[TheForge] Anvil Orientation (seriously)

[Justin Fellenz]

Well, after all my windy editorializing recently (sorry folks,
sometimes I just can't help myself) I thought I'd give y'all a chance.
And Dave did ask us to rant about metal....

As for the heat on the delicate bits, the leather apron I just made for
myself is a real blessing until I start doing that deluding thing, and
then, well, ouch. 

J

--- Aaron Silver <silvera at eribeth.com> wrote:

> Now you've stirred up the hornet's nest durn good!
> 
> Let me see if I can condense the last several years of wrangling on
> this 
> very subject:
> 
> >for it. Anyone know beyond preference?
> 
> NOPE!
> 
> The entire argument in the past has condensed into just that...
> Preference. 
> Whatever works for you is what's best... for YOU!
> 
> I might find that having it turned in a different direction works for
> me. 
> Someone doing production work on a particular piece that uses a
> specific 
> part of the tail might want that closer to the fire so they can work
> smarter.
> 
> I tend to work with how I learned, until I find it not working... If
> I find 
> I'm winding up with hot metal altogether too close to various
> important 
> pieces of anatomy while I'm working, then I'm probably doing it 
> inefficiently. That's about the time to step back and rethink what
> the 
> "best" way to do that job is. Otherwise I'm only begging to hurt
> myself, 
> and I like to delude myself into thinking I'm not THAT dumb!
> 
> Aaron
> 
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