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

[Jerry Frost]

Yeah, these things get funnier the farther in the past they are. . . Like 
TREES.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)


>
> 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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