Glenn Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Blacksmithing has its addictive qualities. LawnJockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Here's an oldie. Journeyman to striker, "When I nod my head, hit it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Frank; they had that one in Readers Digest---my wife had to show it to me and I told her I had used in in my class a couple of days earlier as a "wee jack" story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borntoolate Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Life is too long to go through it without all your parts Prof. Stevens University of Iowa. Stay safe and keep your parts in good order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 From my days of buying Replacement Carriage Wheels from an Amish Shop in Penn. "Too Late Smart and Too long Dead" From Will Rogers, "You want a quick answer, The Answer is NO!" I will admit this has kept me out of more trouble than it's got me into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I figure the old methods of "make a guess and then beef it up by a *factor* of 10" seems to work for the long view of things... Thomas Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Posted in a local machine shop with the hourly rates: "Work done Good, Fast & Cheap. Pick two only!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickyPitts Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Experience is what you gain immediately after you needed it the most. (Frosty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Frosty's wit and wisdom should be considered a treasure. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Should we consider his brain "work hardend"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJS Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I imagine he would profess his brain was hardly working, if I know him at all...;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Smoke screen, he has been milking that "tramadic brain injury" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Frosty's wit and wisdom should be considered a treasure. :) By which I take it you mean, buried in a secret place? HEY! They're picking on me again Glenn! Well . . . using up my good lines anyway. <sniff> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 You are to well loved to not poke a bit of fun at, master Frost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 QUIT LOOKING, START SEEING Do not look for an object, see possibilities If you look for a hammer, only a hammer will work. If you want to hit something, most anything will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB T Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Read someplace, didn't come up with it myself.. The difference between a Craftsman and a Master Craftsman does it until he gets it right Master does it until he can't get it wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 "The steel, while languishing in the forge, feels it suffers in vain. The sword in hindsight, knows better" Not sure I remembered this exactly word for word, but I did like it's meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueRugger Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 "The steel, while languishing in the forge, feels it suffers in vain. The sword in hindsight, knows better" Not sure I remembered this exactly word for word, but I did like it's meaning. Awesome! I wish I could pass this on to one of my teachers (who recently passed away) as a Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Pournelles principle: "Everything takes longer time than planned even when planned with Pournelles principle." Pournelle used to write about computing in 'Byte' but this is universal. "What the beancounter sees as perfect production is in reality a series of disasters that were prevented by the skilled people the beacounter is going to fire." Myself by personal experience. Cheers Göte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I can't recall where I read this. "The difference between a master and a beginner is that the master has failed more times then the beginner has even attempted" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 When all you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail. And a header, and a towel holder, and a rr spike knife, and a bottle opener , and a sword, and christmas ornaments, and knife blanks, and a fire poker, and a pair of tongs............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrandow Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 "Hit it like it owes you money" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottMitUns Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 figure out how much shop space you need, triple it and add 30% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 I need to make an inventory of all my tools and put what the value of each so when my wife starts selling it off after I die she can get what it is worth rather than what I told her I paid for it. Wayne Coe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 old farrier mentor, Al, use to say,"Don't take your horses to bed with you!"Frank TurleyA good team of 16 hand/ 1600# horses can generate a lot of power with out spinning their "tires"Charles R.Stevens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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