Do you smell smoke?

Hi I'm new.

My gender is fire truck. My adjectives are gentle, dangerous, and intelligent.



Nah, I'm a carpenter from from Wisconsin.

But I do enjoy a little good fun in jest, so feel free to entertain me and I'll try to keep you all entertained as best I can. Thanks- Green Man

 

Welcome... there are lots of places to play here. No doubt some woodworkers here, too!

 

Thanks for the welcome

 

The perception I have of Wisconsin is a working class conservative state, but where most people are only moderately conservative.
A lot of German DNA, outdoors and beer-drinking.

Is that true?

(yes, I'm aware there are some kind of black ghetto areas around Milwaukee and Kenosha, but we're not talking about that)

 

A carpenter can often do woodworking but not necessarily. Sorry, the old shop teacher in me. If you do do woodwork you'd love it where I am, the forests near me have teak, ebony and even wenge. I've seen a six seat dining table set of solid wenge.

 

Yay carpenters! My dad was a high-end interior carpenter for rich people, like ornate custom mahogany spiral staircases and shiz. I worked with him enough before he retired that I can build stuff good, just not as pretty. I do 'carpentry' in the sewer now, so...

We'll seeya on the field of (intellectual) battle!

btw, my gender and adjectives are MASTER and you WILL refer to me as such, else ur a BIGOT!!!

 

Wisconsin is mostly conservative in the rural and mostly control freaks in the cities especially Madison. We got white ghettos in Milwaukee too, along with Hispanic gettos and I saw a couple of scketchy looking Asians strolling around the other day.

 

Welcome

 

Hello and welcome, Green Man,

I think you'll like it here.
I'm old enough so that I'm still fascinated with the magic of being able to communicate with people on the other side of the planet in a matter of seconds.

I'm a blacksmith (some people say "artist") from Virginia. My brother makes wooden furniture, cabinets etc by using the old wood from old houses and sometimes we collaborate on pieces.

For example, I'll design and make a wrought iron table base and the last table top that he made was from 150 year old, heart pine out of an old house that was being torn down.

Over the last 30 years I've designed and made countless wrought iron gates, wine racks with wrought iron grape vines, all types of andirons, fireplace tools, door knockers, reproductions of Civil War cannon parts and misc. battlefield tools and implements, Wrought iron African animals, sculpture, reproduction Elizabethan surgical instruments, reproduction harpoon heads, a full sized wrought iron jazz band holding musical instruments, weird stuff for movie makers and on and on.

Other than working with wood, what are some of your other interests?

I look forward to reading your comments.

Enjoy yourself.

 

I prefer to go a little more arrogant I mean if you're going to try and dictate how other people should talk about you you might as well go for the gusto.

I identify as your lord and King my pronouns are "your majesty ,sire and I will accept your excellence". Recreating me in this way you must avert your eyes and kneel.

If you can't do this I will not respect anyone else's pronouns why did I do and respects mine.

Lol

Welcome to The forum

 

I used to teach smithing here, just tools though, shovels, hoes, machetes and axes. It was always easy to spot when a kid swung his hammer correctly the first time and accepted it wasn't the power but the technique that matters.

Uh huh, yeah, sure.

 

Isn't it hateful and violent to dead name me and not respect my pronouns?

 

You're so right about the importance of technique.
The proper height of the anvil as well as your stance are also important if you're going to be pounding on hot steel by a 2,500 degree fire for hours at a time.

It's both impressive and encouraging to see so many women getting into blacksmithing but for making larger items or cold bending steel into scrolls, arches or rings out of heavier stock it really helps to be 6' 2" and 250 pounds.

Do you still have your anvil, hammers, tools and forge?

And,

How did you learn blacksmithing?

Thanks,

 

Grew up on a farm and that started me. Took a interest while in college and did an independent study. So mostly self taught but plenty with my machine tools background for the level I taught while in the peace corps.

 

Welcome @Green Man

The day I lose my sense of humor, someone best embalm me. Keep a grip on yours, there are some on here that find humor offensive.

 

Humor offensive? Those dudes crack me up!

The race baiters toot my horn too. All the silly, bitter, gutter monkeys call me racist. Bring it on!

 

Welcome green fire truck.

I grew up the son of a drywaller so I have mixed feelings about the carpentry profession. If the framing was square and didn’t require a lot of shims, carpenters were praised. When a small bedroom required a bundle of shims I was subjected to very different opinions of carpenters. LOL

Actually my brother was a trim carpenter and I have a few childhood friends who followed in their father’s footsteps and are carpenters. I respect people with constructive abilities I’ll never attain. I’m a lousy carpenter.

 

I never said I was a good carpenter.

Must have done something right though because I retired last year at the age of 49.

 

@Green Man Is this you?

 

That is a pretty good indicator of success.

 

In my case it's an indication of being poor. My priorities changed. But I got everything I need (so far) and I'm grateful for it.

 

Success has meany measures, “money” alone being the least likely to bring happiness and contentment.

 

Sometimes it's all about the people you meet in that ride in the cabin, making friends and sharing about each other's experiences while outside the cabin the train's wheels are going "clickity-clack, clickity-clack" along the rails which is bizarre because we are traveling by air.

 

Never make jokes about not having a sense 0f humor. It's not funny.

 

And I'm sorry you find it offensive.

I know the value of having one.