[TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

Wed Feb 13 16:38:01 EST 2008

Surprisingly, Googling "orifice hook" turns up a lot less exotic stuff than 
"spinning needle".

;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Beard" <regionalchaos at gmail.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

>I don't think I want to google that...
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 7:47 AM,  <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> The ladies that spin call them orifice hooks.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
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>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Hirst
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:05 AM
>> To: Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing
>>
>> Also Known as a "felting needle?"  COuldn't find anything under
>> "Spinning
>> NEedle"  except tattoo sites.
>>
>> See new pic at "Sheep Stuff"  at
>>
>> http://www.photoaccess.com
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>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "dan tull" <dantull at numail.org>
>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing
>>
>>
>> > Have often been asked to do spinning needles. A small(6" long) wire w/
>>
>> > hook on the end to grab the yarn and pull thru a small hole. Looks
>> like an
>> > elongated question mark.
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
>> > To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 5:38 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing
>> >
>> >
>> >> Yes, thanks for the heads ups.  I will have my daughter with me, who
>> is
>> >> very able and not shy.  We are both performers in other lives and
>> very
>> >> audience-savvy, so it should be a good team.   I am planning on
>> having a
>> >> tub of cold bevvies for friends, family, colleagues and really good
>> >> customers. I was a firefighter/ EMT in a really former lfe, so very
>> >> safety conscious. Yes ropes around everything, ( I have some very
>> cool 1"
>> >> hemp and hand forged rods with eyes) including a buffer zone from the
>>
>> >> anvil, and a bucket of those $4.00 eye protectors for the front row.
>> >> Welding masks for the really obnoxious ones.  Fire extinguishers, big
>>
>> >> ones, mostly for the statement they make.
>> >>
>> >> By the way, anyone know of any sheep related iron stuff?  Shepherd's
>> >> crook? Sheep bells?  Branding irons?  Spinning or weaving tools?
>> There
>> >> are also chickens, goats, donkeys, Scottish Highland cattle involved.
>> No
>> >> horses yet, but that could happen too.
>> >>
>> >> ;-}
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
>> >> To: <mspencer at tallships.ca>; <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> >> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:42 PM
>> >> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> >> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer
>> >>> Children and adults are not knowledgeable or don't care.  I actually
>> >>> yelled "HOT HOT HOT HOT" with increasing volume as I watched a
>> >>> mother and 4 children walk right through my area when the forge was
>> >>> running.
>> >>
>> >> If you see someone about to get burned or otherwise hurt, physically
>> >> restrain them.  Better that a belligerent moron charge you with
>> >> assault than that they sue you for enough to keep them in new His 'n
>> >> Hers Lamborghinis for life because little Johnny got a pointy thing
>> up
>> >> his nose.
>> >>
>> >> Yes.  I was on the other side of the booth area talking with a
>> customer
>> >> and they walked between items closely spaced to keep people out.
>> >> Agreed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This is also another good reason always to have a helper, preferably
>> a
>> >> good friend who is reasonably bright.  In addition to selling stuff
>> >> while you're hammering, (s)he can be alert to potential risks to the
>> >> public that you weren't able to anticipate before the fact.
>> >>
>> >> The wife and I tag team at events.
>> >>
>> >> All the Best
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