[TheForge] hammer of the gods

[Justin Fellenz]

Gee, my lathe is 80 years old and my drill press is a hundred or so.
And my beard barely makes 3/4 of an inch. Guess me and my shop are just
a coupla youngsters.

And I only hafta walk uphill *one* way to get to the forge. 

J

--- "Michael H. Murphy" <blacksmith at comcast.net> wrote:

> Fiddlin' Red Simpson up in Washington state has the same idea. 
> Nothing is
> his shop is later than about 1840.  I haven't been there for years,
> but I
> don't think he even used electric lights.  That may be pushing it a
> bit, but
> he sure did some fine work.  Played good fiddle, too.
> 
> Murf
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> > bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Vida
> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:14 PM
> > To: Sponsored by ABANA
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] hammer of the gods
> > 
> > That's what I love about Tom.  He's a 16th century man living and
> > working in the 21st.  For a skinny guy, he can swing a 5# hammer
> for
> > hours.
> > 
> > Justin Fellenz wrote:
> > > Wow.
> > >
> > > --- Schade <schade at acegroup.cc> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>If you want to see an example of what you can do with almost no
> tools
> > >>
> > >>but a lot of talent check out Tom Latane's page here. Most hobby
> > >>"blacksmiths" have a better equipped shop but few approach what
> Tom
> > >>does with so little.
> > 
> > 	Hear hear.
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