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The Pitera family offers our sympathy and prayers, Ted

Well,... I guess as a civilization we have come a long way! Excelsior, Ted

Oh yeah! 17 years out of the navy and I occasionally forget that no matter how hard you try and try you still can't polish a piece of dung. Thank you for reminding me, Ted

In God we trust, all other pay cash - Flick Experience starts when you begin - Capt Pete Culler Excelsior, Ted

I reseat them and then rewedge with a coin if I have nothing else. Dimes for carpenter and small ball peens and nickles and quarters for bigger hammers. Excelsior, Ted

You grew up thinking Jean Shepard's radio show, LP's and live shows were the height of great story telling and comedy. Excelsior, Ted

Good luck to both of you. This is a hard time for guys his age and all of us and our families. You are in our prayers. Ted

I'm old. Not that old but old. Don't squat about draft animals, grew up in the city. Excelsior, Ted

Prayers for you both.

Fids are wooden this could be an old marlinspike. Made of steel and used to splice wire rope. Ted Pit Snipe and former deck ape, USN, RET

Excellent discussion. I have some spring pieces to experiment with. Thanks you all. Excelsior, Ted

That's a nice piece, Bryce. I'm sure your customer is pleased. Excelsior, Ted

Very cool.

Go State! Michigan State Spartans!

With the references to jew's harps and kazoos and being an old Jean Shepard fan I can almost hear a chorus of when the Saints Come Marching In playing in the background. I'd agree that a good jew's harp cold be forged. Excelsior, Ted

Here's a picture of Jon working with Margaret. Sorry, no dramatic pictures of a forge weld blasting sparks. This was an excellent event. Check out http://www.northeastblacksmiths.org/ for the dates of the Spring Hammer In. Good group and program at beautiful Ashokan. Excelsior, Ted

My wife and I had an excellent day at Jonathon Nedbor's Canal Forge in High Falls, NY on Saturday. Jon and Mark demonstrated the making of tongs and bending forks and forge welding. Great stuff. Jon spent a lot time with us taking us through making a set of tongs. Made the process obvious to us both. The group raised funds for Doctors Without Boarders' work in Haiti. Well done to Jon and Mark and the folks of Northeast Blacksmiths Association. Excelsior, Ted

Tom, Happy new year and thanks for the excellent video. Excelsior, Ted

Oi vey, Frosty! Excelsior, Ted

It's great to see Frosty back and posting in his own inimitable way. Excelsior, Ted

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Among all the things I have to be thankful for, I'm thankful to everyone here for the inspiration and information. Excelsior, Ted

I downloaded Sketch Up this weekend for other uses and it appears to have a lot of functions not apparent in the basic tutorials. It took more than one try to down load. Two were very slow and resulted in corrupted files. Tried once more and it came quick and operational. Excelsior, Ted

I'm surprised at the big majority of Army service here. I thought there'd be more sailors in the community. My buddy and I did put together a forge and foundry between deployments in Norfolk, VA. Disregarding all but the most basic safety considerations. Once we were worried if we could actually cool off the foundry before we had to get back to the ship and get underway. Excelsior, Ted

Nice simple set of instructions. Thanks, Ted

Ted here. US Navy '77 to '94. USS Fiske (DD-842), USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089), USS America (CV-66), OPNAV Logistics Plans staff, USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), USS Nitro (AE-23). I was pit snipe and DCA. Learned a lot about keeping things working. Excelsior, Ted