[TheForge] Working alone in shop

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Get a cell phone and wear it on your belt or other place on your body. If 
you get hurt bad you still might be able to call for help. If it's worse 
than that a helper might not make a difference :-(
L Brown


At 04:38 PM 10/30/2003 -0800, you wrote:


>I have been a smith for only a few years, and have recently moved my shop
>from my backyard into a portion of my business's shop.  I am thrilled to
>have the space, to have a roof, and most of all to have a level and flat
>floor!
>
>I've also been able to get a small power hammer and access to a great air
>supply...so all of a sudden I've been able to build the shop I've longed
>for.
>
>Here is what I am experiencing:
>
>I am very safety conscious, perhaps to excess but given my passion for hot
>molten metal and hammers  I don't really think it is excessive.   When I'm
>forging it is so hypnotic and wonderful, but I also sometimes feel afraid
>when I am working alone.
>
>Have/do any of you ever experience this?  Any thoughts?
>
>
>Mata
>
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