[TheForge] Big Jig Saw Puzzle

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Bob;
I save that stuff till i'm creatively stuck..then i get a bit soused and 
start laying it out, sometimes on piles of sand, into patterns, 
assemblages etc. When i get one i like, i zap it together and call it 
art. Sometimes they even sell.
When i get the creative flow going, i'm ready to solve my first design 
problem...sometimes..grin..pete

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> Peter,
> I do a pretty carefull layout so all the pieces that are left are either 
> long thin strips or small triangles.  I used to save the larger pieces but 
> never found a use for them.  Now I cut the larger scraps into standard parts 
> that I use regularly, the rest go in the recycle bin.  I've started saving 
> all my scrap, it's amazing how fast it adds up. At .05/lb it doesn't bring 
> in much money but it's better than just throwing it away.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Big Jig Saw Puzzle
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> 
> Bob, i tend to regard such stuff as possible pieces of the next
> composition.
> You've already subtracted the parts of the last one.
> 
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>> I spent most of the day cutting small parts out of sheet metal with a
>> Beverly shear. As sometimes happens when doing something so boring, my 
>> mind
>> started to wander. The thought came to me that the scraps that were left
>> over were like a big jig saw puzzle with holes where the parts were taken
>> out. Then I started to wonder if it would be possible to actually put it
>> back together. On the different crime shows they show them reconstructing
>> all kinds of stuff from broken windows to the chaff out of a paper 
>> shredder.
>> I know that these shows are largly fantacy, not that it couldn't be done,
>> but it would take so much manpower that they wouldn't bother.
>>
>> So what do you guys think? Could the scraps from a Beverly shear be
>> reconstructed? Or would there be so much distortion that by the time you
>> flattened the pieces out they would no longer fit back together?
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
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