It's hard to be offended, when it's such good positive criticism. I didn't grind any of the edges, to a sharp point, I felt like that would have been taking it to an extreme. but I did just take a 40 or 80 grit flap disc to the table, to take out a few of the small grooves made by someone giving it mis-hits before me. As for welding, I actually went to a trade school for it the last 2 years of highschool, and am a bit rusty, but with a few practice strokes on some scrap metal, and I should be able to get my proper amperage set after that to do some filler welds. Thankfully I have a family friend that has a shop with both a wire/stick welder and an oxy/acetylene torch with different head attachments. As for the trip to Ohio, It would be about 800 miles (one way) for me and that most definitely manageable. How many people gather at this conference typically? I hope to be well on my way by late September, with a few homemade trinkets of my own to trade. Still thinking on a touch mark, have a list jotted down with a few ideas....but nothing concrete...With time I suppose. Thankfully, My parents just came into a storefront, and I already have a place to sell my wares to start gaining a revenue, once I have some worth selling. Thankfully i live in a vacation area, and the summer always makes the lakes gush with tourists looking for homemade creations made by the locals, hahaha. Moving forward, Is it smart to just start a new post, when I have any questions, or is there someplace most of you congregate on the forum here? any threads you might be able to link me to, with good topics for where i should start, or great techniques? or even maybe show me some of your own products.