[TheForge] Normal People... (YAK)

[GHS]

Two signs in shop.

EVERYTHING in here is HOT, SHARP, DANGEROUS or DIRTY.

On Power hammer

Engage brain before using.

Mike Graf

Mike Linn wrote:

> One of the facts of being a blacksmith.. you WILL get burned, its not a 
> question of if..  but when, how bad and where..
> 
> One of the 1st things I tell everyone that comes into the shop..
> 
> "Assume EVERYTHING is hot"  the anvil, the vise, the table, a piece of 
> scrap on the floor...
> 
> and #2 is
> 
> "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...
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:18 PM 9/17/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> My roommates are watching TV, some crime drama/murder mystery sort of 
>> thing,
>> and part of the big evidence against one suspect was (the murder being an
>> arson)...
>>
>> "Normal people don't get 3rd degree burns on their hands and forget 
>> how they
>> got them."
>>
>> Either they've never met a blacksmith, or ...
>>
> 
> 
>            Mike Linn
>      Artist Blacksmith
>          McCalla, AL
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> "Don't worry Chief, I can stand the torture if they can stand the 
> screaming."
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> Agent 86
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