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Holy Cow,
I just about spit cake all over the computer, laughing and trying not to wake up the whole house "Flying is simply..." LOL point taken

Thanks Mike, There is magnetic rock up north ...

Building your own motor, very cool.
Making your own knife, still, very cool.
Making your own razor? I mean who does that? (Well we do!)

Smelting your own steel from rock you found. That takes...

I recently read a thread over on a knife forum.
Guy asked how do I get from here to there (nice customs). The answer (more or less) was worry less about the desired product and enjoy the process. ...

Dancon;
What is it that is more important to the fire in a forge, the volume or the velocity? Is there a balance point between the size of the fire, the volume and the velocity? You appear to...

I make what I see in the metal. That doesn't happen unless I have a blueprint or drawing, or I am inspired. So far with the blades it has primarily been when inspired. At that point what I "craft"...

Bruno; Agreed, nor could I make an unusable tool. I too have only a limited amount of time and knives & razors are just a hobby. It tends to be a very practical progression for me as a machinist...

Great thread. Angular momentum at a constant speed is acceleration IIRC.

No disrespect meant Bruno, but if I can build something that some guy wants to display I get to charge him more for it...

So much to comment on. Good motivation on the shop man, coming along. I could use just a tad more (motivation) for keeping my own in better state of cleanliness.

State of American craftsmanship;...