seldom (dick renker) Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I once worked for a college in maint. dept.. They never had time to do it right but plenty of time to do it over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 2 hours ago, seldom (dick renker) said: I once worked for a college in maint. dept.. They never had time to do it right but plenty of time to do it over and over. Sounds like a GVT job to me. Thanks for the good hearty laugh John, "Poindextrose" is now a part of Frosty's extensive vocabulary! Isn't the other one "Quenchtosterone"? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Quench-Testosterone. Yes, I free-associate stuff in my head all the time. Poindextrose is not original, it came from a cartoon called "Dexter's Lab". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnBello Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 "Remember: Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. If you fail the test chances are you won't be around for the lesson." Woody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Solid fuel forges are just holes in the ground at a more comfortable height. Sure folk get fancy and make the holes out of steel, cast iron, brick or stone masonry, field stone and mud, adobe or whatever but at heart it's just a fire place. All it does is hold a fire and allow you to direct a controlled volume of air into the fuel. Frosty the Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 BE DECISIVE .. Make a decision .. The world is full of flat squirrels who could not make a decision. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Not quite like my Great Great Great Great Grandfathers Axe that we still have and are still using to this day----we're replaced the handle 16 times and the head 5 times.... Thomas Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Learning from other people's mistakes is so much less work. Frosty the Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhorse07 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 We're going to keep fixing it til it's broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundryman Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 10 hours ago, Ironhorse07 said: We're going to keep fixing it til it's broke. The version of that I know is "if it ain't broke, fix it until it is!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJRailRoadTrack Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Recipe for tongs: 1 part forging, 10 parts patience, 100 parts refinement. By then you probably have bad looking tongs... Time to do it all over AGAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Blacksmiths recycled before recycling was *cool*! Thomas Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 "My abilities aren't limited to your superstitions" Steve Sells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 IForgeIron is not the safety police, YOU ARE !! We do not give safety tests, life does. Fortunately many of the tests are not pass fail, but the test results can be more permanent than tattoos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 pneumonia is nature's way of telling us to slow down. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Just ran across this saying; "There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not?" — Robert F. Kennedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forging Fever Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 From my maternal grandfather "Old age and treachery will win out over youth and vitality every time." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 "You've gotta have a little bit of talent and a whole lot of determination" -Darren Berreclothe Sounds like blacksmithing to me (grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 “There never was a good knife made of bad steel.” -Benjamin Franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 6 hours ago, Buzzkill said: “There never was a good knife made of bad steel.” -Benjamin Franklin "Hey, Ben! Check out this cool knife I made from a railroad spike!" - Thomas Jefferson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 5 hours ago, JHCC said: "Hey, Ben! Check out this cool knife I made from a railroad spike!" - Thomas Jefferson What's a rail road spike? Ben Franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 "Lots of men play sports, but blacksmithing is a real man's hobby." -- Alexander Weygers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annealarmstrong Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Forging iron is easier than forging friendships. Anneal Armstrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 3 hours ago, annealarmstrong said: Forging iron is easier than forging friendships. Anneal Armstrong True enough. Bringing someone up to welding heat and smacking him with a hammer rarely results in a lasting friendship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 1 minute ago, Buzzkill said: True enough. Bringing someone up to welding heat and smacking him with a hammer rarely results in a lasting friendship. True but you don't get return complaints either. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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