chyancarrek Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 My ex-wife is planning on doing an art placement (concept sketch attached below) at BRC for this year's Burningman event - she needed to forge up a straight forward tapered spike about four feet long for the armature so I invited her up for the weekend to pound out some iron and get her hands dirty. She did a super job! She took it all in stride and had a great experience trying out a power hammer for the first time. We tried a couple of different directions for the look but she decided on slender and sleek. I'm looking forward to seeing the pics of the finished piece installed on the playa. Between working some iron, the GF keeping us fed and refreshed and having a great visit from the ex, it was a fun weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 So your girlfriend cooked for and served you and your ex-wife while you and she (your ex-wife) played with the forge and PH? Wow. That's not one you hear too often. Congrats on keeping it, er, amicable. With everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Yep. Sounds like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 If it were me and my exwife the new wife would have put the ex into the hammer instead of the hot steel. I probaby would have let her. I can always plead insanity, or maybe gulf war II syndrome(a running gag with my brother, me being a GWOT vet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hey! Chyancarrek really likes to play with fire! We, who play with molten metal are truly crazy and this just goes to prove it. The Gulf War has nothing to do with it, that just gives him an excuse for aberrant behavior. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyancarrek Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 The gals get along famously and think the world of each other . . . it's me who gets the smack-down when the forging is done and we settle in for the evening over a beer, they start swapping Neil stories past and present. After that bucket of water, there ain't much fire to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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