[TheForge] Cal Lane

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Lucky7Steel wrote:
> Am i wrong in thinking that torch cutting could warp the hell out of
> her work and it must be primarily plasma cutting? i often wonder how
> she has such a steady hand and doesn't cut through the odd little
> line.
On thicker material and on curved surfaces, the warpage would show less.
I imagine she has to go back and deal with clean up anyway so she could 
pop the low spots back up. Moving at the right speed lessens the 
distortion a lot.
You can see from the line that she must have a rock steady hand.
When i do intricate cutting, i set up with elbow and forearm rests, 
triangulate my grip with both hands, elbows spread, preferably seated, 
and generally cut in arcs pivoting my wrists.
> On another note i'm still not over the
> "most_beautiful_smith_in_the_world" business even though it's been a
> few days. Depressing to me that this was how she was described.
Guess the writer fell in love with her..you know those english majors.
> Although i've decided to add physical descriptions of all the men's
> work i think are hot from now on. ;-)
LOL!! Only fair..er, thats not quite right.
> Today i had to replace my acetylene regulator from my oxy/acet kit
> (which was over 9 years at least) and as i was leaving the shop, the
> guy felt the need to tell me how to adjust the working pressure on my
> tank! At first i thought he was trying to tell me something WAY more
> complicated because how on earth would he think i didn't know that
> when i just spoke at length about my regulator and had been in there
> tons of times. I've been doing metalwork for 20 years and almost every
> time i go to pick up supplies this happens.
Grunt...I have a beard and had longish hair, and heard the same sort of 
shit in years gone by. Some folks just don't figure it out. Asking them 
a technical question they probably can't answer, sometimes helps.
Showing them some of your work sometimes shuts them up.
So, just to say, adding
> gendered descriptions to someone just because they are female does no
> one any good in the long run. Cal is very talented. If she wasn't
> 'attractive" would that make a difference?
Unfortunately, it probably would...even today.
That's not how it ought to be, we agree.
> 
> ~Karen~
> www.lucky7steel.com
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