Glenn Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 "Don't attempt perfection, it's a moving target" unknown artist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 A tool designed to do everything does nothing well.~ Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 "UNIVERSAL FITS ALL" For sure when you try it in on your project you discover the small print you forgot to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I'ts easy to find people who want to give you advice, it's hard to find people who are qualified to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 ohh isn't that a good one. at my a few of my fairs that I go to and sell my stuff i made at "oh, I saw on this show where they did this, and you should do it too, i think it would work much better" or "I saw a documentary/youtube video where....." Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Uh huh. I keep getting the ones who's: grandfather, father, uncle, cousin,etc. etc. was a blacksmith and he did it like . . . It can be hard to be polite to some of these folk but I'm usually able to just smile and if they persist I ask if they have any of his tools. There WAS one truly obnoxious pompous oaf that wouldn't go away and behaved like the spectators were HIS audience and finally made me retort with, "Realllly, what did he do for a living?" Fortunately the other folk WANTING to watch and listen to ME laughed as he left in a huff. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I had a student one time that kept trying to teach my class for me and was doing it WRONG. I finally had to demand she stop trying to be in the middle between me and my students. (She was in the University Administration and so knew everything----NOT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I have slowly found out that the more ignorant people are, the more opinionated they are and the more likely they are to interfere with my work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 "Tongs just need to be strong enough to keep you on the end of the workpiece." -- Clifton Ralph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Drove to the junk yard, unloaded my stuff, found and loaded up a whole bunch of better stuff, and had to pay the junk yard office in order to leave. Went out heavier than what I weighed when I came in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Cutting trees using a bucket of rocks. I learned that trick from a blacksmith. Works every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Sacrificial anvils are fine for those who hammer like lightning. (Uncontrollable, unpredictable, always damaging, and never in the same place twice!) John McPherson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 50% of everyone in every field is below average. John McPherson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 And can those, a little below average, be adequate? (or are all those below average, INadequate?). SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Too many anvils is never enough. Kozzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 From the thread "When do you stop bringing things home." Reflecting upon my place in the scheme of things, I wonder about my rodent-like affinity for the shiny rusty stuff. I am indeed well balanced, and not a rodent !! SO, it is not Junk, it is INVENTORY!! Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaamax Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 On 2/11/2016 at 6:59 AM, JHCC said: "Railroad spike knives are great knives, except for one minor thing, which is that they suck." -- Walter Sorrells I just had to repost this one because it made my morning coffee squirt out my nose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Hmmm, if this bit about spike knives made coffee squirt out of your nose they wouldn't "suck." Spike knives would "Blow." I hope that doesn't sound like I'm being picky about YOUR nose! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 No one said you had to get it right the first time. You just have to improve each time you do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 The technique is mastery of "Failure Analysis." For example Try something. Observe the results. Decide what's not QUITE RIGHT. Do it again slightly differently. Observe the results. Repeat till it's good enough. Perfection isn't in human's reach, we have to settle for good enough. We can make things better but not perfect. Human perfection isn't in our cards. A little knowledge and a LOT of practice is how you earn the craft. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Glenn said: A little knowledge and a LOT of practice is how you earn the craft did he mean to have an "L" before "earn" to make it "learn" or does he mean "earn"? I just think learn would make more sense. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said: did he mean to have an "L" before "earn" to make it "learn" or does he mean "earn"? I just think learn would make more sense. Littleblacksmith "£" + "earn" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, JHCC said: "£" + "earn" Huh? Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 "£" is the symbol for the British pound sterling. Old British salesman's saying: "Learning leads to £ + earning." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Ok I see now. I guess that just goes to show that I'm not very old or British! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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