KevinD

Lets not turn this into a political discussion about the failings of the government education system in the USA. And besides...It was a joke. :D

sucker rod

Grammar and punctuation too. :D

Jinbob - I thought about the 'tongs on the diamond' thing and until I can make some box jaw tongs like the ones in the back of Marks book, I'm just going to heat and twist the end of the bar that goes in the tongs so that the other end that I'm working on is flat on the anvil.

austenite to martensite :D

Aw shuks... :blushsmilie

Amazing...

I was about to say... :confused: :D

Heres some videos that Ian posted a while back. http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/14492-post1.html

jockey shorts

Not at all. You're absolutely right. Learn to make a tool then use the tool to make something else. My rivet tongs turned out a little short but my rose came out beautiful. Everybody I show it to is shocked. They say something like "WOW! You made that?" I'm not sure if Mark thought I was doing OK or I was hopeless. I would see him with other students giving instruction. But every time he came by my station he would say something like "Looks good" or "Looks like a forge weld to me." He did comment on my elbow moving out away from my body when I swung the hammer. I'm not much of a wordsmith so a report on the class will have to come from Jimbob or some of the others in the class...maybe some will sign up here and add to the forum. All I know is I had a blast and learned a lot.

Good times, Jim!

lint......

I have to admit. I used my bottle opener this past weekend. :D

I'm certainly no webmaster but I have a little server space at cheap-domainregistration I use their economy plan @ $3.99/month. I followed a link from ClarkHoward.com so it's got to be cheap. LOL I mostly use it to host pictures that I want to share with friends. Like... Tractor Rides - November 24 and National Ornamental Metal Museum

3.14......

Oh...OK. What? :confused: Italy

What? :confused: Charcoal

This is just part of my collection... Aerosmith Alannah Myles Basia Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Blood Sweat and Tears Bonnie Raitt Carlos Santana Chuck Mangione Crosby, Stills, & Nash Dave Matthews Band Dire Straits Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Jethro Tull Jimi Hendrix Experience Jimmy Buffett Joe Walsh John Fogerty Michelle Malone and Drag The River Ricky Skaggs Robert Plant Rolling Stones Shania Twain Steely Dan Stevie Ray Vaughn Talking Heads The Allman Brothers Band The Beach Boys The Beatles Three Dog Night Yes

Book 'em Danno

Day 5. (!@#)

Day 4. (!@#)

Yoakam....

Not really. OK, maybe. Wednesday of last week was the first time I have ever lit a coal fire much less heated steel in one. Basically all I was trying to do was complete each exercise before the next bit of instruction. I really didn't care what it looked like. I just wanted to complete all the moves and not get behind. I would like to think my father and grand father were looking down in approval. I know they were in my thoughts a lot this past week... ;)

I didn't even take my camera out on day 4 and very little on day 5. I'll get them resized and post them this evening.