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Scritter

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  1. 1) Name Serendipitious D. Critter (Scritter) 2) Location Leander, Texas - NW of Austin. 3) What type blacksmithing do you do, what do you make. Not much, yet... I started shoeing school a LONG time ago and had to quit due to a shattered elbow....not funny.! I ended up a welder/tin bender for 2 hitches in the USAF. I do some corrective farrier work and buggy hardware repair locally - I've been playing with scrap aluminum for the last couple of years. That is as close as I've gotten to smithing in a long time, I'm hoping to put together a hobby forge and learn some more fabrication, I've always liked doing things from 'scratch', really being able to say "I made that". 4) How and when did you get started in blacksmithing My mom was a jeweler and lapidary person, I loved what she did but I'm more off an engineer than an artist - u crave the practical. 5) What object or thing did you use as your first anvil I currently use a piece of RR track and a very large oak stump. The stump works better than the track iron, it's harder! 6) Tell us about your first forge, hole in the ground, camp fire, brake drum, stacked bricks, I tried cast a gumball machine trinket for my Dad's keychain as a gift and failed when I got caught trying to use Nichrome wire from an old kiln in a barbeque "hibachi" and totally fried our breaker box.... Might first forge waa a screaming failure. (The rest of the process wouldn't have been much better as I was looking to use a chunk of high carbon stainless for my casting, along with a soup can of cement instead of plaster for my mold) 7) Who assisted you or encouraged you in the craft No one really, just the people who raised me up to learn as much as you can about anything that grabs your attention. 8) What event changed your attitude about blacksmithing Figuring out that humanities successes are based on metals, using and altering them. 9) What tool has changed or made your life easier in the shop My first well balanced hammer and well built vice. 10) What advice would you give those starting out in blacksmithing As with anything, do it right and you'll do it well, short cuts make for long delays. 11) What advice would you give those already involved in blacksmithing Keep pounding! 12) What are some of the interesting things that have happened to you in your life as a blacksmith. ......maybe by this time next year...
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