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28 minutes ago, SmoothBore said:
Many hand tools have a "right-hand bias".
I've noticed this phenomenon most clearly, as it relates to shovels, axes, sledge hammers and pitchforks.
None of those tools were ever made to suit me.
SmoothBore, there may be some other additional type of bias in "play".......
Steve, sometimes a right-hand attack angle is the only way to get it right.
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I propose that the top hole is for hanging the load, whilst the the remaining holes receive reverse hooks on the ends of "hoisting poles", operated by stout beefy butcher types.
Robert Taylor
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At family meals in a restaurant, my brother seats me so as to not interfere with my fellow diners, even though I have no problem switching over to the conventional configuration.
Any other Lefties notice that most metal working files are designed for right-handers?
Robert Taylor
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I am rong handed - horn goes to my right, forge to the right of that. Can't stand on the opposite side of the anvil at present - when I remodel the smithy, I will see how THAT works. I don't think that I will like it though.
If I had a hand cranker, I reckon I would crank with the right hand - why would I use the rong hand?
Robert Taylor
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Oh Thomas! Something else that I must now look up!
Robert
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Any word from Mike?
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JHCC:
I have read all of the posts in this thread, and I am personally invested in this topic. It has been demonstrated that the Autism Spectrum runs in my family, but I and my siblings are from that generation wherein the clinical tools and concept of the Spectrum did not even exist.
My personal qualifications on this topic are mostly hidden from others, but I often find myself at odds with those with whom I must interact.
When I was discharged from the Army in 1979. I began an eight year odyssey of living on and off the street, at one point, living in the VA Hospital for three months. The social worker told me: "Your life is over, you'll never be able to take care of yourself."
I take issue with your position that the members of this forum are just like the people who have given you such grief as concerns your son. We as human beings are only beginning to unravel the very complex and daunting reality of the Autism Spectrum.
Not everyone on the Spectrum is socially and/or pragmatically mal-adaptive: And not every one who is socially and/or pragmatically mal-adaptive is on the Spectrum.
As you have pointed out, there are perfectly "normal" people who are just as the other posters have described, doing stupid things for numerous reasons - fill in the blanks.
For any of those who believe that Autism does not exist, I understand, but I won't tolerate it.
Robert Taylor
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Anvil.
Anvil.
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SLAG, or anyone else - Do we have a valid Citation in reference to WD-40 as a phosgene hazard? I just read through the MSDS, and have found no such indication of said hazard.
Is this a real hazard or an urban legend?
WD-40 Brand Spot Shot Instant Carpet Stain Remover, on the other hand, is Very Nasty, and is listed as a <trace> phosgene hazard.
I think it is very important that we get the definitive dope on this.
Robert Taylor
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Those pesky erratics! May I call you Jerry? I tend often to be possessed of an overly formal affect. I once parked a hewing hatchet in my shin, but I still think you have me beat with the D6.
Robert
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Mr Frosty, in case you are addressing THIS Robert, I was not thinking of you as I was posting, I was emphasizing my lack of qualification as concerns this very important subject.
I too, am an extremely lucky (spelled fortunate) guy, as evidenced by the permanent '55 Chevy doorframe-shaped crease in the top of my skull, and several broken vertebrae.
I am quite sure that I have already exceeded my lifetime quota of <luck> so I tend to <try> to be obsessively cautious. Stop laughing, Mrs Taylor
I too enjoy a good play on words.
Robert Taylor
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Below is in reference to heating or welding on freon-containing systems (refrigeration piping) this would naturally extend to those perfect little tanks for building a freon tank forge. I have an idea about when it would be safe to weld or heat a freon tank, but let someone here WHO KNOWS THE SCIENCE post FACTS concerning this.
I chose at this time to withhold my incomplete and potentially misleading knowledge, but be assured, getting away with something a time or two is NO PROOF OF SAFETY.
Robert Taylor
In case of inoperable link, google:
ACUTE PHOSGENE GAS EXPOSURE IN A 49-YEAR-OLD REFRIGERATOR TECHNICIAN
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CIRON, did you by chance smell something like freshly mown hay? It is my understanding that odor is a strong indicator for phosgene.
I hope you continue to regain your health, and I join the others in thanking you for posting here.
Robert Taylor
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Sparkly vampires?
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That's what I wanted you to think, Mr Lucky. In another recent thread, I was sure you mentioned going on a quest for chatoyant wood, though I have not been able to find it. Dose wascowy wocusts!
Aso for why anyone would convert unfamiliar objects - well, I could show a thousand people that box of scrapers, and I would be delighted if even ONE person knew what they were good for.
Like Mr. TheoRockNazz, I only need to be informed of what a truly magnificent score these mysterious things are, and then I will be able properly venerate them <wink>
Robert Taylor
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Oh Frosty, alright already! These have darkened up quite a bit, since I put this coat rack up 15 years ago. These locust pegs were turned on the '34 Southbend, aforementioned (duh wuns wit duh wabbits). I was making the pegs from dowel rod, but ran out, three pegs short. So, I went to the wood stove, grabbed a 1-1/2" dia piece of locust, and turned the last three pegs. The back plate is re-milled pallet oak.
I am now growing locusts for shade and lumber (hammer handles), they grow like weeds here.
Robert Taylor
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That's OK Frosty - my locusts have chatoyancy.
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That's funny, because my grandfather WAS a blacksmith, and his wife WAS part Cherokee (southern Oklahoma, northern Texas)
Robert Taylor
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My 1934 Southbend lathe runs on babbits.
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I would like to put those back to work as scrapers.
Whatever you do, please don't turn them into "knives", because they are already the Ultimate Knives, in a fitted case, no less.
Robert Taylor
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Many excellent and "acutely" salient points expressed in this thread - what a crew.
Robert Taylor
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I work second shift on a large campus in a two acre building with six two story machines, plus dozens of "smaller" machines. We build jet engine housings and "hot side" components. My grind room is a junk museum. "Smoke"? I still work there, so read between the lines.
Mr. Reynolds, this is still actually relevant to your original topic - I took a 1/8" rod of 6011, upset it, and forged a long-handled flux spoon. Mastering those heat-sensitive, tiny details reminds me of why the forge is so cathartic and utterly dissimilar to what I do for a living.
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ANVIL PRETTY.
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Hang in there Andres!
Been There,
Robert Taylor
Pointy Little Rok off to Pakistan
in Knife Making
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I am only qualified to admire your work. Splendid.
Robert Taylor