[TheForge] candleholder

[Jack Elliott]

The good hitting came in tapering a 6" spike out to about 14". I was  
tired by the time I got to what you see in the video.
Feel free to steal the design. I stole it from the guy I mentioned in  
the description.
That holder is a doubled up foundry glove and on long enough pieces I  
do often wear it in place of using tongs (for short periods) I was  
using it there to mainly keep the spike from jumping out of place on  
me as I couldn't find a good way/place to set it and get the hit  
angle I wanted.
I know what you mean though. I got stupid on the job once while  
trying to cut a circular hole into the side of a 22" pipe with an  
angle grinder. There was one small triangle of metal that I tried to  
wiggle loose by hand and wound up burning through my work glove and  
most of the pad on my thumb before my brain even realized I was  
getting burned.
I like to think I'm more caution these days.
As for my daughter, at 5 she's mastered some words I won't even use!  
I think she got them from her mother...

On Feb 3, 2009, at 2:58 PM, ljudes at verizon.net wrote:

> Nice design.  I will imitate it, if you don't mind.
>
> From the video only, it appeared you were carresing that steel, not  
> hitting it.  I, too, like the sound of the hammer.  So pretend your  
> 6-year-old daughter is in the shop listening to what you say.  That  
> should help.
>
> Your hand is going to slip off that holder someday and you're going  
> to wish you wore a glove or used tongs.  But, then, it's your hand.
>
>
> Feb 3, 2009 08:39:07 PM, theforge at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> yeah, but there may have been those that didn't want to hear some of
> the words I said on that video. ;-)
>
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