In my 50+ years as a Blacksmith, Weldor and Machinist, I guess my success was not allowing myself to contract tunnel vision. And I guess some forget that the lowly dirty Smith did have a tradition, they developed most of the original Machine Tools so they could do their jobs easier, better and quicker. The term "Machine Shop" comes from the Blacksmiths who started developing and using Machines to make their jobs easier etc, so the people started calling the Blacksmith Shops, Machine Shops as the Smiths shops were full of all sorts of Machines that they used to accomplish their tasks.
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Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind.
The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing.
I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.
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