[TheForge] let's get this thing rolling

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Thu Sep 9 16:04:36 EDT 2010


Thanks Mike, that's a relief.
I have a small flock of magnets stuck to the underside of 
my anvil horn and tail to quiet down the high frequencys 
that i can't hear anymore.

Mike Spencer wrote:
>> Ok,let's get this thing rolling. Which way do you point your anvil?
>> Is your anvil alined to true or magnetic north?
> 
> My anvil horn points true west. I realize this is wrong but I have a
> workaround:  I have a rare earth magnet from a computer HD on the side
> of the anvil that reorients the anvil's magnetic field and makes
> everything okay.  It gets covered with a fur of tiny scale chips but
> that's okay.
> 
> If you change to a different orientation, you may have to degauss your
> anvil and then apply a new magnet to get full effect.
> 
> If you try this yourself, the only real problem will be keeping a
> straight face when you explain to visitors what the shiny thing (or
> furry spot) on the anvil is for.  And don't forget to tell them that
> if they have a pacemaker, not to stand directly in line with the point
> of the anvil horn, okay?
> 
>> Do you stand on which side?
> 
> On the side with the magnet, of course.
> 
> 



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