Scott NC

Here's the old potbelly stove. I have an old cowboy boot of mine that stuck on a post 30 years ago that I might post. It was worn out. I wonder if it's an artifact

To tell you the truth, the old rooster that fell off when it burned down is more appeling to me than the nice shiney new one, the more I look at it. I don't think I would plate something going way up there, under the circumstaces, just to weather off.

I do hope he appreciates the advice. It was just an observation.

I highly doubt he is being sarcastic, he has posted a lot of requests in the past and been pretty cordial, even if he didn't get the answer he was looking for.

Here's Hestohious's cyclops helpers. And a dubious one of him making armour. It's a fresco though. description: Hephaistos and 2 assistants work on the arms for Achilles: cuirass and greaves are already lying on the floor, the shield held up by Hephaistos and one of his assistants shows the mirror image of Thetis, sitting and watching the scene; the other assistant works on the helmet - period / date: third style of pompeian wall painting - height: 159 cm - width: 113 cm - findspot: Pompeii IX, 1, 7, amb. (e) - museum / inventory number: Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 9529

I like that Billy. Sometimes I like some country. I like Waylon. I played this over a keyed mike at a rotten place I worked at once. Everybody had to carry radios. The front office always listened in.

I was watching the news this morning about the unveiling of the Notre Dame Cathedral Spire and what caught my attention was the gold rooster on top. I couldn't find much on who actually made it or any details, but one site said it was made of "gold copper". I looked that up and found Tumbaga, an alloy used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. I would like to know what this rooster is made of. I did find this: "It's a phoenix," said Philippe Villeneuve, the chief architect of historical sites who designed the flame-shaped rooster. (It) shows that the flame is carried to the highest point of the cathedral... the fire is carried up there, but it's a fire of resurrection," he said, recalling the moment when he was holding the fallen rooster in front of cameras after the devastating fire. Here's a link to the history of the Rooster, it has some religious content, in case that's a concern: https://www.friendsofnotredamedeparis.org/cathedral/artifacts/rooster/ I also watched a video on the creation of the bottom part of the spire called the trestle which is wood and was impressive. Maybe this should go in "Everything Else" section but I am interested in the Gold Rooster and what it's made of.

I should have said " something happened".... Not "I did something"...

I never had one waxed off. I shouldn't have asked that question. I did something in my teens forty years ago that surfaced in my memory. Sorry about that.

Has anybody burned their eyebrows off?

Irondragon, you have a nice collection of lamps. Dad had a some as well, but my sister has them. I do have a tiny potbelly stove that he kept near his recliner vented out the sidewall. He liked to run it on cold nights, probably more for the fact than heat, but he also used it as we would use a paper shredder today.... I will have to dig it out and take a photo.

George, it was too far gone. It would grow back unevenly anyway. I buzzed it all off and now my lumpy head shows off. Reminds me of boot camp. Some people don't look good bald. I will wear a hat for a while.

Pre IFI days you might say.

Here's on I am going to commit right now. A photo of my very first forge, right before it collapsed in on itself. I didn't know any better then....

I just got the worst haircut I have ever had in my life by the nicest lady I may have ever ran into. I tried to tell her how to fix it but I think she was a little hard of hearing and I was in the chair in front, naturally. Everybody waiting seemed rather amused. I had some stops to make after, on the way home, and I'm sure everybody thet saw me got a good laugh, it was BAD haircut, and got worse the more she worked on it. It looked like it got chewed up in a weedeater. I have a clipper and I'm just going to shave it all off.

I thank you kindly. They are just great fun to make.... Me too. I dig around the old posts from time to time.

You left out shaking a bag of dried chicken gizzards. Tip: Frying anybody in the fat of a bore hog is frowned upon these days. I think I watched 2 episodes but I'm not a bladesmith, but I know more than the average "man on the street" from my reading on here.

It is funny how such a small find can make your day. I do still grin when I look at it.

To think it all started many years ago when a cultivator rolled off the factory floor, and possibly long before that. Hopefully it is full circle, ends, and doesn't grind on and on and on (like many things), in some way, shape or form, here or else where. Heraclitus was probably right though. I don't think he slept in a clay jug.

I forgot to say thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'm forgetful lately. I can't say when I will do another something similar, I am still stuck on that pelican. Trust me, I have plenty of resource material for another.... Iron Dragon, did they have teeth? Das, your sulky story put a smile on my face today!

Whirligig... pretty much the same thing, I guess. Yes, I mostly cut it apart, Lary it was an old rusty implement that we built a flower garden around...

No, I just made an assesory for it that has some personal information on it in the photo so I decided not to post the picture and then hit submit. It was a mistake....

I am afraid I'm responsible for reviving it. Oops.

Well, thank you very much!

I won't roast you if you don't roast me.... . I made chariot cart for it upon a request from the owner I origionally made it for, but my post got screwed up which is good because I shouldn't show it here. Thanks though for compliment.