say anyone with good info on how to do it should speak up.....  My answer
would be, heat it in my GIANT heat treating furnace, weld it, and normalize
it......  So anything to can do to come close to that process have at it.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding a whole lotta cast iron

> hello;
>
> someone or a company, which has the appropriate liability
> coverage and has agreed to accept the risks associated with
> their products, services, etc. someone or a company, where
> the lawyers have more levergage in decision making than the
> those performing the work. someone or a company, which receives
> payment in some form for their products, services, etc.
>
> someone or a company, which first considers what are the risks
> of providing the service, before considering what the benefits
> are from providing the service.
>
> someone or a company, who/which has a clear understand of items
> to remember.
>
> 0. no good deed shall be allowed to go unpunished.
> 1. just because you can do something does not
>    necessarily mean that you should do it.
> 2. there is always a lawyer willing to take a case
>    no matter how ridiculous it is.
> 3. nearly anything is possible just takes time and
>    money. something most people do not want to spend.
>
> finally, a person, who is recognized by a court as being able
> to provide "expert" testimony in the course of a trial.
> normally, an engineer is required to have passed the professional
> engineering exam in their field and obtained the appropriate
> state licenses.
>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Paul Hewitt wrote:
>
> paul>
> paul> DEFINE PROFESSIONAL?
> paul>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>
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