[TheForge] Normal People... (YAK)

[Andy Vida]

Mike Linn wrote:

> "No one gets burned by a piece of red hot metal"  its the piece of steel at
> a 800 deg black heat that gets you...

	This has been a particular problem for me.  I have some sort
	of serious mental block about black heat.  If it isn't glowing
	it isn't hot.  A few years ago I was in the shop hammering
	away, set the red work on the forge, went to get a drink or
	something, returned and grabbed the piece HARD at a good 800
	degrees.  Marshall got the show for that month as I danced
	around the anvil swearing with such vulgar eloquence as to
	blush any sailor you care to name.

	The burns were just this side of third degree, which made
	them the worst in terms of pain.  What I discovered that
	day was that 8 hours of ice will work a minor miracle in
	terms of pain and healing.  Went home, packed hand in ice,
	hit the couch, nodded out for 8 hours with a couple of
	trips for more ice, and when I was back in the world, my
	hand had NO pain.  Ugly as hell, but painless.  It also
	healed a lot more quickly, or so it seemed to me at the
	time.

	Keep ice on hand.  Slack tub first, then ice for at least
	8 hours.  You won't be sorry.

	-Andy