[TheForge] U don't need no stinkin power hammer...?

[Larry Brown]

I have learned great tips watching smiths make something I never would have 
call for
L Brown


>In terms of demos, I often learn a lot from demos of people doing
>things I would never do myself in a million years. The basic
>techniques are cross transferable, and the tricks people invent to
>make a colonial oil lamp might be just what I need to make an art
>deco stainless steel fence.
>
>I dont discard knowledge just because they are doing something I
>wouldnt think of- in fact, thats kinda the point of a demo.
>
>So while I love big machines, I also watch hand forging demos, and
>learn from them. And repousse demos, and knifemaking, and so on, even
>though I am not planning on doing either at this point.
>
>ries