[TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)

[Jerry Frost]

I love that Pete; got the wrong foot out of the way. And just in the nick of 
time too I bet!

Phlip: compositions (Phenolics as I knew them anyway) have a similar crush 
resistance but spring back so they won't trap your foot. They're also much 
warmer in cold country and lighter.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)


>
> On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Paul N wrote:
>
>> Can I ask what collapsed the toe?
>
> I have a fleeting memory of  diagonally striking a large object on the 
> anvil,,something i'd just welded that turned out to be a little too hot to 
> hold...it landed corner side down. I'd quickly moved the wrong foot out of 
> the way as it fell.
>>
>> I recently bought a new pair, and while they're rated at 2500 lbs, I
>> believe that is  static 2500 lbs, and I don't really know how much that
>> relates to say a 200lb anvil falling 2 feet onto my toes.
>>
>> My old pair saved countless minor injuries of heavy stuff dropping on my
>> foot. BTW, composite toes with the 2500 lb rating are also available.
>> I'm not sure what their failure mode is.
>>
>> **paul
>>
>> On 3/24/2011 12:59 PM, peter fels wrote:
>>> Ever since i spent an uncomfortable and rather bloody 1/2 hour cutting 
>>> my toes free of a collapsed steel toe boot..i'haven't worn them.
>>> I have  the opposite size problem, 11 1/2 B..skinny feet...so i also 
>>> have trouble finding ones that fit.
>>> Sometimes i try to convince myself that the steel toe saved my toes from 
>>> worse damage...but...
>>>