Drewed Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 If you can stack fresh burns one on top of another!Nothing like blistering a blister! You hope for a deeper burn because it wont blister. Your wife/husband/kids/neighbor says, "Hey your pants/shoe/shirt/hair is on fire!" and you respond with "HUH? Oh! How about that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 you might be addicted if your wife makes you install a doorbell in an unusual fashion, with the chime in the shop and the button on the house so she can summon you with out walking out to the shop... My wife had me install an intercom so she can talk at me, err talk to me, while I am working hot metal, now if only I could get her to understand why I do not always respond immediately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 If you've ever had to trim your eyelashes cause a woof of flame from the gas forge has singed them into Velcro..........:blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 You have to stand on a ladder to work on your power hammer. You need a 4" end wrench to adjust you power hammer. You buy a quick connect for 1-1/2" air line to connect your power hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingmaker3 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 if you start on your shop building before finishing the place you will be living in. That's NOT a sign of addiction! We need hinges, after all! And some specialty decorative bits for the foundation! Besides, I'll be living in the smithy. Wife says the new place will be too clean for me to be allowed into. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 If you avoid interstate highways to cruise podunk towns for PH's, anvils and the like........and then get a crick in your neck from rubbernecking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Grant me the serenity to forget the tools I cannot have, The courage to hoard the ones I can, And the wisdom to leave a deposit......................Pax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borntoolate Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 if you visit IFI everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1-you catch on fire and it's no big deal 2-you notice the coal black under your fingernails every time you go to a restaurant 3-you leave power tools out for the taking but lock up hammers and punches at the end of the day 4- you often have pieces of rusty "treasure" in the trunk of your car 5-you know that 0•3•9 = 93lbs 6-you think 1000°f is cold 7-your biggest vice is too many vises 8-you've ever thought of opening a rescue shelter for abused and neglected anvils 9- you know all sorts of highly technical and precise trade terms like, "mellow fire" or " hateful fire", or the difference between "squishing" and "smooshing" 10-you have never watched a single episode of "Forged in Fire" but all your customers tell you about it non-stop :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 minute ago, TwistedCustoms said: 4- you often have pieces of rusty "treasure" in the trunk of your car Mines not in the trunk but it is regularly in the bed of my truck and often in the floorboard as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The wife recognizes the gleam of rust in your eye and elbows you. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 If you find a post that has been dormant since 2 Jun 2011 and bring it back to life 5 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hey, that would make a great T-shirt: "I lust for rust" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 If you drool over rusty metal that no one else wants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJRailRoadTrack Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 If you say :Get me a prettier Rail Road spike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 "I Trust Rust" credo of scrap steel users! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtnstream Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 You know where the "best" scrap yards in town are and they call you by name when you show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Call you by name? Heck they call you by phone! You pay for the pro version of Google Earth and scan satellite pics on the high def big screen for rust stains. Your kids taught themselves to play monopoly. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I remember walking into my local scrapyard and seeing their faces light up and think "Oh No, Not Again"; they had saved 6 100 pound dock weights just for me... Never did figure out how dock weights got to the middle of the desert.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 attracted to your magnetic personality maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I've also found a very rusty docking cleat way larger than *anything* that could float in NM could use and I can throw a rock across the local lake or local river... Now I have seen anchor chain as well; but I know how it gets used out here: strung between two large bulldozers to clear out trees/brush growing in pasture land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I was wondering where my "weather chain" got off to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Charles R. Stevens said: I was wondering where my "weather chain" got off to! Didn't you have windy weather just after the last time you saw it? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 19 hours ago, Glenn said: If you find a post that has been dormant since 2 Jun 2011 and bring it back to life 5 years later. Touche' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Your Know the weight of a hammer/anvil just by looking at it! Littleblacksmith Edited June 8, 2016 by littleblacksmith Forgotten wor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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