[TheForge] handicapped blacksmiths.

[LrdThorolf at aol.com]

I  just thought of something too. Has everyone seen  Mel Gibson's  "Road 
Warrior" series movies? Remember the guy in the harness attached to   the swing 
arm  to  get him around. Why not something like that?   Make a chair for him to  
set in and have a swing arm to move him towards  the anvil. Set him high 
enough to use the same anvils as everyone else. Use  small electric motors to move 
around with a joy stick  for movement. Have  some type of harness to hold him 
in the chair and have it pivot so  that his legs are partly under him. A five 
point safety harness like the race  car drivers wear but with a padded cover 
to  protect  the pressure  points of the belts. It would still  give him the 
reach to pound on an  anvil and also  be able to move to  place steel  back in 
forge  and not have it right next to him. A simple hydraulic or electric 
cylinder would  do that. Something that by shifting his body weight would cause the 
seat to  pivot to the angle he would need. 
 
Later 
 
 
Ike
Pan's  Forge

But I love the heat. Just want it from the Forge. 4 seasons for me  now.

If a cat has thumbs then could it hold a hammer?