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

[peter fels]

On Mar 26, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

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

You betcha...i couldn't tell which foot it was going to land on, it kinda teetered off at an odd angle,  so i figured it was 50-50.
Just in the nick of toes.
It's funnier now.
> 
> 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...
>>>> 
> 
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