April 29, 20224 yr Author What's the medical term for a fear of chainsaws? Common sense! Rockstar.esq
May 10, 20224 yr Author My boss is a jerk… my pay is terrible… my working conditions could give an OSHA inspector a heart attack!!! I’m self employed! Twistedwillow
May 14, 20224 yr I read this back at the beginning of this thread and I can't agree more I to "don't waste a good bend over". Pick as much up as you can while you're down there because you only got so many "stand up's" in a day eh.
May 15, 20224 yr This one has possibly been posted before but I heard it on a cooking video I watched recently and figured it would also transfer to the blacksmith's shop: "A falling, sharp knife has no handle" or "A falling, heated workpiece has no handle" Cheers, Jono.
May 16, 20224 yr The ones I know are variations on: "If the floor wants to look at what you are doing; it's extremely rude to try to prevent it from doing so."
May 19, 20224 yr "When your only tool is a hammer; all large hard objects start looking like anvils!" ThomasPowers
May 19, 20224 yr Nothing falling in my shop shall be caught without raising MY IRE! Everything in my shop is heavy, hard, shop and or HOT, just let it go, I'll help you pick it up. Hmmm, If you hit it with a hammer and it doesn't dent or break it's an anvil? Frosty The Lucky.
June 9, 20224 yr Quote Don’t apologize for doing something badly. Is this the first time you’ve ever tried it? Hello? Nothing is EVER good the first time. Practice is the answer. Is this the 200th time you’ve tried it? Guess what, it’s hard. Practice is the answer. So. Should you be practicing? Yyyyep! Get to it! An old friend posted this elsewhere; she was referring to her specialties of singing and movement, but it applies to smithing as well:
June 11, 20224 yr Your present skill level at any moment defines "best you can do", And that point is, hopefully and forever "just out of reach" ~ anvil
July 3, 20224 yr While talking about children, I walk around looking down. There's where the treasures lie... ~ Nodebt
July 8, 20224 yr Never underestimate idiots ability to do stupid things to other peoples property. ~ Frosty
July 27, 20223 yr On 7/26/2022 at 7:22 AM, Scott NC said: "You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think." Irondragon. As a teacher, I've often used this quote but just replaced "person" with "student"
July 27, 20223 yr "You can lead a horse to water but if you can get him to float on his back you've really got something." -Lazarus Long- (R.A. Hienlien)
July 27, 20223 yr On 7/25/2022 at 7:47 PM, Charles R. Stevens said: But stupid should hurt! It is the pain that reminds us to be less stupid the next time. If we are lucky enough not to earn a Darwin award.
August 13, 20223 yr Never forget, our tools are made from iron which is cheap and success or failure, the time spent learning is priceless. ~ anvil
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