[TheForge] Freak accident

[Ron Childers]

Well, Jeff, it's hard to believe that little girl is old enough to get
married, She wasn't that old 15 years ago. My grandson's wife just had a
girl two weeks ago and the other grandson had his 2nd girl in May.
Breianna will be nine in January and forged her first knife a couple of
months ago. She did a pretty good job even though the anvil at Blind Hog
Forge was too high for her to get a good lick with the hammer. She is
very safety conscious around the forge or when handling weapons.

The scales are stabilized spalted pecan which looks like an exotic wood.
It is hard enough without being brittle and that kitchen gadget that is
used to process food draws a good vacuum. Ron C

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You'll be hard to replace Ron, so I'm hoping your taking some of your
own advice and being more careful.  Wish I could attend the conference,
but my light of my life daughter is getting married that day and i think
i have to take some part in the ceremony, pass the anvil to the new son
or something like that.  

See ya,  Jeff 

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On Sep 20, 2011, at 7:48 AM, "Ron Childers" <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:

> Guys, please accept a word of admonition from an old buzzard:
Yesterday
> I was moving some large oxygen cylinders and since I had to  drag them
> over some clutter I inserted a "T" hook into the slot in the cap and
> proceeded to haul one out. Just as I had all my weight pulling on it
the
> cap came off and I fell backward into a junk pile.  The cap looked
brand
> new and tightened down just fine. It was the same cap that was on it
> when it came from the welding supply place (a shiny new red one), but
> the lateral movement must have disengaged the threads. When my buddy
got
> there he screwed the cap down tight and the same thing happened but he
> was ready for it. Anyway, it really racked my frame. Bad timing; I
have
> three classes to teach at the conference in Barberville, Fl the 2nd
> weekend in October. Ron C
> 
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