[TheForge] Re: Working alone in shop

[Bruce Freeman]

I have to agree strongly with the following statement.  I've known
people who are jinxes in the shop.  You're doing something, and suddenly
aware that they're "helping" in some way that's going to get you or them
killed or maimed!  Total lack of common sense combined with the desire
to be helpful!!!  I have had to tell such people in no uncertain terms
to stand back and NOT to help unless I specifically asked and instructed
them!
 
Then there's the case of the fellow who whacked a 12" high-speed
grinding wheel with an iron bar, and walked away.  The next guy to try
to use the grinder DIED when the wheel exploded when it came up to
speed.
 
I also believe you have to be perceptive of your own mental state. 
Ever notice how sometimes you can't do math, or spell, or write with a
legible hand?  Or how sometimes you can puzzle over a problem while
other times you can think of a solution quickly?  I think our brains
don't always function on an even keel.  Different abilities turn on and
off from time to time.  Being tired turns a lot of your brain off,
including good judgement and common sense.  So making an effort to
decide whether you are capable of doing a job NOW can be very
important.
 
Bruce 
NJ

>>> mspencer@tallships.ca 10/30/2003 11:49:39 PM >>>


> 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?

I worry more about injury when I'm in a shop with other people.  I
seem to be able to focus on what I'm doing and at the same time think
ahead a bit to what comes next as I'm doing what comes now.  But
there's no way you can do that for the other guy.  And you can't watch
the other guy(s) all the time.
 
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