and yet, you can wield a mean ball-pein hammer!!! -- j
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I used to make replica suits of armor as a hobby...but I ruined my hands doing it. Now, I just do a bit of metalwork (like, 15 min) at a time. This is not enough to maintain my skill level, let alone to become more skilled, so my metalworking abilities dwindle.

Jan

you must be a good shot with a hammer, Jan! . that technique
is tough and tedious.

I have studied CPR several times, but never had to do it
in a real situation. . must have been, and still be, rough
for you and Chris to remember....... -- j
.

True. He had a heart attack at work. Chris and I did CPR and tried to save him, but...

I use a ball peen hammer to work the edge on an anvil. When you use a scythe, you sharpen it all the time (keep a stone in your pocket). Eventually you have abraded away the work-hardened edge - that is when you need to take the blade off and pick up the ball peen hammer.

Jan

There is a remake associating it with Rockwell too.

Now, if we could hack those 50 No. Korean submarines missiles with those parameters they would end up hammering No. Korea. I think given that, would be an acceptable error!

LMAO! Thanks strugatsky! I hadn't seen that before. Oh, how I need to get one of those "differential girdle springs" for one of my own projects here...nyuk nyuk.

Yes, thanks! It's also linked above under a different video title. Brilliant smart comedy.

Ack! That's the one I was looking for! Thanks for posting here buddy!

I just looked for info on peen-sharpening, and found only this:::

http://scytheconnection.com/peening-w...

ingenious! . I could imagine using an old powered hammer
for edge peening. . and even this text editor red-underlines
the word peening. . sheesh. . underlined sheesh, also.
dumb editor. . anyway, what technique did you use for
peen-sharpening??? -- j

p.s. sorry about your friend. . we have only memories
for so many.
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I have one dagger, a memento from a friend who died (whilst I was giving him CPR) that is razor sharp. I deliberately keep most of my swords dull (one is sharpish). The other knives I use are clasp knives and camp knives...and my favorite kitchen knife, that I carefully sharpen with a stone and steel.

I have a scythe that I have just peen-sharpened. I really need to hit it with the stone again sometime soon.

Jan

we're working on that ... some in the collection will never
see any sharpening. . but the Buck 119 is now ready
for shaving, for example (there is even a leather strop
on the turntable rig). -- j
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That sounds like a fun investigation. I bet all of your knives are now Really Sharp!

Jan

will try to work it in sometime ... just now, we're investigating
all of the capabilities of the worksharp belt machine plus
the turntable machine too. . very interesting. . just wish that
I could get the turntable to rotate backwards!!! -- j
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It has an overall plot arc, which puts it a bit ahead of TNG (at least for the first 4 seasons - 5th season of B5 is forgettable).

Jan

I never enjoyed B5, but should, someday. . many, many fun things,
and only so much time to do them!!! -- j
.

Sorry back at me. I try not to use cant phrases or acronyms, because they often stop me dead in my tracks when I am reading someone else's writing. I do make exceptions for B5 (Babylon 5) and TNG, as you saw.

Looking at clips from B5 yesterday makes me want to go back and revisit that series.

Jan

sorry -- my imagination didn't figure it out. . I have seen
almost all of the episodes in that series!!! -- j
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The Next Generation (Star Trek with Cpt Picard).

Jan

this is fantastic! . Thanks!!! -- j
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and if you don't know that you don't know something important,
like the invention of anti-grav boots, it's bad. -- j
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TNG? -- j
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hey, that's a perfect lay explanation of a sort of arithmetic averaging
which can be used in control circuits, say, to put an exoskeletal leg
in the spot where the human leg is. . it just sounds awful
because we're not taking notes and making diagrams!!! -- j
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Me too!...I know where I'm not! hahahahahahah
Good laugh...it's amazing that it works with all that gibberish. LMAO

Gee, and I was going to blame Donald Rumsfeld.