ausfire Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Thomas Powers wrote in another thread: Picking pieces of steel out of your flesh is not one of my "favorite things" though it does rank higher than peeling once molten plastic from your burns. I can attest to that. I shovelled a scoop of charcoal onto the forge a couple of days ago and in it there was a scrap of woven plastic from the charcoal bag. I put the shovel down and then, without thinking, flicked the scrap of plastic off the forge. It had already started to melt and stuck to my finger. That is a real wake-up call. And it still seems to burn under the quench. Hammer hand, too. Yep, molten plastic - treat with caution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Yep, anything that sticks and burns is a real pain. Melted plastic, hot glue, caramelizing sugar (in the kitchen), etc, etc. One reason that napalm is so horrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I originally read all of those as "in the kitchen" and was just making a memo to self to avoid dinner invitations at your place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 My cooking really sticks to your ribs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Check Please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 One of the reasons polyester clothing is banned in our forge. My ex wife had some horrible scaring from when she was a child. She had a polyester nightgown catch fire from a spark out of the fireplace. It dosen't take much to ignite polyester or some plastics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 One of the joys of being married to a Spinster; un-natural fibers are strictly forbidden in our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said: ...married to a Spinster;... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Correct term for a woman who spins; spinner is a man who spins; follows the old gender modified nouns: Actor/Actress, Brewer/Brewster, Hammer/Hamster, Painter/Paintress---lots more out there. Now in colonial America the oldest unmarried daughter was expected to do the spinning for the family and so the name became associated with that role... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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