Buzzkill Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 For some reason I came to think on all those guys wo think there are fixed rules for blacksmithing and remembered this sign in a Copenhagen restaurant: Rule #1 No boose will be served in these premises Rule #2 Except together with fish. Rule #3 All food except "ölsupa" is fish. Rule #4 Should Ölsupa be served, (God forbid) that is fish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I'll bite. What's olsupa? Looks like some kind of gruel with ginger and beer...All the pages are in Swedish and don't translate well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 46 minutes ago, Nobody Special said: I'll bite. What's olsupa? Looks like some kind of gruel with ginger and beer...All the pages are in Swedish and don't translate well. I discovered on my many trips to Sweden a few years ago is not ask too much about the food as to what it is you don't always want to know. I told the Pres. of a large Swedish Corp after he asked how they were treating me while I was there, that I'd like something to eat that didn't swim over to my fork (I don't care for pickled fish) That night I had Reindeer to eat and every trip following I did as well. Loved that, just like home. Meat, Potato and Veg. is my staple old fashion I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Ölsupa means "Beer-soup". Not so thick as gruel but more substantial than a consomme It is made from beer thickened with flour, maybe an egg, maybe some milk. It is sweetened with syrup and spiced with ginger and perhaps cinnamon. It is highly controversial just like haggis is. Most people hate it because they have only heard about it. Actually it is quite good as a pickmeup if one comes in hungry from a cold wet and dark November night. It is less fitting between the Russian caviar and the lobster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Sounds good! (But then again, I'm one of those people who likes haggis....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Nothing wrong with haggis. Next you'll be saying you don't like kimchi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I like haggis. What is kimchi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Kimchi...fermented or pickled cabbage and spices. Garlicy, spicy, sometimes hot to taste, absolutely delicious. Find an oriental food store and get some mild stuff. Some major grocery stores may carry it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Will try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 What he said, plus it's a Korean dish that's not for everyone. Usually uses bok choi type cabbage, but there's literally thousands of varieties. Koreans eat it at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was a major staple traditionally because they fermented it in huge ceramic jars placed in the ground with just the lid exposed, and it lasted all winter. They eat it plain, in soup, on pizza and hamburgers, fried, mixed in dishes.... It has a few downsides, if you eat it all the time, you develop a characteristic smell. It's usually spicy hot. Westerns sometimes find their bowels ummm, immediately very regular, especially if eaten with alcohol (especially large quantities of Soju...but that's another story) until they've had it a couple of times. It's also become a classic euphemism used by G.I.s the world over. As in "Did you hear about Private Snuffy? He showed up late to p.t. formation, still drunk." "Oh man, he's gonna be in deep kimchi." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 George Earnest [RIP] started forging and selling horseshoeing tools on the West Coast in the 1940's. Using his initials, the business is now called G.E. Forge & Tool. George is reputed to have said this: "Some people hit it and watch where it goes; I know where it's going to go before I hit it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 When cold bending and the bend is a little large, due to spring back, take a pencil and relabel the dimensions on the drawings you are working from. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Think of your journey into blacksmithing as going the wrong way through a funnel. You enter a long relatively narrow hallway at the beginning, gathering base knowledge as you go. At some point suddenly you see daylight up ahead and the whole world opens up. The further you go the wider the amount of available knowledge becomes. Then you realize that there is NO END to what can be learned, NO END to the old techniques, NO END to the new techniques, and there is NO END to the countless hours you can spend on reading. Remember to take it to the forge and try it, because practice and actually working the metal solidifies the knowledge in your head and your mind. Blacksmithing is NOT a quick read, but a life long journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Gadzooks !! Sir there is an end. The Earth is flat! Travel far enough and you will surely end at the edge of the abyss! SLAG. P. S. Great analogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Oh, I forget to mention that it is a BIG funnel !! (grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 But is there light at the end of the funnel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Fine: Then what color is the abyss? Further again, If the funnel is infinitely large then there is no edge of the abyss! SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 2 hours ago, JHCC said: Is there light at the end of the funnel? Pun intended? I can not speak to light at the end of the funnel. I can say that it gets more and more illuminating as you progress in the craft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 55 minutes ago, Glenn said: Pun intended? Always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 remember when you look into the abyss the abyss is looking into *you* Don't forget to forge climbing chains and a nice strong stake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 He would chase a gnat to there and back for hide and tallow. Glenn Meaning he overlooked the effect of diminishing returns. Stated another way, each digit past the decimal point is a $ sign. There will always be some loss, live with it, as it is a part of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Glenn, That sounds like the concept of entropy. For example, a calculus differential equation can usually be worked back to the original equation by the operation of integration. (the calculus integration function), but the constant of the original equation is lost for ever. That is just one example of entropy. SLAG. P. S. I could not make that up: just ask Newton or the Leibnitz family, if you can find them. Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. Albert Einstein. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 "The industry standard for car and ute axles was 1045H for axles below 1 3/8" stock and 1541H for axles above that size" Ptree This was originally credited to Thomas Powers and is now corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 That's from PTREE who worked years in the plant that was making them. As it was *good* *sound* data from a trusted source and not a "guess" I filed it away for future use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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