is it me or does everyone who has an interest in metal work who sees any piece of steel  hanging around just have to pick it and take it home and wonder what it can be made into ,

some call it a gift, others a curse, pretty much comes with the territory :)

Friends say that the metal "calls to me"  as the only explanation why I seem to be able to find stuff buried or out of sight 

YES!

What?  Sorry, I saw a piece of metal on the side of the road and got distracted.

Greetings,

 

If it begins with F and ends with E ... Its for me....   Don't leave your scooter parked to long at the hammer in.... It might just turn into a tool or sculpture...

 

Welcome to our world...

 

Jim

Some people listen to music when they are on a bus or train...

 

I on the other hand, look eagerly out of the window for scrap steel on the side of the road.....

 

Just your normal 15 year old kid!

wait.... hang on.... that's not normal ;) ;) 

I refer to it as the "magnetic personality" ;)

Good Mourning,

 

I can't remember, Is this a problem????? :) :)

 

Neil

I could confess to having picked up auto wheel weights from roadsides since I was about 8 year old.... one day I'll make that repousse block...

;)=) 

A.

Think of it as your artisitic insight being awakened.       One man's trash ..................  

Just ironing out the details....

 

 

Carry on

My metal disorder is where I keep those rescued treasures.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Its not just bits of metal, its tools as well

Wayne

I could confess to having picked up auto wheel weights from roadsides since I was about 8 year old.... one day I'll make that repousse block...

;)=) 

A.

 

Word of Warning, wheel weights are no longer made of pure lead, and the resulting blocks are somtimes not suitable for repousse blocks for fine work.

Looks like its not just me then .happy smithing .

I developed the habit since I can't afford to buy stock metal, and often scrounge for springs and things to forge.

Sorry, I was just digging through a couple tons of metal outside the shop looking for just the right piece and missed your comment... Better hurry up and repeat it before I start looking for the other piece I need....

Whew....and I thought I was alone with this afliction.  Is there a medical term, are there group therapy sessions, is it fatal, can I still live a normal life?  Last time I moved, I scraped a half ton.  Sure not looking forward to another move