[TheForge] tools

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

The random piles of stuff filling every nook, cranny and horizontal space in my shop are not junk, they are raw materials!  They just haven't decided what they want to be yet.
 
Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer
Sent: Mon 7/17/2006 1:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] tools



OK Frosty:
I'll happily agree that we are misleading him in the right direction.
My theory on packrattery is that it is a heritable trait and that
one day soon they will threaten to cure us...
You can find my place by driving down the highway and watching
for you dashboard compass to point south...PF

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Oh Pete, Pete, Pete. <sigh>
>
> We're assuming he really wants to get into smithing and we're trying to
> inspire him to scrounge, wheel & deal, improvise and yes, learn to weld.
>
> In this vein we're assuming if he can't finagle somebody into welding a
> little round stock to the handles of a pair of end nippers or slip joint
> pliers he's going to be hard pressed to blacksmith in the proper spirit.
> Is there a one of us been doing this a while who's NOT an accomplished
> pack rat?
>
> Hmmmmmm?
>
> Frosty
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> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
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> From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>
>
>> Now were assuming he has a welder or can forge weld already?
>> Hey, he just made his first cold chisel out of a coil spring if he's
>> advanced while we yammer....grin....PF
>>
>> Ralph Sproul wrote:
>>
>>> Frosty, another great tool is a set of nippers/front cutters with
>>> handles
>>> welded to them for cutting off rivets.
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>
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