[TheForge] Johnson Forge-Anvil-tongs for $65? YAK

[Andy Vida]

Roger R Degner wrote:
> 
> I have seen a few use a Johnson furnace.
> They used to be in every high school here in Minnesota, USA but now it
> is hard to find a school with any type shop class.

	I know this is largely true throughout the midwest.  In fact
	this is where the "let's gut what precious little real education
	we have left" movement began, and then spread like wildfire to
	places like NY.  This was the educational horror of the 70s
	and 80s.  I think for the most part it was well intended, but
	the effects have been terrible, IMO.

	When I enrolled Seshat at Mountain View here in Vancouver, I
	stopped by the shops to see what horrors lay within.  To my
	utter surprise I found several very well equipped facilities
	for metals, wood, plastics, etc.  Apparently not every school
	board in the US has gone insane.  The shops here are in very
	good shape, physically, financially, and in terms of attendance.
	I was really pleased to find this out.