[TheForge] (no subject)

[Ben Barrett]

It seems like a lot of smiths face East.  Are there primary reasons for
this??  Maybe... we/they like to watch the sun rise, or, like to watch their
sunset shadows?  :)

So really, what's the basis of this North-pointing horn stuff?

Thanks,

Ben



On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:04 AM, <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:

> Horn to left hand (left handed), points to magnetic North, I stand on West
> side.
>
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> theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark A. Pesetsky
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> Don't ya have to do the dance around either side of the anvil depending on
> what you are doing to the piece being worked?
>
>
>
> Ok,let's get this thing rolling. Which way do you point your anvil? Do you
> stand on which side? Is your anvil alined to true or magnetic north?
>
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> Kim George
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